South Padre Island #2

The trip continued with our best day weather wise, it was gorgeous outside and we took full advantage spending almost the whole day outside. We took a short drive to a neighboring town on the mainland to visit a zoo, Andrew was extremely excited. Our little guy has a passion for animals and loved seeing some that he doesn't have the chance to see in our zoo.

They had a touch pool where you could touch stingrays. We all took our turns touching them and we even convinced Andrew to do it (he was terrified of the starfish but this he would touch) with Daddy's help of course.

Our little guy had no fear that day and was super excited to climb on top of the alligator statue that they had. I was so surprised as he usually runs from these sorts of things.

I had to include the picture below as it is a family tradition...curb-side eating. No matter what trip we are on, whether big or small, this family always has at least one meal outdoors it seems like. These often bring up funny memories later on. Our little family of three has continued this fun whenever we are out and about.

We went to visit a battlefield while we were in the area. It was a battlefield during the Mexican/American War. It was interesting to see an area where part of this war was fought and the history of what happened there. Andrew enjoyed the time outdoors and especially the cannons that were set around the path.

After leaving the battle field we realized how close we were to the Rio Grande River so we decided to go in search of it. There was no real spot to go an see the river so we simply followed a map. It led us down a dirt road, following a boarder patrol truck pulling a boat; we had to be on the right path right? Well we were and we soon found the river, not what we were expecting but we found it. All that was there was a boat ramp for boarder patrol and that was it, but we can say that we were there. 

Andrew was finally asleep in the car and was waking up when we stopped so we continued on and tried to find another place to see the river. We found the Sabal Palm Sanctuary which was an old plantation right along the river and the boarder. As we approached we realized to get to it we would drive through the fence. An interesting experience that we didn't want to miss getting a picture of. Todd's sister jumped out to do so and quickly discovered a sticky mess, mud. Thankfully she held her balance and didn't fall but her shoes needed a bath. Oh the memories. 

 

We enjoyed eating at local restaurants, Pier 19 was my favorite. The restaurant is built on a pier, which I didn't realize until I felt the whole building move. It was an interesting experience and wonderful food, and the best part I got to see my little man in a pirate hat! 

So many memories were made over these days and it was an amazing get away. The trip was a blessing even with the bumps in the road.