Our
first night at Padre Island was ‘interesting’. The rangers questioned whether
we should camp here at all. They were considering closing the campground since
there was a forecast of 70 mph winds, hail, and possible tornedoes. We camped
anyhow and it turned out OK. Waves were high. It rained hard and the
thunderstorm lasted awhile, but nothing really terrible.
The
next few days varied with sun, clouds, wind, and calm.
We
saw lots of birds like herons. Herons aren’t shy. They always seem to pose for
pictures.
Brown
pelicans.
Long-billed
curlew
I
expected to see birds on the beach, but not deer. This one was between the
beach and the first dunes. We saw quite a few deer prints in the sand.
We
saw a lot of debris on the beach from the storm or just normal beach trash. We
saw lots of plastic bottles, gloves, syringes, dead jellyfish, and even this
big pole and ladder.
Mornings
are gorgeous.
Surprisingly,
while the beach seemed to change every day with waves moving everything, we saw
a branched tree in the water that was here 3 years ago when we visited last.
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