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Corral and the Beach

Sunday, April 17th – Padre Island, Texas – Day 66 

 In the morning, we decided to postpone our harvest host reservation in San Antonio and our future camping dates to spend another day at the beach. The weather was warm and sunny. The wind was blowing less, and Gen really wanted a day of rest and relaxation. I was done with the beach but was happy to have a day to hang out. 


 We woke up, dressed, showered, and went to Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Health in Corpus Christi. The priest had a beautiful white, bushy beard/mustache combo. He had a rhythm to his speech which demanded attention, but the content wasn’t for me. Afterwards, we went back to the Golden Corral Buffet. The place was packed on a Sunday after Church. The meal was great; steak was in the buffet and it was surprisingly fantastic. We then got drinking water and returned to have a relaxing beach day. 


 The sunny weather had dried up the dampness in the trailer a little bit. I laid down for a while. Gen went with the kids to play in the water and build sandcastles. Melissa had given the kids sand toys and wave boards. She was very generous. When I finally got out of bed, I went for a swim. I was walking out when I reached down for a shell and was surprised when a crab clawed me and ran away. The kids managed to get sand and water everywhere in the trailer and I had to give them all paper towels to clean the floor. It still didn’t last long. 

Gen made a delicious pasta but only the kids were hungry. We played Monster in the dunes until dusk was turning into night. The dunes were beautiful. They were tall and had beautiful sand. Beyond the dunes located along the beach there were more vegetation covered, tall dunes in layers and layers. The term barrier island was very accurate as these dunes must be able to withstand the onslaught of hurricanes. Gen and I chased the kids around the dunes. John wanted to be carried so I picked him up and ran after the girls. This limited my ability to succeed in catching anyone but that was besides the point (I still caught them though). Overall, it was a really nice day.

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