January 27, 2017. Blustery day on South Padre Island

CAMPGROUND:  Another night at Isla Blanca State Park

LOCATION:  South Padre Island, Texas

WEATHER:  Cooler. Very windy. Highs in 60s  

We had a bad night.....the propane detector alarm went off all night long.  It made some terribly loud beeps, then silence for awhile.  Just as we got back to sleep, it went off again.  After about an hour, George got so annoyed that he just ripped the alarm out and cut the wires.  This morning, he looked at the device, and realized that it was several years old and should have been replaced awhile ago. 

We don't have wifi at the campground, so we drove to the Visitor Center to use their internet.  We made arrangements to stay in Austin after our visit here, and in Florida where we will be in early February.   South Padre Island is a real tourist spot. These stores are all over the island, selling island goodies.

The island is run over in the spring with college spring breakers.  They rent vehicles like this to drive around.

Since there wasn't much to do outside in this weather, we went to the island's brewpub.  Everyone else had the same idea...it was packed.  We had some oysters on the half shell and their $3 beers.  We had a nice conversation with some Minnesotans sitting next to us.  We see a lot of Minnesota and Iowa license plates.  Probably because this is is a straight shot south from those states.    

As we pulled in to our campground site, our nice neighbor whom we have met here for three years, invited us into their camper for drinks.  Theirs is a very big camper, probably about the size of our new tiny house.

 

DINNER:  Using a recipe I found in a magazine, I made a shrimp dish with poblano peppers, bell peppers, garlic and Mexican cheese.