After breakfast we went with John and Brenda out to King Ranch at Kingville. That is about an hours drive from here to the west on the other side of Corpus Christi --- Oh Donald, I'm surprised you didn't see us on TV when we were at "Knockdown" in Corpus the other night -- I knew you would be watching so I waved !! ---- That's OK all , its a private joke!!
Anyway arrived at the King Ranch about 11:30AM, too late for the 12:00 noon tour so wandered around for a while and , of course, took a bunch of snaps. The Prickly Pear Cactus are just coming into bloom. 
Then went back to Kingville for lunch at the suggestion of the registration lady. She suggested the Drug Store , so that is where we went. Found them to have a nice little nook, the food was good and it was CHEAP!! I think I had "Steak Strips", fries, and Soup for about $4.00. The rest had equally as good of food and drinks and the total bill was under $20 for the four of us. You don't find that very often in todays world! Then we went back and went on the 1:00PM tour. They took us on about a 10 mile bus tour through the area of the ranch surrounding the central part nearest their headquarters.
Then went back to Kingville for lunch at the suggestion of the registration lady. She suggested the Drug Store , so that is where we went. Found them to have a nice little nook, the food was good and it was CHEAP!! I think I had "Steak Strips", fries, and Soup for about $4.00. The rest had equally as good of food and drinks and the total bill was under $20 for the four of us. You don't find that very often in todays world! Then we went back and went on the 1:00PM tour. They took us on about a 10 mile bus tour through the area of the ranch surrounding the central part nearest their headquarters.Here is Denice about to be charged from the back by a mad bull!! 
We did see Santa Gertrudis Cows that they are famous for, quarter horses, javelinas, longhorns, etc etc. 
The driver/narrator was rather boreing with a sing-song Texan drawl. He had a "Rehearsed Canned " speech. Any distraction, threw him off his line and then it took a while to get him going again. Several things he said were obviously incorrect, but it was trivial, and not worth the time to question him. The tour took about 2 hours until we were back at the starting point. Then we went back into Kingville and went to the King Museum. No pictures were allowed, and that ticked off the ladies. I snagged af few anyway, unbeknownst by anybody. But they didn't turn out too well !! Then we went through their Saddle Shop Outlet. Lots of good stuff, but its something like having the emblem of Caterpillar, Cadillac, or Lincoln - Really expensive!! Returned to Rockport, but as you guessed, it was time to eat again. Stopped at the "Big Fisherman" and filled up with Shrimp, Clams, Oster Rockerfeller, Stuffed Crab, Pilapia. Could hardly finish it all. I scooped John on this one. I bought cheap dinner. He bought a more expensive Dinner. We'll get evened up some where along the line I'm sure.Once home and relaxing went to our other neighbors behind us, Daryl and Charleen, who are from Omaha, Nebraska, Denice's home state. So even though she is Canadian through and through, she still akin to Nebraska Folks. Chatted with them unti well after dark. Back home realized that I am days behind in my Blog, so started to try to catch up. About 10 minutes until my eyes got real heavy. Tomorrows another day.
We did see Santa Gertrudis Cows that they are famous for, quarter horses, javelinas, longhorns, etc etc. The driver/narrator was rather boreing with a sing-song Texan drawl. He had a "Rehearsed Canned " speech. Any distraction, threw him off his line and then it took a while to get him going again. Several things he said were obviously incorrect, but it was trivial, and not worth the time to question him. The tour took about 2 hours until we were back at the starting point. Then we went back into Kingville and went to the King Museum. No pictures were allowed, and that ticked off the ladies. I snagged af few anyway, unbeknownst by anybody. But they didn't turn out too well !! Then we went through their Saddle Shop Outlet. Lots of good stuff, but its something like having the emblem of Caterpillar, Cadillac, or Lincoln - Really expensive!! Returned to Rockport, but as you guessed, it was time to eat again. Stopped at the "Big Fisherman" and filled up with Shrimp, Clams, Oster Rockerfeller, Stuffed Crab, Pilapia. Could hardly finish it all. I scooped John on this one. I bought cheap dinner. He bought a more expensive Dinner. We'll get evened up some where along the line I'm sure.Once home and relaxing went to our other neighbors behind us, Daryl and Charleen, who are from Omaha, Nebraska, Denice's home state. So even though she is Canadian through and through, she still akin to Nebraska Folks. Chatted with them unti well after dark. Back home realized that I am days behind in my Blog, so started to try to catch up. About 10 minutes until my eyes got real heavy. Tomorrows another day.
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