The beach was also liberally strewn with thick seaweed, and Louise spotted at least one Portuguese Man-of-War, which lessened the appeal. It would have been a challenge to find a spot firm enough to support us yet far enough from the "road" to be out of the way. While Odyssey could make it onto the beach without trouble, and we could probably drive unimpeded for a mile or so, the sand just inland from the drivable portion of the beach was quite soft. As a bonus, beach camping is free (as opposed to $8 per night here in the primitive campground). Knowing the campground had plenty of room, we took some time to drive down to the beach to see if we could find ourselves a nicer spot right on the sand. (At this writing, the aerial image still shows the older layout.) The beach-side parking has been rearranged into angled back-ins with tables and ramadas between sites, we presume to increase total capacity of the campground. We recall it being a tight squeeze to get Odyssey into the parallel site that was only inches longer than the coach, with rigs already parked on either end. Also, they have rearranged the place - on our last visit, there were angled back-ins on the inland side, but the gulf side parking was parallel. Last visit, we got the very last available site at the end of the day. First off, the place is nearly empty, with perhaps a half dozen sites occupied out of 50 total. This is the same campground we stayed in three years ago on our first visit. We're at the Malaquite Campground in the Padre Island National Seashore ( map).
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