January 25, 2017. Getting reacquainted with South Padre Island

 

CAMPGROUND:  Another night at Isla Blanca Park

LOCATION:  South Padre Island, Texas

WEATHER:  Sunny and windy. Highs 80  

We jumped on the "Wave" free bus shuttle and rode to the downtown area.  George made a stop at the hardware, then we used the wifi at the visitors' center. 

 

South Padre Island is famous for its sand castles.  These are in front of the visitors' center...

They are huge...

There are about 20 all around the island.   

We had a nice lunch at a bistro, then walked back to the campground for exercise.  Later, we hopped on another Wave, this time to cross over the bridge to the mainland to the town there.

We went to "Joe's", a Mexican seafood restaurant where they were having an oysters-on-the-half shell happy hour.  We had a dozen for $7.95.  Yum!

 

Another Wave back home.  We stopped at Dirty Al's seafood shop and restaurant and bought some shrimp to cook for dinner.  

 

We talked with new neighbors from Alaska.

 

DINNER:  BBQ's shrimp on the grill.  I served them with cheesy grits and roasted onions.