- April 21, 2020
In 1989 the beach was immense. We would drive down 7 miles beyond the four-wheel drive only sign at Padre Island National Seashore and camp till our ice melted. An important thing back then, we had a two-wheel drive truck with fat tires. The fat tires helped but were no substitute for four-wheel drive. So we drove on the hard pack sand below the high tide line, only during low tide. We would pull up into the soft sand above the high tide line and if we got stuck, wouldn’t have far to dig to get out. (Self Portrait)