Our goal was to make it all the way to mile 60 at the end of the island. That night we fell asleep to the sound of the high tide rolling up the shore only 30 feet from the Jeeps. The next morning we got up and made breakfast, packed up camp and carried on down the beach. The wind was blowing pretty hard off the Gulf but we were able to find shelter behind the Jeeps and enjoy a wonderful campfire dinner. On the first night, we drove about 10 miles in, found a great spot, backed up towards the dunes and set up camp for the night. I’m sure it gets busier in the summer but in February when we were there, we had the place pretty much to ourselves.
The first few miles are naturally a little busier than the rest of the seashore.Īs you continue to drive farther along the beach, the sand becomes softer and there are fewer vehicle tracks to follow. That’s our kind of camping!For the 1st mile or so, the beach is quite hard packed and it is safe to drive a motorhome or two-wheel drive vehicle. He said, “just drive down the beach as far as you want and when you find a spot you like set up camp.” I asked the Ranger where the designated camp areas were and he said “anywhere you want.” If you don’t have a NPS annual pass it’s $25 per vehicle for a 7-day pass. We were able to use our National Park annual passes to get in. We arrived in the afternoon and pulled up to the ranger station to get our passes. This is the longest undeveloped barrier island in the world and is found on the west shore of the Gulf of Mexico in the great state of Texas. This week we had the privilege of camping on the beach at the Padre Island National Seashore. The van Stralen family had another epic adventure last month exploring and cleaning up almost 60 miles of beautiful coastline off the Gulf of Mexico.
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