By the afternoon I'd made it past San Antonio and Corpus Christi and headed for Port Aransas where my son Noel and his family live. It's a barrier island, and since I missed the turn to go the other way, I took the ferry across the channel, first waiting for a supertanker to cruise by...

Found my way to Noel's house - today was my first time seeing Casey, grandson number two born tax day (April 15) this year. Cute kid, if I say so myself...Grandson number one Skylar just turned two and is talking up a storm. Here's Noel and Skylar in a moment of repose:

No doubt trying to figure out who the old guy with all the wires coming out of his toys is.