I LOVE South Texas!

[Bigeb]

My wife and I want to move to Texas but not sure what kinds of jobs are out there. Does anybody have any thoughts?

The fishing and kayaking above sure do make it a more tempting place to go!

 

[JesseRC]

It appears your staying close to Holiday Beach neighborhood. I've rented quite a few condos there. It looks like your having a blast. Have fun.

 

[Yooper]

It appears your staying close to Holiday Beach neighborhood. I've rented quite a few condos there. It looks like your having a blast. Have fun.

I've never seen any condos in this area but that is exactly where we are! I love Lamar, too, and walk the dog by the Big Tree.

 

[JesseRC]

I'm sorry, I call every rental out there a condo .

We're actually planning on going up to Rockport for my daughters Spring Break, it's either there or Kerrville. Rockport/Fulton area is always nice and quiet, just what I like.

 

[r8rphan]

Meh. Having fun is overrated. Working hard for small pay is where it's at! :rockin:

So that's why I'm smiling all the time....

 

[Yooper]

I should work for the Chamber of Commerce here or something. I'm tellling everyone how much I love it here. At least, this time of year!

We've met some nice people, and are going out fishing with a couple of different guys. I had some visitors from the church I've been going to, and everybody we've met is "good people".

Today is a day to go to the birding center and the beach, while the guys go out fishing.

Yesterday I was standing on our fishing beer, and I got splashed from the blow-hole of a bottle-nosed dolphin. A family was feeding/frollicking in shallow water and I got a little sprayed. It was so cool!

 

[Reelale]

Yesterday I was standing on our fishing beer, and I got splashed from the blow-hole of a bottle-nosed dolphin. A family was feeding/frollicking in shallow water and I got a little sprayed. It was so cool!

You have a fishing beer? That's awesome. No wonder you are falling in love with that place.

 

[Yooper]

You have a fishing beer? That's awesome. No wonder you are falling in love with that place.

Oh. Well, it's a fishing pier. But I am sure that a beer was involved. Maybe more than one, even!

Today I sat on the beach in my shorts and watched the waves. Bob did this:


He hasn't caught too many redfish, but the speckled trout are practically jumping up on the pier. We're having a fish fry again very soon.

This is the season of festivals. There is a Mardi gras celebration tomorrow, sort of. And the OysterFest is coming up, along with the Whooping Crane Festival. I've met so many nice people!

 

[Homercidal]

Nice! Just got to work after shoveling a path to the car. Had drifts up past my knees this morning. After a week of warm weather, and losing all of our snow save for the piles by the driveway, winter is back.

You guys are making me want to go fishing, even though I suck at it.

 

[Yooper]

Nice! Just got to work after shoveling a path to the car. Had drifts up past my knees this morning. After a week of warm weather, and losing all of our snow save for the piles by the driveway, winter is back.

You guys are making me want to go fishing, even though I suck at it.

If you fly to Corpus Christi, I'll pick you up and take you fishing!

We had a fish fry/fish broil last night with a new friend we met here. We had fried speckled trout, broiled flounder, and broiled black drum. I made a mango salsa to serve with it, with other things, and homemade crabapple wine. I had the doors and windows open, to get rid of some of the cooking fumes, and the ceiling fans on, and we listened to music and the palm trees rustling. It was about 78-80 degrees yesterday, but windy so it was very comfortable.

Bob is out fishing with a friend this morning, and I'm sitting on the deck watching the wading birds in the shallow water in front of me.

We're already making plans for next year- and what we're bringing that we didn't have this year.

It's too windy to kayak today and tomorrow, but I'll be going out again soon.

 

[Yooper]

More pictures!

Yesterday, it was 80 degrees and beautiful, and I was in my favorite spot doing one of my favorite things:


Bob got a small flounder, so for dinner we had three kinds of fish (speckled trout, black drum, and this flounder):

 

[r8rphan]

I just hate to see people have to endure intense suffering like that... Oh the injustice of it all!

 

[AnOldUR]

Love this thread! The way thing are going, living vicariously through Lorena and Bob is the closes we’ll get to retirement.

So glad you're sharing.

 

[Yooper]

Love this thread! The way thing are going, living vicariously through Lorena and Bob is the closes we’ll get to retirement.

So glad you're sharing.

I'm so excited to be here! Thanks for seeing it as "sharing" and NOT as "neener, neener". I certainly don't mean to make you guys hard at work think I'm a PITA.

We don't have a luxurious retirement, but have saved our pennies to be able to retire and spend time in a warm place. We're eating out only once per week or so, and cooking at home mostly. The stuff we like to do is free- kayaking, fishing (after the fishing license), hiking around, sitting on beaches- so we're able to do it pretty cheaply.

But I do love it here! I like the church I found, the people around here, the folks we've met in the neighborhood, the bird watchers I've run into, etc. We have some very nice neighbors who have now become friends.

Bob got an email this morning from some old friends (in every sense of the word "old") and they are sick of the cold and snow in Madison, WI- so they'll be here by about Monday to visit us and stay. I don't know how long they'll stay, but I'm looking forward to having them. Maybe they'll be here for the "Fulton Oysterfest"!

 

[MyNameIsPaul]

I drive through there all the time for work, Yooper. I'm glad you're enjoying Texas so much! Thanks for sharing

 

[TxBrew]

Glad you two are having a great time.

If your looking for something to do at night we used to have a lot of luck gigging along the bay shores on 361. Not sure if it's the season now though but it was a good time.

 

[r8rphan]

Seeing as you guys plan to go there every winter, how long before we see "Yoopers Official Mobile Brew stand Build Thread"???

 

[hamiltont]

Really enjoying the updates & pics. You & Bob are living the dream. Glad you are able to enjoy your winter in a much warmer climate. Some day..... Cheers!!!

 

[Yooper]

Thanks for the nice words!

I was awakened last night at 3:30 AM by quite a loud noise. I never did see what it was, but it kept me up until well after 4:30. It was splashing and diving, and swimming- and it was a very quiet still night so it sounded like someone doing cannonballs in the water! I suspect it was a very large pelican who decided that fishing outside my window in the middle of the night was a good idea. Every time I'd start to fall back asleep- "KER-SPLASH!"

It even woke Bob up, and he's a very heavy sleeper!

 

[Yooper]

It's hard to believe, but we've been here over a month, and are now getting ready to head home.

We'll be leaving early Sunday AM, back to the frozen tundra and ice. I don't want to go! We've met so many nice people and made new friends and fished and kayaked and boated. We have friends arriving for a visit tomorrow, from Madison, WI, and we'll be having a big fish fry.

We've already made plans to stay longer next year. The Coastal Bend is awesome, and I'm hoping that next year I can even try the gigging that TxBrew mentioned (not sure of the season- it might be too early in the spring right now).