My first trip to the Texas coast since moving to Houston in 2004! Sounds a little crazy, but it is what it is! We started our trip in Corpus Christi, not really what I was thinking it would be like. But we still had fun. We went to see the Corpus Christi Hooks and had a great time. I taught Alex about all the cute boys in baseball. The next day we went to the Texas State Aquarium. It was nice, right near the ocean. The cool breeze helped, being that it was 95 degrees. We were able to see dolphins, sea turtles, sea otters, touch stingrays and check out lots of other wildlife. We went to the Birds of Flight show and Alex volunteered to be a helper for the first time. 
She went right up there, and the lady started talking about the job that she was going to do. She put bird gloves on her and protective goggles telling her that this animal that they were bringing out was smelly and had sharp claws and of course, Alex freaked out!
Her face went from joy to complete terror in 3 seconds. She was telling the lady, "NO, I don't want to!" but she told her it was all a trick and brought out the animal. It was a member of the ant eater family, pretty harmless. And she quickly smiled with relief and enjoyed helping it eat it's treat of yogurt from a bottle.
We ended our trip at Mustang Beach, it was beautiful. Totally different experience for a born and raised California girl! The water was like bath water, I loved it. Alex loved the beach! David even enjoyed himself doing some body surfing.
Alex arriving at the beach finally!
Swimming in the ocean, so fearless!
So driving home was a new experience for us all. We got to go on a ferry from the island, so cool yet so terrifying. And yes, we took pictures of it. This was our view on the ferry. We were right in front. A great end to a great little family road trip!
