PORT ISABEL AND SOUTH PADRE ISLAND

 

Here in McAllen, we are only about 70 miles from the Gulf of Mexico.  

You get on Interstate 83 and in about an hour you are in Port Isabel.  

  

 

It is a small port town with lots of bays and inlets, with RV Parks,  Marinas and Condos Motels and Rental properties on every inlet and bay. 

 

 

Then you go on over the causeway and you are on South Padre Island. 








 

This is a barrier island on the Gulf that is a real tourist meca.

Spring Break here is just like Fort Lauderdale etc. in Florida. They are both approximately 26 degrees North Latitude, so the climates and temperatures are similar, but it's not quite so humid in Texas.

 

 

 

So, that's where we go for some seaside.