Are you one of the many pet owners who feels that your pet is
a member of your family? Does your
stomach knot up a bit when you want to take your family on a beach vacation and
you know that unless you find a viable alternative you will need to put your
pet in a kennel while you are away?
When vacation time rolls around this becomes a real problem
because a lot of places that you would want to visit and many hotels and
vacation rentals in those areas that you’d love to stay at don’t allow pets. When that happens, you probably wish that
there was a great vacation spot that your family would love that would also be
pet friendly.
Pet owners who read this article can rejoice because it’s
about just such a place. There are six
hundred miles of some of the most accessible beaches in the United States in
South Texas and many of them are pet friendly.
Here are some of the most beautiful and popular pet friendly vacation
destinations in South Texas.
Padre Island National Seashore
One of the most popular beach destinations in the United
States is Padre Island National Seashore.
More than 800,000 people visit this area every year. You’ll find a plenty of dogs as well as
people running around, lounging about and enjoying the surf, sand and sun
here. Only a few areas at Padre Island
National Seashore require that you leash your dogs.
South Padre Island
You’ll find another pet friendly beach is Isla Blanc Park on
South Padre Island. Not only is Isla
Blanc Park a really large pet friendly beach it is also a very clean beach. That’s because they have strict rules that
require that people clean up after their pets.
Beach access is free and you can get a pooper scooper at the
park office. This is a great vacation
destination because you will also find plenty of shopping, restaurants and
nightclubs nearby.
Some of the other things that make a South Padre Island
vacation so terrific are being able to go bay fishing, deep sea fishing, enjoy
parties on the beach, and go parasailing over the Gulf of Mexico. You can even take day trips into Mexico
because the Mexican border is only twenty minutes away.
Cole Park
Another terrific destination for families that have both
pets and children is located at Corpus Christi, Texas. When you visit Cole Park in Corpus Christi you’ll
find a ton of play areas for the kids, plenty of sand for your puppy to dig in,
and a fishing pier for anglers.
When you’re in Corpus Christi you also won’t want to miss
going to the South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center. It’s one of the five major attractions in the
area and one of the top nature tourism destinations in all of South Texas.
While you’re there you won’t want to miss the Bromeliad
Conservatory, a 2,600 square foot screened in butterfly house, the quaint
Hummingbird Garden, the Earth Kind Demonstration Trial Gardens, and the
beautifully landscaped Sensory Garden.
Stewart Beach
If you’re heading towards Galveston then you will want to
spend some time at Stewart Beach.
Families love this beach and it’s also a place that will allow dogs if
they are leashed. While you’re there you
can, even while away the day, participating in a sand castle competition.
After reading this article you probably have a lot more
choices for your next vacation than you may have realized. And, when you go, you can bring every member
of your family with you – including your dog.
Sarah Matthews was born and raised in South Texas. She and her husband have two kids and three
dogs. Yet she is able to make the time
to volunteer for community projects and to be a guest writer about topics that
interest her. Some of the things she
loves to write about are vacations, South Texas, San Antonio Air Conditioning and solar energy.
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