Published in Travellady online Magazine
Scouring a map for a southern vacation niche, my husband Rick pointed to a dot on the Gulf of Mexico saying, “Corpus Christi has a nice ring”. A bit of investigation revealed it had enough sand, surf and delightful amenities to fit our classification of “glorious”.
Gaining its appellation from the Roman Catholic feast day on which Spanish explorer Alonzo Alverez de Pineda discovered the area, we arrived in the only city so named on the planet.
On our very first morning, we headed out of the city proper and over the bridge to Padre, the world’s longest barrier island, with a phenomenal 70 miles of beach. Part of Padre’s appeal is for what it does not have – crowds – with the exception of an influx of college students during spring break…….
Read more here in Travellady.
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