We explored a bit while near Rockport. The first afternoon we went to Rockport Beach. There is a charge to get in, but it is a lovely rocky beach. This is where we saw the most cannonball jellyfish. Kiki found 2 marbles under the jelly fish. We spent a good 2 hours enjoying this beach park. This is also where we met a good samartian. On the way to the campground, we went over some rough road. One of the fog lights broke out of it's holder and was dangling by the wire. A man with his wife on a motorcycle mentioned it to us and offered to fix it. He got it back in the holder. He and his wife started full timing in their RV this year. They are staying 3 months in Rockport. It is a great area, I get why they want to stay.
The following morning we headed to Port Aransas. It was a pretty drive. We got to cross the channel on the ferry. I was glad to be able to follow other cars, but it was really quite simple and a very entertaining trip. We figured out why they spend the money on a ferry system there instead of building a bridge when we had to wait for an oil tanker being pushed by tug boats to cross. No way could they build a bridge high enough.
We walked around the port and admired the sail boats and the santa sand sculpture, visited the art center (amazing, I will go back), ate lunch and headed for the beach. It is a driveable beach if you buy a permit. We didn't buy a permit so parked and walked onto the beach. We spent hours enjoying the beach. The water wasn't too cold, but the dogs didn't want to swim. They liked to explore, but did not like the kids running up behind them.
On the way home, my sister and I stopped in the winery in Rockport and bought at home wine tasting kits. We took them back to the campsite and sampled 10 different wines. That was fun. We both like the apple wine best and one of the ports was really good. We both seem to prefer white wines to red, which surprised me. I thought I like red, but the white was much better. There was one we thought we wouldn't like by smell, but tasted really good. 
