good morning everyone from rain-x from Texas
I had rain and rain-x on my mind oh my gosh
I'd turn these up yeah good morning from Texas the neverending rain continues in
Texas for me my little cloud that follows me and everything today we got a
got a jump start because in order to get to where I'm going it's a little
complicated hopefully I don't to make a huge turn because I'm on the Bulevar
Peninsula here down in South Texas we are like three blocks from the Gulf of
Mexico and there's snow road up here in 14 miles
so hopefully the ferries running hopefully the ferry allows RVs and I'll
get it I'll get cost low low tricky to see the conditions aren't ideal with the
rain but trucking on man you know the deal all right what does the sign say
cruise terminal entrance I'm not going on a cruise lighthouse over there I love
lighthouses maybe I am going on a cruise I don't know what I'm doing ferry rides
can be stressful when you don't know what we're doing
sure but as you heard he had me turn off the propane which you got to do in most
tunnels and I guess fairies yeah that makes sense and advised me to go to Lane
2 so feeling good now they do have a whip restriction he asked me outside how
wide I am I'm like dude I'm on a diet I'm down to a 32 inch waist he didn't
think I was very funny nah 98 inches if you don't know how wide your RV is most
of them max out about 102 inches for like the biggest wide 5th wheels but
Miranda well actually she's about she's about 98 and a half just looking
out I don't see a fairy I forgot to ask how long it's gonna be but this one the
Bulevar fairy runs two boats all the time 24 hours a day sometimes they even
run three boats apparently if it's really busy in the morning or afternoon
or a holiday weekend or something right now we got to and we're just gonna be
patient and the fresh cup of coffee a couple key things I forgot to mention
cost this fairy is free there's no cost from the Texas Department of
Transportation it is a free ferry to get over this Peninsula island so that's
unique put that into perspective in other words I paid one $72 one-way on a
ferry with my RV back in Washington State so good on you but also they
probably don't want to cut off businesses on both sides of the
peninsula an island you know I mean it's actually it doesn't make sense but this
rain is just something else I tell you what not complaining I'm just pointing
it out we together you and I on this channel have witnessed record-breaking
consecutive days here of rain in Texas can't plan this kind of stuff all you
can do is battle through it limit outdoor activities and when the Sun
comes back you just rejoice and you just soak it in you know
that's what you do right those palm trees beautiful off in the distance yeah
that wind is blowing this rain just straight sideways on me and rocking the
RV a bit
all right so it's been about 40 let's been 45 minutes since I turned off my
propane and the ferries back they are getting ready to unload the ferry and
once that gets done I assume we will start loading onto the ferry here so
don't be in a hurry as I've mentioned and shown several times if you're riding
a ferry with an RV you just have to be in no rush that day because it could be
anywhere between number that one time I think I was up in Washington State the
tide but you can't it's harder to load an RV on low tide so they made me stand
back and wait for two more ferries after that so it turned into a three and a
half hour day that day today under an hour I guess that's the fast fast lane
over on the left those guys just got here and they get to board first
that's really weird now they're boarding the other lane that got here after me
too it doesn't really matter as long as most
of us get on this one that a strange order here we go I'm ready I'm ready
let's rock and roll tell me where to go we are headed to the
John W Johnson ferry it looks like they're taking us to the left so I'm
hugging the right so that I have a less chance of bottoming out but it doesn't
look like we're going to anyway just got to wait till the last minute here to
know which way they want me to go here we go to the left to the left to the
left thank you
that little bird on the tailgate of the truck all looking for food ain't got no
food buddy I am in a post bred life so this one is not like any other one I've
been on you don't get out of your vehicle
there's no upstairs to go drink coffee or get food or anything for them you
just sit in your vehicle and wait patiently I don't even know it's wide
angle if you can see but yeah you can you can see land over there that's where
we're getting to gotta take the ferry Miranda don't float she doesn't do good
on saltwater so all right these birds cracked me up we do this guy this little
guy we're moving guys we just left the pier can you see the rocks that were
passing by oh yeah we're Farion look at all the birds they're so confused
they're like hey our land is leading our land is leaving man I take that back you
are actually allowed to get out of your vehicle while on this very short ferry
so there's like the kids are coming out of the bus and going upstairs to look on
the top deck and go to the front in the back of a ferry if you want to so that
that is an option if you want to but I don't have that option because I'm kind
of stuck in the RV my side door there's only four inches between side of my RV
in the next car so if there were an emergency I'm going out the window
anyway it's no big deal this this is a very fast ferry you can see we're almost
there and then it's gonna be the same you know 20 minutes to unload another 15
20 minutes for the next batch to load back up and go back to the other side so
it's an easy quick ferry but I will tell you one thing I have decided that going
on a cruise is not something I'm definitely as excited about anymore
because even just this we're barely even moving it is making me motion sickness
like I should have taken a pill I did not think ahead and I'm not feeling
fantastic even on this short trip these birds have found something interesting
the back of this guy's pickup truck though look at them all digging through
styrofoam food bins and everything this guy's just
got a truckload full of garbage brilliant dude all right almost time to
go speed limit seven on the way out they're unloading the first row here you
know no chance of bottoming out we're almost perfectly level here so that feel
good about that all right bye Birds oh my gosh it's gonna hold me up
here we go I'm just watching my tail swings I'm really close to the cars on
my left we're clear very close to his mirror but we made it alright welcome to
Galveston y'all here we go and a head on down to a Padre Island I'm about 280
miles away and you put on some miles my butt is so tired of driving I can never
be a long-haul trucker unless they got really special comfortable seats I got
to get up every hour and stretch can't do that man and a big semi-truck we're
just about three miles from the South Padre National Seashore entrance here
spend several years since I've been back and I'm going to try something different
this time alright so coming up on our right here is the Padre Island National
Seashore sign managed by the National Park Service I'm not gonna get out and
take a picture go up here I want to I want to get settled
we gotta get checked in they have changed this in the last two three years
since I've been here this is all new and updated it looks really nice see it my
pass works here
hi there I was looking for the weekly camping pass and does that do anything
really appreciate it thank you Thanks
so not sure if you heard that but last time I was here and it still is it's $25
for a week stay and you can camp with that $25 right on the beach on the sand
one of the very few places that you can do that however with the america the
beautiful' pass you actually get in for free so technically I get a week of
camping free however because there still rain in the forecast tonight and stuff
I'm gonna I'm gonna go look at this camp grant this one campground up here it's
$14 a night to stay there with no hookups but it's off the beach so go
check it out first
all right time to thank you for laying down Jax so I can see the sign say
campground next left right here okay let's go check out the campground here
by the way off to our left here is the dump station and drinking water it the
thing I can't remember exactly
I can't believe that they're full they are literally full guys I did not expect
that I'm gonna go back the other way where I didn't turn right you've got
these sights off to the right and left one two and three
but it says tent camping only so you park your vehicle on the right you tent
cam off to off the left here under the picnic tables
alright came down the other loop and it is also full all that is left is tent
camping sites so again you got three tent camping sites to the right then you
park your vehicle where this Mercedes is parked so I guess we're all going to the
beach before I turn left though there are three sites down here that have
occupied signs on them and there's nothing there like not even a camp chair
you know what I want to say something because I'm pretty sure it's the
neighbors holding their spot they'll be here this weekend but nobody can use it
until they get here so and we're on sand oh boy
I honestly have not even had time to check for tides yet this is not high
tide you can see how this is still wet in front of me pretty much all the way
up to this class eh off to our right the water will come up to his tires
otherwise not too many people down here well coachman trailer right here he has
parked up in the very soft stuff which is kind of scary but he's got a
four-wheel-drive truck to pull out look I don't know if you guys can see over
there is is bad but you got to get back that far with your RV otherwise the tide
will come in on you so I think it opens up a little bit down here oh look I got
no phone service again I remember that from Padre Island that's another little
trailer right here he's he's moved way back he is definitely safe from the
water right there I'm gonna slow down and start looking since nobody's camping
down here I kind of have it all to myself well hey I'm good guys I'm parked
I'm happy I'm even level right here I got my little spot here I don't care
where you guys are camping right now you ain't got a view like this
I'm boondocking for $3.99 right on the Gulf of Mexico out here I checked the
tides we're gonna have a high tide here at 6:12 in about two hours I think it'll
be dark though but still we'll be able to see what the highest tide looks like
I'll just show you here real quick this is the stuff I was trying to avoid this
is just you don't want to drive in this you want to stay in the hard-packed and
I had to get up on it a little bit with my front tires there I'm in it the soft
stuff and then in the rear when I backed up again I'm in the soft stuff but I can
get out I just love it out here I have missed Padre Island more than anything
it's windy and cold you wouldn't be able to hear me without that rode videomic
pro on top believe me but you know tomorrow there's some sunshine expected
so sandals and going in the water the ocean
go look at me over there that's awesome also you'll notice where I parked I get
to go quite a bit farther back does that that line that's right there it comes
back for this little Inlet right here so that I'm quite a ways off of where other
people are camping but I'm the last RV on Padre Island out here as you look the
other direction there's a couple cars down there nobody else is camping down
there it's empty I'm the last camper as far away which
means I'll wake up tomorrow morning and there will be an RV parked right here in
front of me with their jitter I can up the news hiking hiking hiking should
have a view huh more dunes and no cellphone towers but it is a cool view
from up here we pan around get Miranda in the shot here oh she looks great
doesn't she look great guys yep camping by myself I'm gonna put out my couch
slide set up satellite TV because South is easy right towards the water and
that's all I'll have for a few days just satellite TV I want to take the bike
into town into Corpus Christi I'll be able to get some Wi-Fi and then I can
write down all the tides just so I can be aware sometimes they're higher than
other nights oh yeah getting some live TV here with
dish I knew that was gonna happen but another surprise those of you who have
been out to Padre Island out here no there's no service out here there's
there's never been any service nothing has changed you can go to visitor center
and borrow some of their Wi-Fi oh I've got service I've got three bars of
service guys decided to finally and I haven't talked about it much but decided
to activate the booster the RF solid booster that's on the roof and the
interior incentive I've got my hotspot device right here bringing in three bars
of service and I generally tell have been telling people it doesn't create
service out of nowhere it just amplifies a weak signal well in this case it
pretty much is creating cell service out of nowhere so I've already uploaded a
picture to Instagram I've been on social me
a couple times I've checked YouTube comments and interacted with a few
people so I'm getting Wi-Fi getting not white well yeah I'm getting Wi-Fi
through cellular boost so pretty cool anyway I got to do my workout and get
another meal in I'll cut back in tonight I do have the outdoor light I just want
to show you we'll all see for the first time how far the tide comes up to my
tires my face look pink red pink oh my gosh
guys and turn the camera around look at this sunset look at this sunset it is
painting the entire beach pink just like holy cow gorgeous we didn't actually get
any Sun today but it's setting and doing something magical over there it's just
stunning by the way it is 604 p.m. which means we're at high tide right now so
there's my RV and there's still a three lane highway here before the water hits
so so we're fine this was not a major high tide like some other nights I've
been here to Padre Island three times to meetups and once by myself and all three
times the tide water came up to the rubber on my tires and it was terrifying
so I'm glad there's no drama or anything like that going on didn't get stuck in
the sand or anything so everything's fine but still there is sunshine in
tomorrow's forecast even though it's also gonna rain I decided to stay out
here for a few days since there's just no cost and yeah just be patient with me
guys I love this place I think if you are out here you'd love it too if you
know me if you're like me so the good thing is I get a little more creative
when I'm by myself and enjoying join things so you'll get some some better
videos for me from here till I leave and yeah so from Jax and I we will see you
very soon you guys be well yes