My List Of The Top Things To Do in South Padre Island. Day – 5, and 6

Last Updated on February 8, 2023 by Left Lane

Last time we left off, I was telling you about our 12 mile bicycle ride around South Padre Island to Tour the Sea Turtle Art Trail. What did we get ourselves into after that? Well I’m fixing to tell you what kinda trouble we managed to get ourselves into next 🙂

RISE AND SHINE!

Once we got our day started on South Padre Island with another delicious breakfast from a local restaurant on South Padre Island called The Grapevine Cafe & Coffeehouse.

After breakfast, we relaxed for awhile. It was also the day we had to return our rental bicycles. We needed to get them loaded back into the vehicle, down a narrow hotel hallway, around a corner, & into an elevator.

During this process we received a few looks for creating a debacle whiles trying to get 2 bicycles on a small elevator shared with other passengers. We succeed in getting them back out of the building to the vehicle & loaded.

DON’T BE HUNGRY

After returning our bikes & riding around town, doing a little shopping picking up items we needed, & running from other coughing customers in the store. It was time for dinner. We decided to try out a different restaurant for dinner called Tom & Jerry’s Bar & Grill.

Trying to eat at a variety of different restaurants during our stay. We like to just randomly pick out a new place to try. On this particular day Tom & Jerry’s was this place.

The lights are dim as you walk in the door. Giving it that old school pub felling. They have all kinds of odd & intriguing decorations, from old shiny brass fire extinguishers, to half Marlin/half painting taxidermy stuffed sword fish protruding from the wall.

After staring down the menu & ordering. It was quite a surprise when they delivered my fajita style Seared chicken & cheese dinner. It turned every head in the restaurant as the waiter walked through with the searing cast iron platter.

With a trail of steam, & still sizzling food. It made for quite the visually appealing entree. For our Appetizer dish we ordered blackened fish bites.

LET’S RIDE CLYDE

After eating dinner we set about seeking out one of the many recreational vehicle rental shops lining the main street, Ocean Blvd. On the main strip you can rent anything from: Bicycles, Slingshots, Segways, Mopeds, Trikes, Dune Buggy’s, Golf Carts, to Jeeps.

These are just to name a few of the toys available on South Padre Island. After selecting one of the rental stores with the most Slingshots parked out front. We headed inside to talk with the rental agent.

After getting a quick run down of the controls, & a peek at the 2.0 Liter 4 cylinder engine producing around 205 horsepower, & giving the little slingshot plenty of galloping power.

It was time to get out on the road & play! In order to test the Slingshot out & see what it could do. I had to get out on Texas Highway 100 on the Queen Isabella Causeway bridge heading back out of town to the mainland & give her the Giddy Up Juice.

Also if you know me, you know I name every vehicle I drive. Her name was “2-Step Susey” (don’t ask 🤣). Susey made getting across the bridge a simple task, scaring a pelican or two along the way.

Hanging on for dear life!

If you want to get a look, or two. We discovered the best way was to take the brightest Reddest Slingshot you could find in town.

Down the main strip after dark with the LED lights on, lighting the vehicle up in a vibrant array of colors. With the LED’s changing from one color to the next, as your favorite music played on the Bluetooth stereo.

Driving a Slingshot rental in South Padre Island is most definitely a blast. Spend some time on the Island, & have yourself some fun.

DINNER & A MOVIE

The next day we got out day started with breakfast from a different local restaurant, that turned out to be our favorite. It was called “Yummies Bistro”. They made the best breakfast & omelets in town.

If you enjoy fresh fruit. Yummies also made one of the best mixed fruit plates in town. They also have really good coffee, with a selection of specialty coffees for you to chose from.

This particular day, was a rainy day on South Padre Island. We stuck to mostly indoor activities for the day. Chilling out on the balcony watching the rain & searching the internet for our next adventure.

After randomly finding the Mexican Restaurant El Chilango Tequeria a few days earlier. We both decided this was the perfect place to have dinner also. Once again, their food did not disappoint!

After dinner we headed out for our first movie of the year since Covid-19 hit. We found a nice quit little movie theater called Island Cinema South Padre Island.

The cinema was a locally owned 4 screen cinema. The previews consisted of ads from all the local businesses on the island. Making it a great way to find out about things you may want to try, or might have missed otherwise.

We had the entire cinema practically to ourselves, with the exception of two other families in the whole theater.

Let’s Watch A Movie

Also if you haven’t seen the new Wonder Woman movie. Check it out, the story line & plot keeps you wanting to know what’s going to happen next. It’s quite the enthralling big screen thriller.

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HOMELESS IN SOUTH PADRE

If you want to find out what activities we did for the conclusion of our trip & find out how we end up without a place to stay in South Padre Island. Tune in for the final episode of The Roving Gypsy, South Padre Island Edition 🤣.

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