{"id":5346,"date":"2021-07-10T12:31:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T16:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?page_id=5346"},"modified":"2021-08-24T05:15:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T09:15:04","slug":"2021-june-30-july-5-south-padre-island","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/2021-june-30-july-5-south-padre-island\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 6\/30-7\/5: South Padre Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stu visited Shirley&#8217;s family from his camping locations on S. Padre. Shirley had organized a lovely 9th floor 2-story suite on the 9<sup>th<\/sup> floor with a view of both the Gulf of Mexico and the bay. This was excellent because fireworks were alternately held over two days, some on one side and some on the other.<\/p>\n<p>My first park on S. Padre was Isla Blanca State Park is located on the point where S. Padre Island meets the Gulf of Mexico at the Brazos Santiago Pass. The Gulf is usually very calm and the pass is normally equally calm, but in the Winter Storm Season, it can become dangerous. The memorial in the park pays tribute to the people who were lost entering that pass in a dangerous storm.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5346 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/2021-june-30-july-5-south-padre-island\/20210617-brazos-sabtuagi-okass-at-isla-blanca-pk\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210617-Brazos-Sabtuagi-Okass-at-Isla-Blanca-Pk-201x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210617-Brazos-Sabtuagi-Okass-at-Isla-Blanca-Pk-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210617-Brazos-Sabtuagi-Okass-at-Isla-Blanca-Pk-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210617-Brazos-Sabtuagi-Okass-at-Isla-Blanca-Pk-1027x1536.jpg 1027w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210617-Brazos-Sabtuagi-Okass-at-Isla-Blanca-Pk-1369x2048.jpg 1369w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210617-Brazos-Sabtuagi-Okass-at-Isla-Blanca-Pk-scaled.jpg 1712w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5357'>\n\t\t\t\tMemorial to lost Fisherman\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/2021-june-30-july-5-south-padre-island\/statue-at-isla-blanca-park-s-padre-island\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Statue-at-Isla-Blanca-Park-S.-Padre-Island-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Statue-at-Isla-Blanca-Park-S.-Padre-Island-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Statue-at-Isla-Blanca-Park-S.-Padre-Island-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Statue-at-Isla-Blanca-Park-S.-Padre-Island.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5360'>\n\t\t\t\tFamilies routinely bring flowers and conduct memorial services for their lost relatives.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lasagna-at-Isla-Blanca-condo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5359\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lasagna-at-Isla-Blanca-condo-300x144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lasagna-at-Isla-Blanca-condo-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lasagna-at-Isla-Blanca-condo-1024x491.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lasagna-at-Isla-Blanca-condo.jpg 1505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Our family tries to vacation together whenever we can. We enjoy cooking and enjoy eating and talking together. Shirley, Justin, Nicole and I each made a dinner. I enjoyed them all.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone had two helpings and there was still enough for lunch the next day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210617-Isla-Blanca-sand-castle-super-sand-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5358\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210617-Isla-Blanca-sand-castle-super-sand-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210617-Isla-Blanca-sand-castle-super-sand-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210617-Isla-Blanca-sand-castle-super-sand-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210617-Isla-Blanca-sand-castle-super-sand-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210617-Isla-Blanca-sand-castle-super-sand-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210617-Isla-Blanca-sand-castle-super-sand-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Beach lovers know there are a variety of different types of beach sand. The beach at S. Padre island is known for hard, dense sand that holds moisture well and is suitable for significant sand castle construction. These static figures take hours to days to build and seldom survive high tide. After my first walk on the beach I was eager to begin work on my project, but I quickly found a shovel was needed to penetrate the hard sand.\u00a0 Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/index.php\/2021-7-5-14-mckinney-falls-austin-and-emma-long\/\">Continue to McKinney Falls and Austin with Stu by Clicking Here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><input type=\"button\" value=\"Click here to return to the Previous Page\" class=\"alg_back_button_input \" style=\"\" onclick=\"window.history.back()\" \/>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stu visited Shirley&#8217;s family from his camping locations on S. Padre. Shirley had organized a lovely 9th floor 2-story suite on the 9th floor with a view of both the Gulf of Mexico and the bay. 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