http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Rio-Grande-Valley/South-Padre-Island/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Texas , Rio Grande Valley , South Padre Island en-us Sat, 05 Dec 09 06:38:53 +0000 Sat, 05 Dec 09 06:38:53 +0000 After visiting Mike Donna Nancy Ron and family we headed to South Texas. Everywhere we found new friends to play Pickle Ball with. It's a game being played by people of all ages. You can set it up in your driveway Go to www.pickleball.com to find out about it. Went to a country 'n Western Opry in Yokum TX. Also went over to Progresso Mexico. Border patrol with oozies Drug and people http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Rio-Grande-Valley/South-Padre-Island/blog-262727.html So I was going a little crazy you know a classic case of the travel bug. I searched around for 2 days but I couldn't find anything that would work with James' study schedule or if it did nothing I could afford. So after considerable pouting I decided that we would go to South Padre Island. So now we're here.Some times we go to the beach sometimes we go to the hot tub sometimes I read som http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Rio-Grande-Valley/South-Padre-Island/blog-68614.html The kite competitions were held today. Two teams did routines. Four people each with a two string kite fly in formations. It is spectacular to watch. A guy from Huston TX came down and set up lots of kites to add to the festivities. He had big lizards a cat a teddy bear trains of 50100 kites and had fun keeping them all in the air. He showed Will how to fly an airfoil plane. It had a big pull http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Rio-Grande-Valley/South-Padre-Island/blog-4820.html