Thursday, Dec 1
Since we had a phone conference with the coordinator at Princeton ISD, Sonja Cox, I think, we decided today would be a shopping/hang around the RV day. Plus it was colder than snot and very windy. Actually...not all that cold. If you were completely out of the wind, it was just sweater weather.
There wouldn't likely be many birds out in the mess, so I said no to the trip to Aransas NWR. With any luck--or without--that would be next day. Instead, we went to the Maritime Museum in Fulton. It was a lovely little museum, not the least because the admission was only six dollars a head. (with our old peoples' discount) 
We saw all kind of sailing boats and exhibits from the shipwreck recovered from the bay, and watched a little film on how the Texas navy saved the American revolution. Except I got confused--it was the battle against Santa Anna that they saved, by stealing his supplies being ported through the gulf on a smallish boat, and I thought that was the Texas war for Independence? I dunno. My knowledge of Texas history is poor and faulty to the max.
From the top
The afternoon would be shopping and a long walk for Molly.
Later--
Shopping was nice. We only went to two stores, a novelty shop and a bird-themed shop, and bought stuff at both of them. Highly unnecessary and somewhat expensive stuff. It's what we do.
When we returned, it was spitting rain and time to take Molly for her long afternoon walk. Which was horrid--there wasn't really enough rain to cause a problem or even an annoyance, but the godawful wind was still blasting us. I started off hungry and uncomfortable, and after a while I developed some pretty bad stomach and upper intestine cramps. I just wanted to sit down.
Some strange but pretty grass flowers.
Lots of dead jellyfish
Instead, we kept going. We went to the end of the south-side camping area, walked out on the little birdwatching boardwalk there. Then we went back to our area. After a short sit-down at our cabana, we went on to the fishing pier.
Where I saw an American Oystercatcher! Only about 25 feet away! I'd seen one before, at the park at South Padre Island, but that was at a good distance, far away in the mud. this one was Right There !!!
Cool bird, and no camera.
When I got back and drank a little water, my cramps eased. And after cooking tacos and eating supper, they were pretty much gone. I suspect it was a combination of hunger, cold weather and a slight need to go to the potty.
Weird distortion:
Birds seen: laughing gull, white pelican, brown pelican, common grackle, roseate spoonbill, great egret, great blue heron, dunlin, sanderling, some large tern, some annoying weed-skulking sparrows, heard a yellowlegs, turkey vulture, and AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER!
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