It's been a fairly cool weekend here in South Texas, at least for this area anyways. High in the 80s with cool nights that make for good sleeping weather.
Saturday we did another of our driving tours, my first intended stop was Boca Chica beach. There is usually a nice wide sandy beach but this weekend due to wind direction and tide levels there wasn't much beach to be driving on. In fact the usual hard pack just wasn't available for driving on. We probably would have turned around and headed for South Padre Island if it hadn't been for the fact I really wanted to collect some black sand to take home and run through my cleanup sluice. I know that south Texas is not known for gold but there have been some reports of gold on the beaches. We ended up using 4 wheel drive on the ole jeep to get down to where the black sand gets piled up. Once we get home and I have a chance to run the sand through the sluice I will let you know if we had any luck.
From there we headed over to South Padre Island. We visited the B & S Kite shop. I was proud of both of us because we didn't spend any money there even though we could easily have spent a lot. We then cruised along hotel row and managed to get on the beach for a bit. Linda tried to do a little shopping but didn't find what she was looking for (clothes for the little girls).
It seems one of Linda's favorite stops is Seven Seas in Los Fresnos, on Highway 100. She did manage to spend some money there but with what she has been saving most of the winter I guess I can't complain.
Bud and I figured this would be our last chance to hike in Bentsen RGV State Park so about 9AM we headed in to hike the Rio Grande Trail. It's a two mile trial but we had to hike into the trial head. So in total we must have hiked a bit over 4 miles round trip. Bud has not had the ambition to get off the couch since we got back. In previous years we have made this trip a number of times each season but due to my work camping job, this was the first time we have made the trip. Always an enjoyable hike!
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Steve, I was looking for information on rumors about beach gold in South Texas and found your post on your blog. I live hear in South Texas only about 25 miles from Boca Chica beach and South Padre Island. I was wondering if your cleanup of the black sand that you picked up on your trip back in April panned out with anything? Any info you have would be appreciated. Thank you.
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