Yarborough Pass — Padre Island National Seashore

We headed down to Yarborough Pass during a coastal flood warning. Although we did the drive at low tide, it was still slow going.

It took us about 1.5 hours to get to the road turning inland (just b4 mile marker 15).

The first 30ish yards of the road inland was pretty soft sand, but the road was hand-packed and dry the rest of the way.

(Although I could see how it could get soft and rutted after a flood or heavy rain).

The site chose was on a bulkhead and had four shade structures already there. We were the only ones at those four spots all weekend!

A few folks camped another 50 yards down on the beach for a night at the beginning of the week, but we mostly just saw day visitors besides that.

Had to use the trucks as windbreaks, as it was pretty windy most of the weekend.

But there was less blowing sand than on the ocean side. Definitely a cool spot to get away and enjoy some coastal fishing and paddling.

Just make sure to bring all your supplies to be self-contained for the duration of your stay!