South Padre Island KOA, Texas

South Padre Island KOA is one of two campgrounds on South Padre Island for RVs. The other one is Isla Blanca County Park. KOA also has cabins and Airstream trailers to rent.  Expect to pay a good price for staying at the KOA. This is the most expensive park we’ve ever stayed at, with 4 people. If we would have spent the whole day at the park on our patio, at least we would have gotten some time out of it. We spent most of the time sight-seeing. I don’t have any pictures of the inside of the office or commons area.

                     

South Padre Island, Sea Turtles, Sand Castles, Port Isabel

We picked up our son and daughter-in-law from the airport at Harlingen and stayed overnight at Sunshine RV Resort near the airport yesterday, the 15th.  We have a one night reservation at the KOA at South Padre Island tonight. I’ll have a separate post on both of those campgrounds. There’s a lot of things to do in the Padre Island area depending on what you like and your what you are willing to pay. We planned mostly a day of sightseeing.

                                     

Sea Turtle Inc. is a sea turtle rescue center. We weren’t able to see some of the area because it was cold out (temp below 55 degrees). They are a nonprofit organization with an income of donations and gift shop sales. It is free to go there, donations accepted. They have summer interns and volunteers.

                    

We also went to the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center. I did a separate post on that, as we took a lot of pictures there.

                     
Padre Jose Nicolas Balli statue, Queen Isabella Causeway memorial.
     

We drove back over the bridge to Port Isabel for some sightseeing. Port Isabel Lighthouse.  Fort Polk.  Pirate's Landing.
                                             World's Largest Fly Fishing Pole   
   
El Cristo de los Pesadores memorial, below pics, translates to "Christ of the Fishermen" is located on south end of the Island at the Isla Blanca Park.
    
Supper at Pier 19, near the KOA on South Padre Island.