tommylewis
Well Known Member
With all the cold weather, Bonnie and I wanted to get away to a sunny beach, but we only had a few days. So we looked through old Pilot Getaways magazines and found an article about South Padre. When a cold front went through Texas a week ago Tuesday and cleared out all the skud, we made reservations for the next day and took off in our RV7a. We enjoyed the warm sun which made for great walks and drives on the beach. The variety of shells made collecting sea shells a fun activity. The swimming pool was a popular location in the afternoon and the seafood was a real treat. When you go you must visit Dirty Al's for the best shrimp we have ever eaten. Temperatures were about 80 for high and down to 50 at night. For info, check out www.sopadre.com, we stayed at the Radison Resort on the beach for three nights. We flew into Port Isabel-Cameron County Airport, PIL, which has rental cars or Enterprise will deliver to the airport.
Flight stats: 379 NM from Granbury, Tx to PIL
2.5 hours down at 5500 feet, 55% power leaned to 6.8 gal/hr, 15 tailwind
3.0 hours back at 6500 feet, 65% power, 5-10 headwind
40 gal total for the trip
Airplane on the ramp, PIL is an old naval air station
View of South Padre looking north
Tom on the beach, you can drive on the beach North of town about 5 miles
Bonnie on the beach collecting shells
Flight stats: 379 NM from Granbury, Tx to PIL
2.5 hours down at 5500 feet, 55% power leaned to 6.8 gal/hr, 15 tailwind
3.0 hours back at 6500 feet, 65% power, 5-10 headwind
40 gal total for the trip
Airplane on the ramp, PIL is an old naval air station
View of South Padre looking north
Tom on the beach, you can drive on the beach North of town about 5 miles
Bonnie on the beach collecting shells
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