South Padre Island is at the most southern tip of Texas. It is only 1/2 mile wide and the commercial end is about 7 miles long. You can't get lost. We were there in the off season, which I am told is when you want to visit to experience South Padre without hourdes of tourists. The reason we drove down to South Padre Island is because of what we read about SeaTurtles.Inc. It is a non-profit organization that rescues and rehabilitates injured SeaTurtles for rel...

The projected drive time from Del Rio Tx to South Padre Island is 6.33 hours, but we putz, so we alway have to add 1.50 hours. We got an early start before sunrise at 7am. The landscape was so difference. We passed through farmland and groves of pecan trees as we headed towards Laredo. Later we passed through areas of immense space...nothing but brush. Not sure where it was, we passed a correctional facility with a cautionary sign that stated, "Caution! Hikehik...