entrance
Sand dunes
Release of Ripley's sea turtles
entrance
Sand dunes
Release of Ripley's sea turtles
Running over turtles with your 4WD is more fun than popping bubble wrap.
(just kidding)
The ranger at the federal park entrance warned my bother that if he planned on traveling the roads near the border to go armed. She said that she **always** carried.!
And....The federal park was paving its roads. What a smelly mess! The construction crews closed the boat launching sites without notice making many boaters furious.
When we were there there was no camp host and on the weekends ARMIES of illegals took over the campsites without paying. They uses the campsite showers and restrooms freely and left a huge mess. Personally, I was afraid to leave the campsite for free things would be stolen.
Finally...If you are a kite boarder, FORGET IT! The Bird Island beach access to the Laguna Madre is for **windsurfers** only! And...the windsurfers are very nasty about it.
I forgot.
ALWAYS wear protective foot gear on the beach and in the surf. The currents are onshore and wash up very dangerous items. Also, the are the hooks from the fishermen.
As a kid, we used to join about ten other navy families and go camping on the beach on Padre island. It was the biggest blast and thrill for a kid. It’s where I learned the thrill of stalking and shooting...poor sand crabs. Whereas some of the parents just partied, my poor dad lost his hair from trying to keep track of all the kids playing lord of the flies.
We lived in Corpus Christi for a while in 1964 when I was 4. We went to Padre Island several times and I vaguely recall one shack falling down and no people. We had the place to ourselves usually. I saw some deer down the beach. That’s about all I remember of it.
Then in the 80s I saw spring break on TV on South Padre or somewhere and there were hotels and people and riots and clubs. Wow.
It’s good to know the old quiet place is still quiet.
This just in: The Pope is still Catholic.