Most of us have built sandcastles on the beach before. You know… the kind that involves a plastic shovel and a bucket that is shaped like a castle tower when flipped upside-down.
What if you would like to create something better than that… something that could be described as sand art? Well, you can do it.
Andy Hancock has been offering sandcastle lessons in South Padre for years.
South Padre Island is one of the most popular vacation destinations in Texas. People go there to have a good time. People get hungry. So you can bet that there will be many South Padre Island restaurants to fill the hungry tummies!
The trick is to find the good ones. We’ve tried a few South Padre Island restaurants while vacationing there and usually had a good time.
Here are a few of our favorite…
Without a doubt, South Padre Island Texas is one of our FAVORITE vacation destinations!
My family and I discovered this little tropical paradise a couple of summers ago. We have been hooked ever since!
Some of our favorite things to do in South Padre Island are the beaches, a visit to Schlitterbahn, and fishing.
If you’re wondering where South Padre Island is, follow the Texas coastline towards Mexico. It is a couple of miles off the coast just about on the border with Mexico. A bridge connects South Padre Island to Port Isabel on the mainland.
South Padre Island hotels are plentiful… Some are more expensive, some are cheaper, some are on the beach, and some are not.
And then there are condos too!
The point is, there are many options to choose from. Not all of them are equally good though.
To help you find a hotel in South Padre Island that you will like, I have put together this list of our favorite South Padre Island hotels and condos.
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.
During a recent trip to South Padre Island, we decided to take sandcastle lessons, and boy, was that fun!
We saw the sandcastle lessons advertised on the Island’s web site before we booked our break.
We rang Andy Hancock and his competition. Andy sounded very enthusiastic on the phone and we decided go with Andy to have sandcastle lessons with the children, as it looked like real fun.
I’ve always wanted to go parasailing in South Padre…
We spent a few days on South Padre Island last summer. We stayed in the Holiday Inn next to Schlitterbahn.
As these summer vacations go, we spend a lot of time on the beach. The path that leads to the beach from the Holiday Inn passes by a stall where they sell tickets to go parasailing in South Padre.