Is there anything "family friendly" in South Padre?

Sure! Schlitterbahn at South Padre... somewhere down there. Of course, the best one, easily, is in New Braunfels.

http://www.schlitterbahn.com/spi/home-fr.htm

 

Not really. It's been way too long since I've been to Padre, and we've always left the kids with someone. Good luck!

 

Boobies. Dad loves em. Babies love em.

But no. There's nothing to do in South Padre for families. I say that authoritatively as a member of a family.

Port Aransas was a good family time. Probably not even as far, I remember?

 

I went to South Padre maybe 10 years ago, when I was an early teenager. Anyways, there was this 4 x 4 ATV race track you could race around a dirt track with. At that time it was very cool. It probably still would be today.

I think I remember para gliding was also available at the time.

For cheaper options, just buy a kite. Its great fun and I don't see kids flying kites these days.

 

Kite flying is actually a good idea. There should be plenty of wind at the beach (maybe too much!), kites are so cheap you could get one for everybody, and the setting should be terrific.

 

you can go swimming there

 

Gladys Porter Zoo in near by Brownsville
Deep Sea Fishing (they have one's that don't go very far out)

 

I'm sure there's stuff to do with the fam while in SoPadre. My parents took me when I was 3 - it's actually one of my first memories.

Awesome fun to be had besides the beaches:
http://www.spinaturecenter.com/
http://www.seaturtleinc.com/about-us.html

 

Back when my parents were poor, we went to South Padre.

Now we go to our house in Nantucket generally for vacations.

 

Just got back from there. Not sure what you mean by "family beach area". There's beach everywhere - are you expecting it to look like spring break? There's nothing but families there outside of spring break.

Also the zoo is a good idea. We went there and liked it a lot (we go to a lot of zoos). Lots of shade, and there's a badass gorilla exhibit. Most zoos don't even have gorillas it seems.

Edit: just re-read your post. I assure you it's nothing like spring break at all. Very low-key, not crowded, all families.

 

I am going there next month. I've never been either.

 

Port Aransas is ok.. and Post Isabel too

 

Just take advantage of the beach. That's by far the best family thing to do this time of year, and cheap too, other than the gas now.

swimming, tanning, frisbee, collecting seashells, castles, barbeque, fishing ... lots of family stuff to do.

You can park and walk to the beach. Or pay a small fee(3 bucks or so) and drive onto a section of the beach where the sand has been pushed down so any car can drive on it. Or, if you have 4 wheel drive, you can just drive onto the beach from an entrance and drive to as far away of an isolated spot as you want. You can even camp out there if you want, but I wouldn't reccomend it, as there can be some real weirdos out there.


As far as the zoo, it is a really cool zoo. But right now it is freaking hot. Hotter than houston. Keep that in mind.

 

Well this is a place I'm very familiar with. I just Father's day weekend at the Bahia Mar condo. SPI is only partyville during spring break, the rest of the time it is real melo. There are plenty of gift shop's, you can rent some jet ski's, take a bannana boat ride etc. There is plenty to do. If you head on out to Isla Blanca park you pay $4 park on parking lot. They have showers to rinse off, snack stand, and bbq pits. You go fishing at the jetti's. Plenty of things to do. I live 30 min away and visit very often.

 

Girls Gone Wild is down there sometimes

I know that doesn't help lol

 

The beach. The water. The restaurants.

When I see these threads I get the feeling they are cleverly disguised "Hey, look where I am going!" threads.

I'm going to post a thread like this- "What to do in Vegas? Anything interesting to do there? I heard there might be gambling?"

 

Your family like to eat chicken familes? They got a Hooters.

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