Reggie at Rockport, Texas

Another really fun place that we have stayed a few times is in a country Dad calls Texas. We stay near the big pond called the Gulf of Mexico in a city called Rockport. Our Western Horizon RV Club allows us to stay here. It is a park called Bayview RV Resort.

Brandy and me stroll along the lake at Bayview RV Resort in Rockport, Texas.

We usually stay in the early springtime when it is not so hot. I really don’t like to stay in places that are hot because Dad refuses to give me a haircut and this fur is really thick! Cool is my salvation! But Dad says my fur protects me from the bugs, like the mosquitoes that are sometimes here, and the spiders and scratches from barb wire and the sticks and stones that I roll around in. So, I guess I’ll just deal with it.

There are lots of walking paths at the RV park. We walk alot under the Oak trees there.

The RV park is nice here because it has a lot of room to walk under beautiful oak trees and it has a big lake in the middle. Dad doesn’t let me swim in the lake though, because there is an alligator in it. Dad says I might not be able to play with the alligator without getting hurt. I think I could run faster, but Dad says they are faster than they appear. I’ll trust Dad on this one.

Alligators are sly looking and should be avoided, Dad says.

We stay in the back near the forest for privacy.

We stay in the back of the RV park next to a large forest so we have a lot of privacy. There are a lot of dogs that stop to visit me. Most are really nice. Last year I met this really pretty girl named Brandy. She’s looks like me and loves to play. She lives next door in a house and her owners don’t keep her on a leash so she gets to run all over the RV park by herself. Anyway, one day Mom let Brandy and me play down next to the lake. We had so much fun together running and tumbling and jumping. We even got in the water a little (Dad wasn’t with us then). I miss Brandy now.

This is my friend Brandy and me playing at the RV Park.

Every day Mom and Dad take me on a walk around this large RV park. I have to stay on my leash most of the time but it’s still fun because there are so many smells to enjoy. Sometimes we walk across the big highway and go to the seashore. Dad likes to do that because there are so many interesting things for him to point his black box at. There are many seabirds. Most of them are very white with black trim. Dad calls them sea gulls.

The Great Blue Heron is a big bird (taller than me even!)

One bird is taller than me and is called a Great Blue Heron. He’s pretty and Dad likes to photograph him. Dad says he’s a great fisherman and loves to swallow big fish whole. Some very tall birds are pure white and are called Egrets. I’d sure like to chase them, but Dad says no!

The heron has no manners. It swallows a fish whole!

We walk a long way along the coast, past very long piers they jut out into the bay where there are many birds sitting on the posts. All the piers belong to other humans that won’t let us get on them. Humans sure have a lot of rules. It’s a wonder they can function at all with each other!

South Padre Island beach is fun. I can run forever and go into the water.

Once we got into the car and drove to a very large beach nearby called Padre Island seashore. We can get out and I can run free along the beach for thousands of paw lengths. Lots of large birds called brown pelicans follow above me down the beach. They are so large that they give me shade from the Sun! Dad can even drive the car on the beach. It’s so much fun there. I like the sand and I especially like the dead birds and fish that I can roll around in. It makes me smell like them and then I can roam around without being detected by other dogs. It’s an old habit, hard to break! I even run out into the water. The waves aren’t big like they are in other big ponds but it’s water and fun to play in.

Sunrise at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge and a fisherman that got up early!

Dad likes to drive to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge about 35 miles away from our RV Park. It’s a place with lots of birds that Dad loves to photograph. They have lots of interesting birds, including the rare Whooping Cranes. Dad says he even saw the funny looking Javelina that looks like a hog. They have lots of animals there, including alligators, wild boar, armadillos, foxes, bobcats, Opossums, raccoons, deer and much more. Dad told me that you have to be very patient to get photographs of all of these. Dad won’t let me go because he thinks the animals might be afraid of me and run away. I am a Bad Boy!

I spend a lot of the day at the RV Park protecting Mom and watching the birds near Dad’s bird feeder and waiting for Brandy to come by and visit. A lot of interesting birds visit our feeder. The birds I’ve seen are called Blue Grosbeaks, Painted Buntings, Red Cardinals, Indigo Buntings, and much more, and they are just outside our RV. Dad gets really excited when he sees one of those colorful birds. Of course he drags his big black box out and points it at them. Usually they just fly away when they see it! I don’t blame them, it looks frightening, especially if you are so small as a bird.

This little guy keeps me company when Dad is gone. He's a red Cardinal.

Sometimes in the morning Dad and I walk along the seashore when the sun starts to rise. It’s really pretty then. I like this place and I think you will too.

Sunrise over the piers near Rockport, Tx.

You should visit Rockport some day. You won’t be sorry.

Arf

Reggie