Beach Day on Padre Island

South Padre Island is about a 40 minute drive from San Benito.  We often try to get out the beach, but are usually disappointed since the beach is often very windy.  However the weather for the last few days has been beach perfect - low 90's and mild breezes.  The Island itself has been invaded by all the march breakers who would normally head further south into Mexico - but with the violence in Mexico, many have detoured to this beach.

We picked a perfect day on Friday the 23rd and headed out to the beach before many of the students were out of bed!  After an enjoyable walk, we sat in our chairs - then we headed over to Dirty Al's for a seafood lunch.

         


For the history buffs, the Columbus Foundation builds replica ships as navigable museums.  An exact scale replica of the Nina and a slightly larger than scale model of the Pinta, were in  Port Isabel. We drove over and looked at these replicas.