ROCKPORT, TX, BAY VIEW RV RESORT

Bay View is our Western Horizon (membership) Resort so we stay for "free". The park isn't one of WHR's best but since it is free, we put up with the lack of maintenance. This year when we pulled in we found the local gas company drilling for natural gas - the office told us they have the mineral rights in the park. Some of the sites have been torn out so they could drill and another drill location was in the middle of the main road through the park so a new/temporary detour road was built. They were drilling close to our site and it was pretty noisy but this morning they moved to the back of the park. We were told by someone we met on our walk that this park had been sold. We haven't been able to verify that yet.

We arrived 2 days before our reservation so we spent 2 nights at the Drifters RV Park. It was very nice but lots of trees. We were still able to get our satellite TV and internet though but we sure had to be careful backing into the site with trees on both sides of us and park so our slides wouldn't hit the trees. The sites are very large though - just some trees can interfere with parking. The reviews were all very good and their monthly fee is just $225 (we pay electric) - we may stay there for a month (Jan/Feb) before we head to the Rio Grande area.

Rockport is still my favorite area to spend the winter. Today it is a humid 77 degrees. I can put up with the humidity. I think I like this area so much because it reminds me of Birch Bay (without the rain).

This photo is one of our favorite walking places - I took this picture last year.