As I pulled up to the entrance station and showed the attendant my park pass, he noticed Tess in the back seat and informed me about how several Coyotes had recently died in the park and about 3 visitors dogs had also died, and that bringing a dog into the park would be putting them at risk, since they didn't know what was killing these other dogs. Concerned I drove to the visitor center to inquire some more information, where I talked to a few people who thought it might have something to do with the recent red tide (an algae, that when in bloom causes respiratory problems in people and animals and kills a lot of fish) thinking that the dogs must have ate something that had died as a result and washed ashore. I also talked to another visitor who was there with her dogs and she assured me that if I was really careful to make sure Tessa didn't eat anything she should be alright. After that I decided to at least stay the night, but was watching Tess like a hawk, since being a puppy she has to put everything she finds in her mouth. This aspect made what was supposed to be a couple of relaxing days at the beach really stressful and so I decided to leave Saturday afternoon.
But while there we drove down the beach and set up our camp on the edge of the sand dunes about 150 feet from the ocean.
From there we were able to see a beautiful Sunset, a rainbow and a sunrise. After spending the evening walking on the beach, watching Tess chase birds, it was time to settle in the tent. However while reading before sleep, I noticed that sand kept blowing in under the rain fly and through the screen creating a sand drift in my tent. So I spent the next hour or so remedying that problem, first I found a few logs I could use to close the gap between the ground and bottom edge of the rain fly once I had that in place I had to pile sand around it to further seal the gap. However in the meantime more sand had blown into tent so I then need to take it all apart, take everything out of the tent, unstake the tent, and then shake out all of the sand, Followed by putting everything back together. But when I was finished I had a sand proof barrier in place and slept pretty good that night.
The following morning after a simple pop tart breakfast I just relaxed and enjoyed the sun and beach. I tried to go swimming but after wading up to waist in water something slimmy brushed my foot and after seeing a bunch of jelly fish I chickened out. Then about noon I packed everything up and we headed to Lake Amistad National Recreation area near Del Rio, TX to finish out the weekend.
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