We moved to San Antonio (with the Army) from Illinois in 2010. We had talked about going to the coast (South Padre) for a while but never did until this past weekend.
We went to South Padre Island with our 89 pound dog and we were able to get a condo right on the beach. When we opened the living room and bedroom doors, there it was.
We only stayed for 3 nights and now I wish we would have planned a week vacation. We thought we would get bored in South Padre, but we didn’t. Not even close.
I will say this, the food was not great on the island anywhere we ate. The best food we found was at Psychadeli- however, take your patience because a sandwich will take about 45 minutes. We cooked most of our meals in the condo.
So of course the real reason we all go to the coast is the beach and we spent a good amount of time just walking the beach, building sandcastles, wading in the water, just enjoying. The beach was clean and well maintained.
We went at the end of April and there were enough people that you did not feel like you were alone, but there was not a lot of people there- it was perfect for us.
We took a pirate ship cruise in the South Padre bay which was great. We also took wave runners out to see the dolphins. We could have spent all day in the little shops. Don’t forget parasailing… I am scared of heights but it was actually amazing.
We want to go back to South Padre and spend more time on the beach and do some horseback riding and atv’ing.
Overall, it is a great place to go and relax and just get away nice and close to home. We will be back soon!