Turkey Vultures...

Not what you'd want to put on the table for Thanksgiving.

Quite a change today - a cold front moved in overnight.  The temp only dropped about 10º or so, but it has clocked around to the northeast and it has a bite to it.  We took the scoots out again, another lap by the water...

That smooth blue water is milky green and lumpy.  The pelicans are hiding out somewhere out of the wind.  These guys are out...

No doubt, from the title of this post, you already guessed: turkey vultures.  With the gusty wind, they didn't have to flap their wings much; impressive birds, both in stature and posture, they look tough.

A little further up the road, a bird sanctuary.  Well, yesterday it was a bird sanctuary; today...

... about half a sanctuary, thanks to the high water.

We rode all around Rockport; off the main drags and through the neighborhoods.  This is a great little town.  Population between 9,000 and 10,000; LOTS of RV parks, bringing winter Texans through the winter months.

We stopped for a late lunch at Los Comales; we did well with a local recommendation for BBQ, and likewise with the Mexican food...

The food was good.  Apparently we looked muy sympatico, since the waitress sat beside Joan and told us about "how high maintenance that last table was..."  I assured her that we would be easy.  Don't mess with people who are handling your food.  (I used to let the guests know that when I was driving the meal cruise trips in the Tetons.)  ;-)

More riding around, then back to the HH...

It's supposed to be rainy tomorrow, so we put the bikes in the trailer; strapped down and ready to hit the road.