South Padre Island/Port Isabel

On January 1st, we had planned to go ride horses on the beach. Unfortunately, the weather had changed dramatically from the night before and it was extremely windy. They canceled all the rides that day due to the wind and blowing sand. We decided to check out the beach and see for ourselves how bad it was.

This is Jared running on the beach in the wind. The kids did not last long because it was tough to keep the sand out of their eyes. It did not take long before Ryan decided he was not interested in getting sand in his eyes.

This is me with the kids on the beach trying to keep the sand out of our eyes. You can see how rough the ocean was from the wind. The kids would have liked to try and boogie board on those waves, but it was too cold and windy to go in the water.

The horse ride on the beach was out, so we decided to go with Plan B. We went to the Lighthouse at Port Isabel. This is Lori and the kids at the top of the lighthouse.
This is looking out from the Port Isabel Lighthouse toward South Padre Island.

It was very windy at the top of the lighthouse where we could go out and look. The wind was so strong it took our breath away. In this picture Ryan is climbing down and the wind is blowing through the lighthouse. You can see his hair blowing.

Brett, Jared and Ryan, the Three Amigos, in the Port Isabel Lighthouse.

Brett, Ryan, Jared and Lori outside the Port Isabel Lighthouse.

Arr, matey. Having lunch at The Pirate's Landing restaurant.

Brett, the one eyed pirate, who doesn't do anything. He is scary!