Port Aransas advice?

[Drachen]

It's cleaner.

I disagree, too many beer cans, etc. Plus the locals hate the fact that you are there in S. Padre, not so in Port A. I have always felt that there is an agenda in S. Padre.

"Wake up at 12:30, check
first beer at 12:20 and 30 seconds, check
have to make sure that we are up and about by 1:15 for the wet t shirt contest at hotel X, check
keg stands at 2:00, check . . . "

I am not saying that I don't enjoy any of those things, but I go to the beach to relax and get away from agendas. I know, at my age, I am alone in this preference, and you have to talk to people that are older than me to get the same opinion, but I have always felt this way.

[JudynTX]

I disagree, too many beer cans, etc. Plus the locals hate the fact that you are there in S. Padre, not so in Port A. I have always felt that there is an agenda in S. Padre.

"Wake up at 12:30, check
first beer at 12:20 and 30 seconds, check
have to make sure that we are up and about by 1:15 for the wet t shirt contest at hotel X, check
keg stands at 2:00, check . . . "

I am not saying that I don't enjoy any of those things, but I go to the beach to relax and get away from agendas. I know, at my age, I am alone in this preference, and you have to talk to people that are older than me to get the same opinion, but I have always felt this way.

Hmmmm...so the locals hate the tourists? We are paying for their salaries. I'm old school so I know what you're saying. We are less tolerant of now.

[Drachen]

Hmmmm...so the locals hate the tourists? We are paying for their salaries. I'm old school so I know what you're saying. We are less tolerant of now.

I think it has less to do with the locals and more to do with the types of tourists that go to S. Padre. Every year they deal with certain amounts of bad behavior, vandalism, etc. and they get tired of it. Kinda like the fact that most people working in retail can't stand the nationals even though they pay for their salaries.

BTW, I think a lot of people confuse Corpus and Port A when they say one is cleaner than the other. I cant stand the Corpus beach, it is dirty and smells like sweat.

[Blake]

I disagree, too many beer cans, etc. Plus the locals hate the fact that you are there in S. Padre, not so in Port A. I have always felt that there is an agenda in S. Padre.

"Wake up at 12:30, check
first beer at 12:20 and 30 seconds, check
have to make sure that we are up and about by 1:15 for the wet t shirt contest at hotel X, check
keg stands at 2:00, check . . . "

I am not saying that I don't enjoy any of those things, but I go to the beach to relax and get away from agendas. I know, at my age, I am alone in this preference, and you have to talk to people that are older than me to get the same opinion, but I have always felt this way.

Ive gone to S Padre at least once, many times 2-3 for the last 10 years. I love staying at a hotel right on the beach down there.

We just wanted a change of pace however the memories of a nasty trip to Mustang Island still haunt us. I hope you're right.

[PM5K]

Marcels is very good, I worked there as a kid but haven't been there to eat in a long time. Also Crazy Cajun has a seafood boil that they dump on the table for everyone to eat, not only is it good but it's always fun to eat off the table.

Do you guys have kids? I don't know that I'd go to the Lexington unless I had kids, or was really into ships and what not. I hear in New York they have an actual working ship you can tour, touring a ship that hasn't been used in a long time and has ancient equipment isn't as exciting to me personally, but I'm a high tech kind of guy. Whatever you do don't visit on a humid day....

[leemajors]

if you grew up within 100 miles of corpus christi then the school trip every year was a trip to the lexington

negative, goliad was it.

[leemajors]

do they have schools in goliad?

the elementary trip three years running was goliad - la bahia and making rubbings of the fannin monument.

[mookie2001]

you mean presidio la bahia not goliad

[mookie2001]

rockport fulton is strictly for abusing tussin

[chode_regulator]

is there a grocery store around?
rofl

I don't know if it's the cheap rum talking but....I can't stop laughing at this. Mstly because it's the first thing that popped in my head when I read the questoin.

[leemajors]

you mean presidio la bahia not goliad

we always stopped at the whataburger in goliad.