Visiting Padre Island National Seashore
Corpus Christi, Texas
Today we drove north to Corpus Christi and across the JFK Causeway to Padre Island. We drove clear south to the Padre Island National Seashore. This is a National Park so our annual pass got us in for free.
Padre Island National Seashore preserves what is left of the coastal grassland prairie habitat and is the longest section of undeveloped barrier island beach in the world. As you drive the road, all you see is tall grassland and sand dunes. We did see two deer running through the tall grass but could not get a photo of them.
The sandy beach is breathtaking. I was hesitant to go too far into the water because dead jellyfish dot the beach area where they have been left behind by the tide. This tells me there are lots of jellyfish in the area and I did not want to get stung. There are signs stating that swimming is not recommended due to rip currents and the jellyfish population.
Rich enjoys looking for unbroken seashells as much as I do, and so that is what we did. We found quite a few different ones again. Sadly we only found parts of sand dollars and parts of lightning whelks. Would love to find…
