2013-10-28 King Ranch, Kingsville, TX

Monday morning we left Gateway and headed south the Kingsville to tour the King Ranch –larger than the state of Rhode Island and one of the largest privately owned ranches in the world. The bus trip around the ranch was a fascinating historical tour and the movies in the King Ranch museum in Kingsville filled in any details that our tour guide missed. Tourists only get to view the King family residence from the tour bus but the movie shows the lovely furnishing in this 32 room home.




We learned that the King Ranch Corporation not only raises beef cattle and quarter horses in Texas but is the largest producer of orange juice in Florida. They also raise cotton and other crops, are involved with publishing, own a John Deere dealership and have a large wildlife management and hunting operation on their lands south of Kingsville stretching almost to the RGV.


                   

Of course the day wouldn’t be complete without lunch in Kingsville – we stopped at the Cherry Tree Tea Room. The main street in Kingsville reminded us of a typical western town like many we have seen on our trips through Texas.

       

We then headed south arriving at Fun N Sun around 5:30 pm. We were able to get the Titanium set up on our site before dark and then join Dave & Myrna for dinner. Our 2 and a ½ weeks of traveling was done and we are parked for the winter.