South Padre Island is a pretty nice place. It was actually smaller than expected. Being in Dallas and it being driving distance decided to road trip it and drive down. The drive was pretty long, but not too bad after you get out of San Antonio. There is some border patrol you have to pass through once you get close to the island.
All and all it seemed like a party destination. Lots of 20 somethings hanging out on the beach getting drunk and acting stupid. Which left me feeling a little out of place. The lodging wasn't too expensive and the beach was free! Actually since you are on a narrow island the beach runs up the whole place. So no matter where you are at you can pull over to a beach area and just hang out on the beach. There were a couple "hot" destinations, Clayton Beach Bar seem to be the place to go. Live music and fireworks on the weekends. Claiming to be the biggest beach bar in Texas! It was packed in the evening! And full of those 20 something drunk people.
There is one paid area close to the bridge when entering the island. I think it's a state park, I would recommend you don't waste your money. There isn't much there and it's just a beach area, where you can access from the whole island for free!
Our adventure to Brownsville.
We decided to hit up Brownsville since we were close. It was about a 45min drive. The downtown area looked almost like you were already in Mexico. Strange how being close to another country takes on the shape and fell of it while still being in the US. On our way back we decided to hit up the Boca Chica State Park. Thinking it would be some paid park like most Texas State parks. Driving down this winding road which felt like forever (30 mins or so) there were just a couple Historical markers and a fence that separated Mexico from Texas. Once we finally got to the end thinking we would hit a stand and need to buy a ticket or pay to get it, the road just dead ended into a beach. And there were tons of people there. The weird part is we only passed like 4 cars the whole time yet at the end was a big wide open beach and tons of people fishing, swimming and cooking. It was literally the tip of Texas.
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