We spent two weeks in Corpus Christi, TX. We stayed at a very nice campground and it ended up being fairly close to the Padre Island National Seashore. This is a national park that covers over three fourths of Padre Island. It is a sanctuary for the Kemps Sea Turtle. The sea turtles come here every summer to lay their eggs in the sand along the shore. The park service actually takes the eggs and incubates them in a safe place. When the turtles hatch they make a big production of releasing them on the beach so they can make their run back to the ocean. Everyone in the area is asked to help keep the gulls, etc. from trying to eat the turtles before they get to the water. There are big fines posted for poaching turtle eggs or turtles.
There are a couple of campgrounds along the shore in the park-- no electricity but there is a water faucet to put water in your tank and a dump station for your sewer. We don't like this kind of camping because we don't have a generator so don't have anyway to live "off of the grid". There are picnic tables with shade covers for day use. We saw all kinds of interesting shore birds. Here is a picture of Ruddy Turnstones.
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