Time on the Texas Gulf Coast 04/11-19/2026

April 10 - 19
Our Second Day -- Garner State Park April 11 We stayed at Lake Colorado City State Park for the night of April 10. Not a lot of interesting stuff going on...

Our Second Day -- Garner State Park

April 11
We stayed at Lake Colorado City State Park for the night of April 10. Not a lot of interesting stuff going on there.
For the night of April 11, we…

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Mustang Island State Park April 12 We skirted around the edge of Corpus Christi and made it to Mustang Island. The campground is a paved parking...

Mustang Island State Park

April 12
We skirted around the edge of Corpus Christi and made it to Mustang Island. The campground is a paved parking lot, with no real space from your…

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USS Lexington Museum and North Padre Island National Seashore April 13 We drove back into Corpus Christi and wandered through the USS Lexington CV-16 Museum. Later, we drove back to...

USS Lexington Museum and North Padre Island National Seashore

April 13
We drove back into Corpus Christi and wandered through the USS Lexington CV-16 Museum. Later, we drove back to Mustang Island and down to North Padre…

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Port Aransas April 14 Birds, dolphins, and the UT Marine Science Institute

Port Aransas

April 14
Birds, dolphins, and the UT Marine Science Institute

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On the Island April 15 We spent quite a bit of time just walking the beach and wading. The wind was high enough that we didn't want to...

On the Island

April 15
We spent quite a bit of time just walking the beach and wading. The wind was high enough that we didn't want to get all of the salt spray on the…

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Heading Home April 16 We left Mustang Island State Park, did a lunch break at Lake Corpus Christi State Park, and made camp at Choke...

Heading Home

April 16
We left Mustang Island State Park, did a lunch break at Lake Corpus Christi State Park, and made camp at Choke Canyon State Park

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A bird blind visit and on the road again April 17 We left Choke Canyon SP and headed back to Garner State Park. We got to see one of our "Bucket List Birds"!

A bird blind visit and on the road again

April 17
We left Choke Canyon SP and headed back to Garner State Park. We got to see one of our "Bucket List Birds"!

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Lakeside Campground April 18 We tried the USACOE Lakeside Campground on the north shore of Hoard's Creek Lake near Coleman, TX

Lakeside Campground

April 18
We tried the USACOE Lakeside Campground on the north shore of Hoard's Creek Lake near Coleman, TX

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Home bound April 19 It was a beautiful morning, so we walked around the campground and headed home

Home bound

April 19
It was a beautiful morning, so we walked around the campground and headed home

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