ARANSAS PASS

                                              CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS

One day when the weather wasn't too great, we decided to take a drive thru Corpus Christi, thru Aransas Pass onto Padre Island and then back to the main land.  I think it was about a 40 mile drive.  Little did we know to get from the mainland to the North end of Padre Island you have to take a ferry thru Aransas Pass.  We had no idea! 

 

It was too cold to get out of the car and take pictures.  But they had four ferries, two going each way.  They said it would not be over a 15 minute wait.  We drove right on.  But I bet around Spring Break, they will be alot busier!  It only took about 7 minutes  to cross.  Not sure why they don't build a bridge.  They have a nice big bridge down at the main road to the Island.   The crossing is much longer there also.  The ferry is free, it's just part of the State Highway.


We went to a different beach to see if we could find any shells.  No luck!  As you can see, the beach was pretty much deserted.  Don't understand why!