Thursday we drove down to South Padre Island. Steve & Lisa Vollmer were vacationing out on the island and we had lunch with them and did some sightseeing. Steve is Kathy's sister Nancy's son. Steve and Lisa live in northwest Ohio. We had a great lunch at Dirty Dave's and then drove around for awhile. We drove down to the end of the road to show them the sand dunes and the sand drifts on the road.
The weather was nasty for down here. The high temp for the day was a windy, misty 52 degrees.
From the bridge to South Padre Island to the end of the road is 12 miles. The road ends shortly after the Adventure Park.
The road is a two lane paved road with paved shoulders. A grader has been down the road but some of the drifts were two big for it to push to the side. I think this guy spent all day just trying to keep the worst of the drifts cleared. He would get a bucketful and drive up over the dune, dump and come back for another bucketful.
I stepped out of the car to take this picture of the surf. The wind blew was blowing sand everywhere, including in my eyes.
Even though the weather was nasty we had a good time visiting with Steve and Lisa.
Today's high made it up into the mid 50's but at least the wind wasn't blowing like it was yesterday. After lunch Kathy went over to work on a puzzle. I drove over to Planet Fitness and spent an hour there. We both took short naps in the late afternoon. A singer came to provide entertainment at the clubhouse in the evening, Kathy volunteered to work at the concession stand.
God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours. He has blessed me.
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