Last Sunset from Port Aransas

Too windy and chilly for this old man to fish today so, I stayed in and played with Tiger and Molly when they weren't napping -- or when I wasn't napping or eating or drinking.  Had hoped the wind would die down so I could use the grille and cook that Mangrove Snapper with some turkey dogs on the side.

As the afternoon winds continued, the clouds seemed to hang around in swirling, twisting patterns that I thought should make for another beautiful, colorful sunset -- the last one before the end of the world per the Mayan calendar.  Since the wind had not eased, I decided to drive down the road and onto the beach for a couple pics around the jetty I had fished a couple times.  I thought for sure that I would be the only one there and it looked likely as I drove along the beach and the wind coming off the dunes had blowing sand covering most of the tracks left by trucks and cars but, when I arrived at the jetty, one pick'em up truck was parked there.




Looking west from the jetty'

Two young guys were out on the end of the jetty fishing from the large man-made stones but, the waves weren't crashing and splashing onto the jetty like yesterday since the wind had changed direction and was blowing from the beach or northwest instead of the south, southeast.  One of the young guys said his buddy had caught a Redfish but, he had not caught anything -- except some seaweed (sounded like my outing there yesterday).

Well, if we are all still alive tomorrow then, I guess I will drive to that little convenience store and pick up some more shrimp to fish off that seawall -- maybe catch some more of those Snappers (it was really tasty for dinner tonight -- cooked in the convection oven instead of on the grille).

Two young guys on the jetty.