In the height of the summer, I went on a 3-day trip from Austin to Corpus Christi coming back via Port Aransas. I've been to Austin several times as I've got family there to visit, but I wanted to see what the Gulf coast was like.

First port of call was the beach near the USS Lexington at Corpus Christi. This is actually in a very large natural protected bay, but the hot continuous summer wind from the Gulf still created a few waves in the warm water. ... (more)