A Super Saturday

After lunch in Port Isabel we headed across the bridge to Padre Island at 1:00. We picked up keys to most our rooms while the buses were being unloaded and hauled our bags to our rooms.

We then spent 3 hours on the beach. A good sized group had an active game of beach soccer while others hit the waves. Our injury of the day came when soccer-star Julia missed the ball and kicked another player - stubbing and bruising her toe.

A few significant storms blew threw and - and I mean that they really blew (not much rain). The wind whipped up the waves so hard for a while that those on the beach got sandblasted and those in the water had spray blowing over them.

After cleaning up from the beach we headed to Padre Island Brewery for dinner and commandeered the top floor. Some got beer - of the root variety. Some made their own concoctions by mixing a variety of ingredients.

Kevin had his brood of munchkins (nine Jr High students he adopted as his kids). Ryan's table changed hats and sunglasses after every time a waiter came by to see if they could confuse the waiter. Sr Highers competed in 9-ball pool.

After dinner we walked across the street to a large beach shop where the last available funds were spent on essential treasures.

We then headed back to the hotel and gathered by the pool for a dessert of ice cream sundaes (Alan and Dave got the ice cream and fixins at the grocery store while we were in the beach shop). We then worshipped and headed back to the rooms at 11:00 for free time and, eventually, bed.