Checking out the repairs on the Port Aransas Jetties

 

The cold fronts are blasting through, lowering the temperature here to a blustery forty-five degrees. Its windy and the humidity here is high so it is really is unpleasant. We decided to go to the local Sam’s Club and then take a drive across the Intracoastal from North Padre Island to Mustang Island and then Port Aransas.

Our friends Dave and Jane had told us that the Port Aransas Jetties were being repaired after all the hurricanes and that they were placing huge blocks of granite along both sides. They said that the blocks were being fitted together like jig saw puzzle pieces.

Driving out to the south jetty, it was easy to spot the barge loaded with a crane and huge blocks of rock. As you can see the old jetty rocks are being covered with a base of smaller boulders and next capped with the granite.

                                        
The entire jetty is about a mile and a half in length, counting all the walkways, and has been a place where we have caught a lot of fish. These have included pompano, sheepshead, red fish, black drum, snappers, spadefish, and Spanish mackerel, (now we will have to learn the new hotspots).

Spotting an approaching ship, I hurried back to get a better camera as the dolphins often hitch a ride on the bow wave. Today was no exception and we both spotted the leaping dolphins as they surfed the bow waves.

A second ship followed but most of the dolphins had been in front of the first ship.  We next drove to Roberts Park and after parking ate our lunch. More dolphins were cavorting, ahem they seemed to be very frisky, and quit a few other people got out of their cars to watch.

It was time for us to head back to Rockport, but we picked a bad time to cross on the ferry and the fifteen-minute wait turned into over an hour, (we had caught the shift change and the ferry people filled all the lanes, becoming confused as to who was the next to be loaded.

Still, it had been a fun day and we made our happy hour in time, (of course we social distance and are outside)! Clear skies