Ahhh....a mini-vacay!

This past weekend was a jam packed one!  I drove to Corpus Christi with mom and the boys for a mini-vacay that was much needed.  We left Friday afternoon and almost 8hrs later we arrived in Corpus! 

(our first stop on the way)

The humidity knocked us over as soon as we got out of the car but regardless we were happy to be there.  After getting up to the room I made a quick run to Whataburger for our late night snack before heading to bed.  We needed our rest because the next day was packed full of "to-do's".  Of course my oldest was up and ready to go at 8am!  Our plan was to be down stairs for the buffet breakfast by 9am...we almost made it..lol.

(notice the lump in the roll-away...lol)

So off to breakfast and backup to the room for our day packs and then off to the Texas State Aquarium!  We got there about 10ish and the place was practically empty...perfect!  No crowds, no shoving, no rude people walking in front of our pictures..lol.

(my youngest..Donovan aka Bubba)

I was really impressed with the aquarium, everything was laid out well for an easy walk through flow.  Lots of hands on to be able to touch the water life in the exhibits.  We did a green screen picture that was kinda fun (will post that later).  I can't say enough so I'll let the pictures tell the experience!  So as we're leaving i see a line going out the door, and point it out to mom...as we get closer I realize the line is not only out the door but through the main walk entrance and down the side.  The line had to have been at least a 30min or longer wait just to get to the door!  I was soo glad we got there early!  We headed down to look for some lunch and found a little "whole in the wall" kinda local place and relaxed a little before heading out again for souvenir shopping.  The shopping was done and it was back to the hotel to get ready for the beach!  The hotel told about the State Park beach and said its a clean and less crowded beach to visit, so off we went for a short 30min drive to the park.  He was definitely right about this...quiet, not as crowded and easy to get to.  We enjoyed a few hours of sun bathing, swimming and crab "snorkeling"...

(Only my boys would figure out how to snorkel without the snorkel...lol)

It only took a few hours to realize it was time for dinner!  It had been a long day and we needed food!  So off we go again in search of food!  We found a great little place downtown called City Diner which wasn't half bad, yet another local goodie.  Back to the hotel for much needed rest before heading back to Dallas the next morning.  We headed back Sunday and the drive was yet again horrible, stop and go for no apparent reason.  Once I hit "some" open road I goosed it up to 100mph just to get some time back....got a whole 17min shaved off our ETA to mom's house.

At the end of the drive (less than 5min from mom's), navigation said eta was 6:58pm...the kids were laughing all the way yelling "red light! red light!"  I tried to tell them i would make it...sure enough 6:58:05pm i pulled the car in the drive.  David was saying that it didn't count because it had been past that time...but we argued it was still 6:58 for 59sec before it didn't count...lol.

All in all it was great trip with a few bumps and aggravations but it just wouldn't be a vacation with that.  signing off for now!