Side trip to Port Lavaca and Port O'Connor

This morning we bid farewell to Terry and Dale. Really sad to see them leave us, but I know that we will see each other again down the road.

This afternoon we went with Mickey and Patti for a drive to Port Lavaca and Port O'Connor. There really wasn't anything significant about either place other than we did check out a couple of campgrounds. At Port Lavaca, we ate lunch at a seafood restaurant - Dean and I both had the catfish and oh boy, they raise them big here in Texas. It said three fillets and they were equal to at lease 6 Alabama size fillets. I also ordered some boiled shrimp that I shared with Mickey and Patti. Everything was good and we will have the rest of the catfish for dinner tonight.

After eating we drove to the lighthouse. It's quite different. It had been on pilings in the middle of the bay and now sits on land by their convention center. The construction is quite different for a lighthouse as it's only three stories high and is hexagonal. It was built in 1858 and remained in service until 1943. Picture below is how it looks now.

Port O'Connor was not at all what I had expected. It is basically a "summer" place. Most everything was deserted. There really wasn't much there, a few gas stations, restaurants, and boats and that was about it. They did have a nice fishing pier and park area on the bay. We also saw a pretty patch of Texas Bluebonnets. The pictures follow (check back as pictures will not load right now).

After we got home, the call came that we have been waiting for. Our refrigerator part is in and they are coming tomorrow to fix it. Hopefully nothing will happen to delay us as we are scheduled to depart for one of the boarder towns on Thursday. I'm ready to move on...