Friday, February 15, 2008

MAGEE PARK, MUSTANG ISLAND



A week on this beach! The first evening was cloudy but the rest have been ALL sun! The forecast for today is cloudy/ windy and Saturday afternoon the next cold front is to come in. Some tv stations are forecasting thunderstorms and possible hail. Just like up home - depends on which station you watch!
We've been out riding our bikes and exploring this nice little town! Lots of fishing piers to sit and watch the dolphins, all the different birds and all the boats. Nice clean harbors and a multitude of little pockets of wildlife sanctuaries stuck in behind housing developments or along the highway. Plenty of restaurants ( which we haven't tried yet) and souvenir shops that are stocking up for the spring breakers. MILES of beaches for me to walk and hunt for "treasures"! This morning I did find a sand dollar and a big bunch of black scallops!
This building was just built last year and houses the resort quality bathroom facilities , a nice clean laundromat and the park offices. The solid part in the middle of the ground level is an elevator that goes to the main floor and also up to the top of the building which is the neatest observation post where you can see up and down the beach and can see the shipping channel where all the ocean going freighters come in and out!