Fiesta Sol Island Resort South Padre Island
115 E Amberjack St South Padre Island, Texas, 78597, United States
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Jan 24 - Birding & Nature Centre
... are dune meadows, salt marsh and intertidal flats, along with thickets of native shrubs and trees that are irresistible to migrating birds. SPI is a crucial first landfall - a lifesaver for birds making an arduous cross-Gulf migration from Southern Mexico and northern Central America."
The Birding & Nature Centre has over 4,800 linear feet of boardwalks ...
Jan 22 - 23
... driveway. They were there for hours. We heard from a neighbor that the lady came home and found her husband had passed away. Very sad.
Today in the paper, they had an article in the local paper about the shortage of policing in Brownsville (25 miles from here). There, the number of police officers per 1,000 residents is 1.4; here in South Padre Island, it's 10 officers per 1,000 ...
Jan 21 - Adventure on the low seas
The weather this morning said "20 degrees. Freezing fog." LOL - what the heck does that mean? They don't know "freezing" here. The nice thing is that it was calm today - no wind. :)
We decided to head over to the Sealife Centre, where they have some displays of smaller turtles, hermit crabs, sea horses, etc. They also have dolphin tours. I had read on TripAdvisor that it's run by a family, and that Scarlet, the mom, is ...
Jan 19 - 20
Jan 19
Temps in the mid 70's today. We went for a walk on the beach, then crossed over and walked back down the main drag, stopping in the stores along the way. SPI is 34 miles long but only 1/2 mile wide. Only the southernmost 5 miles of the island are developed. One side borders the Gulf of Mexico, and the other borders the Laguna Madre. The main drag runs down the middle, and I think there is only one other street that runs north/south on ...
Jan 18 - Ladysmith Black Mambazo concert
... Black being a reference to oxen, the strongest of all farm animals; and Mambazo being the Zulu word for axe, a symbol of the group’s ability to “chop down” any singing rival who might challenge them. Their collective voices were so tight and their harmonies so polished that they were eventually banned from competitions – although they were welcomed to participate strictly as ...


