Monday, February 22, 2010

Our Three Hour Tour

Today, we were up by 6:30 as we needed to meet everyone by 8:30 at Mac and Lynette’s.  Today’s adventure would take us to South Padre Island’s

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Pier 19.  Here

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we boarded our

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tour boat.  We headed out past the

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Island KOA and the

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Coast Guard Station.  As we continued out in the bay, we saw

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shrimpers coming in.  We left

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the island behind us and started looking for what we came to see….the

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Bottlenose Dolphins.  They were having

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fun playing in and around the boat.  We traveled on out past the

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camping area at the State Park until we finally reached the mouth of the bay and the

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gulf.  Here we turned around and headed back into the bay.  Soon, we spotted yet another

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dolphin friend.  I think he was talking to

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Mr. Pelican, who was flying right overhead.

On the way back we passed by the

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Long Island Village.  All of these homes are built

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with access to the water.  There are row after row of these sites.  Soon we were at the

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Swing Bridge and the bridge operator

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swung the gate open wide for us to go through.

Our next treat came when one of  deck hands

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dropped this net out into the water.  A little while later, he hauled in

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our catch.  We had

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bait fish and

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squid, and

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I missed what this little guy was…because I was too interested in getting to

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hold the Puffer.  And, I am not sure he liked being held because when we put in back in the tank he

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decided to get really “puffy”!

All too soon, we found ourselves back dockside.  Now, included with the purchase of our tour tickets

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was lunch.  The choice was

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fish or

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shrimp!  Both were delicious.

After lunch and needing to do a little walking, we decided to do a little shopping while on the island.  We also stopped back in Port Isabel to do a little more shopping.  When we were shopped out, we headed back the 90 miles to Mission.

It was a great 3 hour tour that turned out to be an all day adventure and one that won’t soon be forgotten.  As I close this entry…

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my friend and I would like to say, we too hope you enjoyed our three hour tour and…

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6 comments:

  1. oh now that looked like a good boat ride. Glad you guys are making so many memories together.

    Missing you
    Brenda Brown

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  2. Oh my goodness, what a wonderful day trip. Your pics are great and thanks for sharing.
    (going back for 2nd look)

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  3. This is too weird....we were going across the bridge just as you were leaving on your boat trip. How do I know this.....I saw the same shrimp boat! We enjoyed our day as well...loved the photos

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  4. From the moment I read your title, and all the while reading through your blog... all I could hear in my head was the theme song to Gilligan's Island! Glad you guys didnt' get shiprwrecked!

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  5. Looks like a nice tour to add to my list when we are in the South Padre area. Great photos and enjoyed the toured...Thank You!!!! Glad everyone had a great time and made it back safely.

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  6. Oh yes, thanks for the three hour tour!! It looked like you all had a great time. I especially love the dolphins!!:)

    Another thing Mike and I can add to our "to do" list. Man is that list growing. Isn't it great!!!!

    Hugs,
    Gerri

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