• Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

    / 23 years agoTours
    Odometer: 110,482 8:00 getting up. 10:00 leaving to Mustang Island State Park which we are just passing. In Port Aransas we visit the Birding Center near the water treatment plant. Besides cormorants and white and…
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  • Corpus Christy, TX

    / 23 years agoTours
    Odometer: 110227 07:30 getting up - 09:30 on Hwy 77 north to Corpus Christy - 130 miles through tropical landscape with lots of ponds and palm trees along the Hwy. We are wondering whether there…
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  • Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge

    / 23 years agoTours
    Odometer: 110,055 8:00 getting up - 9:30 Visitor Center and on to Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. We drive and walk around until about 2:00 p.m.  We see a deer, some rabbits, a fox, doves,…
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  • South Padre Island

    / 23 years agoTours
    Odometer: 109,795 7:40 we wake up. 9:30 time to pack and go. We first stop at a tire and tune-up place to get the brakes checked and the tires replaced. Shortly after 11:00 we are…
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  • Amistad

    / 23 years agoTours
    Odometer: 109,568 8:00 we get up. Breakfast was not included either, so we leave half an hour later. First we drive back 10 miles to have a closer look at the Amistad Reservoir. A deep…
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  • Big Bend National Park

    / 23 years agoTours
    Odometer: 108,977 7:40 getting up. 8:20 on the road again on Hwy 10 east along the Mexican border. El Paso is huge but a typical border town - a lot of favelas and big industrial…
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