Mammoth Takes Mother, Day 4

12 May

Drive to the coast. Seemed interminable at times, especially on the long boring stretches of Highway 77 between Victoria and Corpus. I wanted to work, but knew I'd never be able to see the computer screen properly in the front seat. Moving to the middle wasn't an option, since I needed to navigate.

So it's yet another day of no contract work done. Sigh. Well, I'll have a few weeks after we return.

I made a note that U.S. Highway 59 was a horrible route, and then suddenly it got good. Then bad, then very good. They've been turning it into the "future Interstate 69 corridor" forever, and so the places that are completed are very nice. Who knows if they'll ever get done.

Other than the traffic in Houston and then Corpus Christi, the drive was easy. I don't know how many times we've done this same drive, but it seemed awfully familiar. Mustang Island State Park hasn't changed much except they have their fancy new visitor center completed and so instead of being able to check in at the front entrance, I had to walk up the world's longest wheelchair ramp to check in at the second story desk.

After we were checked in and hooked up, Molly got a short walk and it was time to fix dinner. We started some rice and then took Mother on a short jaunt in the Jeep to see the ocean. What a fail--the water was so high, we couldn't even drive along the beach more than a few hundred yards. But according to the tide chart, we've not even at high tide!  That was around noon, and the tide has been falling all afternoon. It will be low tide in about six hours. Wow--where'd the beach go?

 For supper we thawed out some ribs I'd cooked in the crock pot. Two things to note for next time--after cooking, take out the ribs and chill the cooking juice. Take off the fat, heat up the juice and then thicken to make a gravy. And only THEN, freeze the meat with the gravy on it.

The other thing is to completely submerge the meat in broth. It turned out tough and dry on some of the pieces, one of which of course, Ed's Mom got.

After supper, Molly got her long walk. it was getting dark, and the black skimmers were out working the water's edge. SO COOL!  And now time for bed, so that was our day. More adventures tomorrow.