South Padre Beach Day

Retirement is like another day at the beach with beautiful blue skies!  We've probably visited Padre ten different times over the years, but we decided this was the prettiest weather we have ever seen there.

The ocean water was chilly but "wade-able."  We walked six miles on the beach that was almost deserted. Denisa spent her time trying to sneak up on the local wildlife.

We did get close enough to take several bird close ups.  I don't know the exact names of these birds, but we can say that they all seem to prefer salt water and time on the beach.

 

A day at South Padre isn't complete without eating fresh sea food.  Our favorite restaurant is "Dirty Al's" with its "Sorry, we're open!" sign out front.  

There are no food pictures, because we ate it too fast.  We did take a picture out the side door of the restaurant with the fishing boats and the resident pelicans waiting for the next free meal.

We stopped in at a local fish market for fresh shrimp to take home for another meal later.  It was a great day on the island!