Yehah From Texas

February 24,2010 Road trip USA

Padre Island was no Isla M..  More the vacation spot the Wally and the Beaver forgot (and the Bundy's made a short visit and left their mark too).  We never made it to the south end which I'm told is better.  A storm front blew in and I do mean blew.  As we where driving on the beach, miles of flat cream colored sand, the wind was blowing seabirds backwards.  It was like a snow storm in the prairies but sand.  The pelicans futile efforts to shelter themselves in the cascading sand dunes was comical.  Then the rain started and we got out of there!  We drove west into the desert, Big Bend Park, Air force base and U.F.O. sitings. The desert is starting to bloom.  Small yellow and purple flowers checker the rolling cactus covered hills.  As night approached shafts of iridescent golden light pierced the storm clouds blanketing the desert floor on the horizon.   The Sun eventually submitted its control over the sky allowing the stars and moon to change the landscape into anther planet. The only thing reminding us that we where still on Earth where the occasional speckle deer at the side of the road and the impromptu immigration and border control check points along the hwy.  We're off to the park now and probably won't have Internet for a few days talk to soon. Saying farewell for now from Penny's 1950's roadside diner.