GALVESTON, TX SHORE BIRDS

The Texas Depart of Transportation provides a free ferry from the mainland to the the eastern side of Galveston Island.  Short ride, maybe 20 minutes, all business, no coffee counter or snack bar, just sit in your vehicle and enjoy the ride.

We elected to put up for the night at the Galveston State park, a bit pricy, $35 but it was right on the southern shore with easy access to the beach.

          Sunrise along the sand fence.

There are a dozen different names for Beach Morning Glory.  They grow on 100 foot vines that crawl along the beach.

A breeding pair of Piping Plovers in their courtship ceremony.

The endangered Piping Plover (Loss of breeding grounds) dining, looking for crustaceans.

                  Ring-billed Seagull.

                A little morning yawn

 Western Willit looking for crustaceans for breakfast.

While sitting at the "facilities" at the park, this guy never once moved, I suppose he was waiting, instead of searching, for his breakfast.  The green spot on his head is the reflection from the camera flash in one of his eyes.

We will be pulling up the tent stakes and look for roads heading west to Del Rio. Most of the better maintained roads run south to north toward San Antonio, which we want to avoid.  I guess it'll be another day of FM (Farm to Market) roads.  Putting our fate in the hands of the often-wrong and confused Garmin GPS will surely be another adventure.