We visited a local maritime museum. One section was on La Salle. He's the explorer that claimed the Mississippi River basin for France in 1682. Apparently he was smart but a jerk and very arrogant. Some of his sailors mutinied and one eventually killed him. His boat was recovered off the coast near here. It was very well preserved and they found lots of things including navigational equipment, the boat's wood frame, ropes, and a human body. The best part of the museum was a film that looked like a scene from the TV show "Bones". They removed the actual brain matter from a sailor found on La Salle's boat. Very creepy! Did you know that brains float in water? They then showed how they reconstructed his face and could determine things about his life based on his bones.
Tomorrow we take off for Padre Island National Park. We'll be off the grid for a few days.
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