North Padre Island

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2nd trip down to N. Padre Island gonna do the things we couldn't do on our 1st trip due to me getting real bad sunburn ouchy!!!

Pictures for this entry can be found at http://philippschonger.spaces.live.com/photos/  Where's the sun? South Padre Island Kiting report .... Well.. it's howling outside .... wow... maybe we're not used to this compared to the mellow rain and ...

We left mercedes on Monday and spend a couple nights on South Padre Island. We visited with our friend, Mary Ann, who we met in 2002 the first time we went to South Padre Island. She was an RVer then too and now she lives and works on the ...

... from, including a visit to Sea Turtle, Inc. (which aids and assists in the protection of Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles), South Padre Island Dolphin Research and Sealife Center, South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center and World Birding Center, and the ...

... terrible, but it isn't what we are looking for.  Saturday we departed South Padre Island heading to Corpus Christi and North Padre Island.  The weather has improved, but the weather forecasters are expecting yet another front to be coming in. ...

The solar panels are working. We parked at the end of the road on South Padre Island (SPI) on Wednesday, we haven't started the generator as of Monday. It has been great to stay here by the beach. Today we went to town to wash the MH, the windows were ...

... 18th,  I got a little session on my 18m but not much more so Mariela and I decided to head 3 hours south to South Padre Island, Texas! Yahooooooooo......! We got here right at Sunset and it looks like that's the place we'll stay much longer.  We ...

... ) and then headed in the other direction for another 6 hour drive!  We left Austin about 9am and drove to South Padre Island.  We lunched at Bill Miller BBQ and then a Subway (differing hunger attacks).  Enjoyable car ride with reading, ...

... we came (Gil doesn't do "touristy stuff"), so Roger & I decided to go today before our time here is over.  Padre Island (North & South) is the world's longest barrier island.  On the Luganu Madre side of the island is the Birding & ...

From Padre Island, Texas - More on that and what happened between the writing below and here later ! For now enjoy the posting below. Pics may get posted this weekend when we will have more time and a good connection to do so. And no for the rest of ...

... ; We drove all the way to the Manisfield cut.  That is a channel they dug to get into manisfield.  That is how north and south Padre island was made.  It is a 28 mile drive on the beach..  There is no road but the sand is hard so you ...

Camped out at the beach for the ...

... 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 the island.  Our condo is about 1/2 block to the beach on the gulf side.  The beach at SPI is ranked as one ...

... Many of my clients are immigrants and their histories make me feel very sad. Separated families by the deportations, how the North American laws are applied differently to undocumented immigrant and American citizen, the way in which children of ...

... is the one that allows me to get to know the locals. At 2 AM we arrived in Maasin, 30 minutes from Padre Burgos and no transport, but a nice American from north California who leaves in Burgos  gave me  a ride, for free, we went to find a room ...

 Hi Everyone, We left South Padre Island on Monday, March 21st and started heading North to Corpus Christi and Aransas Pass area.  We are dragging our feet on leaving the gulf coastline and are planning on staying in this area for one more ...