I went to Port Aransas this week for two days. I was going to take my time getting there, and maybe shop a little but I got a late start on Tuesday and was ravenous by 11 a.m.
I stopped at a Mexican restaurant in Luling that had amazing enchiladas and friendly people.
Got to the Aransas Pass ferry landing around 2 p.m. and I was the first on/first off, so Brigid had a clear view!
Home for the next two days was Best Western - fancy fancy.
I walked down to the beach (about 3 blocks) and sat for a couple of hours.
This is pretty much the exact spot we always came to when I brought the kids. The water felt cool and wonderful, the breezes were so nice. I could have napped right here on the sand. I walked back to the hotel and ate a girl dinner of snacks while I read. Slept like a rock!
Next day - the hotel provides breakfast and I was too impatient to stand in line to make a waffle, so I made a plate with some breakfast empanadas. I loaded up my ice water and headed back to the beach.
The seagulls are like birds anywhere - hoping you will toss snacks their way.
I walked along gathering shells and just enjoying the breezes. It started warming up pretty quickly so I walked back to the hotel after a couple of hours to shower and relax in the A/C. Dinner seemed pretty far away, so I scouted out a new-to-me restaurant near Fisherman's Wharf called Grumbles Seafood Company.
Goal to eat a shrimp Po'Boy - accomplished.
I ended up bopping around a couple of souvenir shops, visited the paint your own ceramics shop (then decided against it), then headed back to basically lay around reading my book.
Around sunset I had another Girl dinner: wine, cheese, and crackers.
This is a low key hotel, but was small, close to the beach, and very comfortable. Had I not been so tired from my beach trekking I would have taken a dip in the pool!
The next morning, I felt homesick and I knew it was time to head back to Austin after breakfast. I made good time on the road and was back in my home sweet home at a little after 11 a.m.!
Got my totes unpacked, laundry washed and put away, made plans for tomorrow, napped, and made an easy meal. All that's left to do today is give Brigid a shower - washing road bugs and sand off her. I'd say it was a pretty sweet little trip, but I have a different kind of thing in mind for mini-vacays going forward, and now I can cross this off my summer bucket list.
Happy weekend!
Gina
11 comments:
That sounds like such a lovely little trip, and those breakfast enchiladas didn’t sound half bad either. I really admire you for doing things like this on your own. I would never do something like this, then again, I may be an insomniac at night, but put me behind the wheel of a car and I can doze right off. Seriously, I can’t drive much longer than a half an hour before I start to get groggy.
What a lovely and relaxing mini-vacation
That sounds like such a lovely and relaxing trip.
That sounds like a lovely little getaway. I've never been on a solo vacation. I'm a giant homebody so unless someone is dragging me away, this is my vacation spot. 🙃
I'm envious of you getting a short little trip. I've been dragging my feet booking something, anything. The beach time sounds wonderful.
It really sounds relaxing and I hope you enjoyed it so the feeling stays for a while.
That sounds like such a relaxing and fun little get-away. I like how you put the shells in a dish.
That sounds so relaxing. Just sitting on the beach and watching the water
What a great trip. Hand-pies, I love making and eating them.
One of my favorite places! Makes me long to visit.
That sounded like the perfect getaway!
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