Blogs from South Padre, Texas, United States, North America

Bonjour à tous, Hier avec le vent je vous disais que la température, était plus supportable, ce qui est vrai en voiture, mais dans les chambres, c'est autre chose. Tous les jours en arrivant, la premières chose que je fais c'est de couper la clim. Il fait 35° dehors, et dans les chambres 18-20°, j'ai horreur de ces écarts, mais cette nuit j'aurais du en remettre un peu, ce matin avant 8h il fait déjà 31. Aujourd'hui pas le choix de route il n'y en a qu'une, juste un coup de gps pour sortir de Corpus Christi. A la sortie du village de Kingsville, un panneau met en garde pour le niveau d'essence, car la prochaine pompe est à 110 km. Pas de problème, j'en ai mis hier et je fais environ 800 km, sur route ... read more

Monday, February 4th. Motel 6 on South Padre Island Temperature is 68 degrees at 8:20 with a light misty rain falling and dark rain clouds overhead. Had breakfast first thing at a nearby Mc Donald's. With some sort of sign ordinance in this community, it was hard to spot the "golden arches" as they were on the ground, instead of their usual place, in the air. Noticed many hotels/motels signs were also hard to find. The island is particularly narrow at this end and makes everything squishy and on top of one another. Drove north for a little ways on P100 to the parking lot of the Convention Center. When we were at the King Ranch, the guide, when she heard we were heading in this direction, told us there was a rare 6" Ferruginous Pygmy ... read more

So here we are in South Padre Island (SPI) and paradise. I had read about SPI for months and all they say is true. The island is 113 miles long and the longest sand island in the US...maybe the world. We are out in the Gulf of Mexico just west of Brownsville. You have to go across a 3 mile bridge to get from the mainland of S. TX to SPI. Our motel. for 15 days, is right in the middle (east to west) of the small city of SPI which is on the very southern tip of the island of SPI. From our motel, we can walk 5 minutes west and be at the Gulf and 5 minutes east and be at the Laguna Madre. The water is beautiful and warm. The weather is great. ... read more

A week in Corpus Christi is a week too much. We are both so glad to have left. We got our van back late Friday afternoon and headed south Saturday morning....not too soon. We've landed in South Padre Island....about 20 miles this side of the border. If all goes well, we'll be crossing over sometime tomorrow. We don't know what to expect at the border and not wanting to be held up anymore, we hired a broker. I'm sure we could cross over ourselves and fill out all the necessary paperwork...but we're loaded up with 2 dogs and a 12' trailer full of "stuff". That just makes for more papers to be filled out and more questions to be answered. I do believe a broker will make our lives a little simpler...we hope. We'll see. In ... read more

Mexican Auto Insurance Sanborn is probably the most recommended and knowledgeable provider of Mexican insurance. Vehicle valued @ ~$14K-USD for 10 consecutive days was ~146.00USD. Mary Stavers was our agent. Their office is located in Brownsville @ xxxxxxx. Click on this link xxxxxx for a map. We also picked up their proprietary travelogue publications for Northern Mexico and the Yucatan. We chase our start date for the insurance coverage to coincide with our planned border crossing on Sunday 12/16 @10am. We probably could have saved some $$ by not purchasing 10 days of coverage but opting for fewer days and calling or emailing them for an extension if necessary. Curtains for the Condo Reflextix Duct tape-Diane insisted on more Velcro Spare keys Rope GPS?...Getting Lost?...or finding your way back? We have struggled with the benefits of ... read more