Chillin’ on South Padre Island

13 04 2017

After arriving on South Padre last Sunday the 2nd, we’ve checked out all of our favorite places by the following weekend. The beer and burgers are still great at the Padre Island Brewing Company.  Palm Street Pier, with our favorite entertainers – Chuck and Earl – keep the place dancing on Friday and Sunday nights. Saturday morning finds us having delicious Bloody Mary’s and breakfast at the Palms Resort Cafe.  And yesterday we enjoyed dinner at Tom and Jerry’s.  We’ve picked out a few new places we want to check out before departing the island.

The Palm Street Pier Bar & Grill

Sunset from “the Pier”

Palm Sunday the 9th of April, marked the official start of Semana Santa, the most important Mexican holiday season after Christmas.  All week we’ve watched as additional visitors set-up RVs here at Isla Blanca Park.  No doubt the parking lots and beaches will be overflowing by Friday afternoon.  Once the Easter festivities have quieted, we’ll make our way back to Harlingen for a few days before starting the trip back north.

More from South Padre as Semana Santa gets rolling…





Tropic Winds, Harlingen, TX

31 03 2016

WP_20160331_003cWe’ve just spent 3 nights at Tropic Winds RV Resort, a large resort on the north side of Harlingen.  This is always a good resupply stop since Harlingen has nearly every big box store imaginable along 3 uniquely Texas HEB grocery stores.

 

heb-logoThe HEB chain of stores based in San Antonio offers over 350 stores scattered through Texas and Mexico making HEB one of the top privately held grocery chains in the US.

South Padre Island

South Padre Island

Tomorrow we’ll move out to South Padre Island to begin our 2 weeks “Living on Island Time”.  More from SPI…