Spring Break 2009

Next week Spring Break 2009 launches with it peak time the week of March 16th. College Students and families alike will flood onto the beaches of North Padre Island and Mustang Island. For one month a year the population of these island swells as spring breakers engage in the beach rituals that have endured for decades. It is expected that Port Aransas and North Padre will draw larger crowds for 2009 due to the catastrophic damages of Hurricane Ike in 2008 to Galveston Island.

Anyone who has grown up on the beaches of North Padre Island views the coming of Spring Break as the turning of a season. The pouring of vehicles, boats and crowds along with airplanes flying the Gulf of Mexico shoreline displaying banners with slogans such as "T-shirts -- 3 for $15" or "20 cent drink specials @ the local Bar" has come to symbolize that Spring is here! Much like others around the nation view the melting of snow, the cherry blossoms or the growth of bulb plants as a change of season the storming of the beaches with college students in bikinis, four wheels drives and the energy of youth makes it clear that Spring is here and Summer is right around the corner. It is good to be on Padre Island !!