We have been staying at Mustang Island State Park, which is on Padre Island. It's a fairly basic camp-ground with water, electricity and washrooms/showers. You can drive several miles on the beach and just pick out a spot to sit and relax, swim, fish or whatever.
This afternoon we drove about 15 miles south to Padre Island National Seashore which is a National Park. Here you can drive a long way on the beach, over 50 miles actually. For the first 5 miles four wheel drive is recommended. After that you may need more serious equipment, like large tires and more ground clearance and probably a winch.
In this park you can park your RV right on the beach. The permit is just a few dollars a day. There was everything from pup tents to big fifth wheels.
We drove south a couple of miles and had a long stretch of beach all to ourselves. Other than a few bits of seaweed scattered about, this beach is immaculately clean.
Tonight we drove about 15 miles to Port Aransas which is at the north end of the island. Had dinner in a nice little place overlooking the marina.
There's nothing like a "million dollar view" while you're having dinner. The sunset was nice too.
Tomorrow we head inland towards Big Bend National Park. I
expect Big Bend will be about as close as you can get to the complete opposite of Padre Island. (except maybe, both have an abundance of sand)
We're planning to take 2 days to get there as it's almost 600 miles.
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