Turkey Day in South Padre
First of all, I must apologize to my loyal readers. It has been quite a while since I wrote a riveting blog post! I’m freshly back from my Thanksgiving vacation and ready to fill your mind with useless info about my travels. This time the destination was South Padre Island in Texas for a little Thanksgiving Dunklee family reunion.
The Dunklee family is quite spread out across the United States. This means that we don’t get together very often, but when we do it is guaranteed to be a entertaining time. All sorts of activities were pursued including pirate ship adventures, horseback riding, crocodile hunting, kiteboarding, atv riding, and even some mind-blowing games of scrabble. Of course Grandma was the grand champion of the Scrabble board like always…
My favorite activity of the vacation was kiteboarding. South Padre Island just happens to be a paradise for kiteboarding since it has consistent winds and very shallow water to aide in the learning process. The only things that worried me were the sting rays under foot and the crocodiles slightly down shore…. Yipes. I think I convinced the crocs that I wouldn’t taste very good and they should go for a fattier meal… After getting over those minor details, I had a great time laying down some wakeboard style carves and getting to kiteboard right next to my sister in ideal conditions. I can feel the kiteboard addiction starting, and I think my father is very pleased…
Our Thanksgiving meal went perfectly thanks to everybody lending a hand. It was incredible that we could fit all 23 people in one room and it didn’t turn into complete chaos. I think I’m still working that meal off, but it was definitely worth every pound… Well, I could talk all day about this vacation, but I can tell I’m losing your attention. It was a wonderful trip overall, I just wish Kate could have been there.
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