Took a trip to South Padre Island and ate in this little place on the water called Dirty Al's. Not much to the place, just mismatched tables and chairs with a bait shop on the premises, but the food was fabulous. Nice and fresh, just out of the water.
We shared this basket of "crab fingers". Small claws of crab deep fried with a tangy dipping sauce. Very good!
Gene had fried oysters (of course!) with fries. He said they were the best he'd ever had. I'll take his word for it since I don't "do" oysters!
I had the fried shrimp that were DELICIOUS, so fresh, and fried fish. I'm not a big fish eater unless it's catfish or buffalo, but this white fish was SO good. Gene helped me finish it so we didn't leave any behind.
Outside of Dirty Al's was a charter fishing boat slip. While we were eating, a charter came in and proceeded to clean the catch of the customers. Pelicans and some gulls showed up for the free meal of fish scraps.
At one point there were probably 7 or 8 pelicans vying for the free meal. By the time we finished lunch and got around to take pictures lunch was just about over and just a few pelicans remained.
We payed $4 to park our car in a lot so we could get to the beach area of the Gulf of Mexico.
The sand was so fine and soft. Felt good between the toes!
The water was beautiful although a little cold. Would have loved to get in for a bit but will have to wait on that I guess. Don't know if it ever gets warm enough to get into during the winter months. Beautiful anyway!
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