Padre Island National Seashore

Padre Island (click to enlarge)

Add Padre Island National Seashore to your bucket list. It’s mile after mile of sand-duned ocean shoreline.

Along with two campground friends, we Jeeped to Milepost 30 (of 60!) on the beach. Because you can only drive slowly on the beach, it took us 2 hours to get from Port Aransas (which is on Mustang Island) to Milepost 30 on South Padre Island.

Yes, Virginia, you can camp right on the beach

Milepost 30

But what a drive! At times it was like being in a post apocalyptic movie like the Walking Dead (actually Fear the Walking Dead) TV show sans zombies . . . nobody around except the birds.

Here’s a list of the birds that visit the area (PDF).

It was a big day for Flirt too. It was the first time we let her go without a leash. She wagged her tail continuously.

Pizza & Belt Sander Racing

It’s been a while since we posted!

Ok, on the advice of one of our Pioneer RV Park neighbors, we went out for pizza at the Gaff in Port Aransas.

Pizza was very good, but we missed the Belt Sander Race so here’s a link to a previous Gaff Belt Sander Race.

The Pizza

The Gaff

NEXT: Jeepin on Padre Island. We drove on the beach to Milepost 30!

What I Did to My Class A Today

Can You Hear Me Now?

First, I think it pays to be close to a cell tower. I’m pretty sure that we’re parked right under a Verizon tower . . . today’s cell download speed was about 50 Mbps, yesterday it was 90 Mbps.

What I Did To My Class A Today

I “fixed” my shower door so it wouldn’t fall off after traveling.

Shower Door

On our shower door’s top hinge, there’s a pin that holds the door on. Sometimes after a long trip, the pin would work its way out. We wouldn’t notice anything was wrong until we tried opening the shower door — then it would fall out into our hands.

I tried using duct tape to hold the pin in place, but it didn’t work well and it looked really dumb — as duct tape fixes typically do.

So I drilled a small hole through the hinge and the pin. Really slowwwww work. Then I inserted a wire to hold the pin in place. Voila! It still looks pretty dumb, so I’ll use a small screw in place of the wire . . . later.

Better Than Duct Tape

Pioneer RV Beach Resort — Port Aransas, TX

Pioneer RV Resort (click to enlarge)

We’ve been wanting to get into this park for a couple of years . . . and we’re here for a month.

Walk This Way

It’s just a short walk to the Gulf of Mexico.

Boardwalk to the Gulf

Going to the beach

San Antonio Missions

San Antonio Missions

We took a day to visit three of the five missions in San Antonio. While the Alamo is one of the five, it is not part of the National Historical Park. The four missions part of the park are

• Mission Concepcion
• Mission San Jose
• Mission Espada
• Mission San Juan Capistrano

We visited Mission Concepcion and San Jose. There are all located with a few miles of each other. Mission San Jose was the most impressive, mainly because of its size.

MISSION CONCEPCION

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MISSION SAN JOSE