So. Padre Island
A few pictures from South Padre Island.
Kay standing at the edge of Laguana Madre at sunset. This was taken outside a little bar where we would go occasionally for cold shrimp and beer in the afternoon. Bike riding gets her in the mood for a beer, and having a heartbeat gets me in the mood.
This is facing west at the bridge that connects SPI to mainland Texas. The yellow sign says to be alert for pelicans. On windy days (virtually always in south Texas) the birds may land on the bridge railings. The speed limit on the bridge is 55. We've never seen a pelican impact a windshield, but I bet it's dramatic. This bridge was hit by a drifting barge which brought down the three or four main spans. It happened the week of 9/11/2001, so it attracted very little attention nationwide, but us bridge guys were very alert to it.
There is a manmade shipping channel from the Gulf that extends about 25 west miles in to Brownsville, TX. From that channel, it's about 10 miles south to the Rio Grand River. That 10 miles is part of a National Wildlife Refuge and there is nothing there, except the village of Boca Chica. This photo is taken at the edge of the channel looking south along those 10 miles of deserted beach.
As of this post we have moved 100 miles north to Port Aransas.
Kay standing at the edge of Laguana Madre at sunset. This was taken outside a little bar where we would go occasionally for cold shrimp and beer in the afternoon. Bike riding gets her in the mood for a beer, and having a heartbeat gets me in the mood.
This is facing west at the bridge that connects SPI to mainland Texas. The yellow sign says to be alert for pelicans. On windy days (virtually always in south Texas) the birds may land on the bridge railings. The speed limit on the bridge is 55. We've never seen a pelican impact a windshield, but I bet it's dramatic. This bridge was hit by a drifting barge which brought down the three or four main spans. It happened the week of 9/11/2001, so it attracted very little attention nationwide, but us bridge guys were very alert to it.
There is a manmade shipping channel from the Gulf that extends about 25 west miles in to Brownsville, TX. From that channel, it's about 10 miles south to the Rio Grand River. That 10 miles is part of a National Wildlife Refuge and there is nothing there, except the village of Boca Chica. This photo is taken at the edge of the channel looking south along those 10 miles of deserted beach.
If you turn 180 degrees and look north, you're looking across the channel at South Padre Island. There is a dredge working at maintaining the channel depth, in the left foreground. The tall white towers are about 2 miles from where I was standing, but you have to drive at least 50 miles from where I was, around the west end of the channel to get to them. The small dark towers at the right of the photo are about 6 miles from the white towers, and are at the north end of the developed part of the island . Both sets of towers are 35 stories. Our apartment was about halfway between the two sets of towers.
As of this post we have moved 100 miles north to Port Aransas.
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