Jeanette's kids had never seen the ocean, so we thought, what better way to celebrate Thanksgiving than to take them down the coast to South Padre Island?
Lounging in the warm sun listening to the surf roll in sounded pretty good in place of the rain and cold.
Pretty view from the condo terrace.
The first couple days we were there it was a little chilly, but it warmed up and was sunny on the weekend. Jeanette and I also got to hit the 5AM sale at Walmart and got some pretty good deals after we fought off all the crazies.
We had Dominoes for Thanksgiving dinner.
Mike and I took all the kids for a walk down the beach in search of seashells.
Building sandcastles is always a highlight of our trips. The boys built two masterpieces which connected with a waterway and mote around both. Can you say competitive?
Do Brynn and Logan look like they are related or what?
We did hit the end of red tide again. : (
During red tide, the usually clean white sandy beaches are littered with dead fish each morning until they clear off the beach because of the algae in the water which kills the fish and stings your eyes. Super gross! But Mike thinks it's super cool to see what rolls up on the beach. Lucky for us it was almost over and not as strong as the last time we were there.
Ryder had fun exploring the beach.
The 3 Musketeers!
Best buds!
We found some new places to eat on the water. We loved Pier 19!
After dinner, we cruised over the waterway to Port Isabel to look at the Christmas lights.
Lucky for us, Santa also made a stop at South Padre!
We always have to visit the Turtle Hospital
and the Bird and Nature Boardwalk.
We saw so many beautiful varieties of birds. There were also turtles and crabs . . .
We saw so many beautiful varieties of birds. There were also turtles and crabs . . .
. . . and this guy! Hooray! We finally spotted an alligator along our walk. There is a huge sign warning visitors to stay on the path because of it being Alligator Territory.
Some of our friends don't believe there are really alligators there. Now we know!
We had such a fun weekend. We almost didn't want to come back home.
3 comments:
Alligators?!?!?! I'm impressed. Looks like y'all had an awesome time. We'll have to try Pier 19 when we go next time.
What a fun Thanksgiving--one you will always remember. I think it sounds quite nice to spend Thanksgiving at a beach! The kids looked like they were in heaven.
I wish you would have blogged first so I could have stolen some of those cute pictures. It already seems like so long ago that we were all at the beach. crazy.
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