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Early Morning Shell Hunting at Shell Beach Brings Peace
Traveling with Rich and Julie
Saturday, January 4, 2025
At the north end of the road on South Padre Island is a place few travelers venture to. Every time we drive here it is nearly empty.
We have driven to the end of the road several times and today I finally convinced Rich (and our new friend Tyler) to walk out and pick up some shells for me since I can’t do it myself. That is if there were any.
I love finding remote places like this where there are no other people around. Just being out and about in nature is soothing to my soul. But I wanted to get out of the truck and walk on the beach too, but my right leg won’t let me yet. Sadly, as much as I have hurt and damaged that leg, I know I will always limp and be limited in what I can do from now on. Walking is quite a challenge for me these days. It’s only been about nine weeks since I broke my right ankle this time, tore ligaments and tendons, and…