“Fish. Party. Repeat.” Those words, printed on a sign in a South Padre Island, Texas, restaurant, refer to two of the most popular pastimes there. SPI (as locals call it) and nearby Port Isabel also boast a long and inviting list of other things to see and do.
It didn’t take long after my wife, Fyllis, and I arrived to understand that this is a place of outstanding beaches, numerous land and water activities, and intriguing historical tidbits.




