Padre Island National Seashore was our playground today. We finally got a got a sunny day and it was a balmy 61f. Wahoo. Short lived though as it will rain a bit tomorrow bur warmer. Yesterday ir rained big time and never got above 43f. Oh well the long range is for warm sunny weather. Soon I hope.

Padre Island is the longest undeveloped barrier island in the world. It is over 60 miles long and is a great recreational area in Texas. The garbage and industrial waste along the beach is discouraging to see, as it is such a pretty spot. The lower picture is a tar ball with shells in it and there are kinds of them along the beach. They even have a tar ball memo board. You go onto the beach and you see a wind warning, wave warning and a tar ball warning. High , Med, or low. Pretty ridiculous. The worst oil spill was down here over 14 million gallons spilled into the gulf.

It was great just to get out along the beach and dig in the sand and have lunch and soak up a bit of sun. We are off to the Texas State Aquariun the next sunny day as some of the exhibits are outside. We are here till next Thursday and then up to the hill country above San Antonio. Till next time. Jim