beaches or other ideas

[silverranger]

I want to take my two year old somewhere in July, I am taking two weeks off. I was thinking south padre or Galveston but then I don't know how he would like salt water. ( single dad, first kid lol) do any of you ballers have any good suggestions? He loves water and being outside, hell he loves anything.

Just trying to get some ideas from other parents.

Thanks

[Captain Crawfish]

Destin is nice if u don't mind the travel distance.

[ELVIS]

Galveston is great. It's close, the people are kind. We always stay at the galvez. It has a nice pool (with a swim up bar) should little man not care for the salt water. Jr and I are headed down in June for a week. He loves it! Beach, pool, and tons of stuff to do. Moody gardens, strand, schlittenbahn, to name a few.

God bless.

[Mysticcobrakilla]

Port A

[ceyko]

Why not one of the local lakes and rent a pontoon boat? Personally I prefer Lake Texoma - lots of beaches and some islands to mess around on.

The down side is the water levels right now. Still in Texoma's case you can rent a "Cabin" and stay on the water all day/night if you want. Fish, swim, boat...etc.

As a 2 year old, plenty of shallow beaches too with very little in the way of wakes/waves to worry about. Hell, plenty of the marinas have public "beaches" that you can just splash around on for awhile, get food, fish.

[talisman]

Port A

This.

[snacksnack]

2 young to waste the money on that kind of travel.

[Rick Modena]

Galveston is great. We always stay at the galvez. It has a nice pool (with a swim up bar)

Balla!

[BradM]

2 young to waste the money on that kind of travel.

x2. Travel with a 2 year old, sounds like a self inflicted hatchet wound. He's not making memories yet.

[silverranger]

Galveston is great. It's close, the people are kind. We always stay at the galvez. It has a nice pool (with a swim up bar) should little man not care for the salt water. Jr and I are headed down in June for a week. He loves it! Beach, pool, and tons of stuff to do. Moody gardens, strand, schlittenbahn, to name a few.

God bless.

I have heard about that place, will look into it.

thanks

Port A

how did I know you would say that lol

Why not one of the local lakes and rent a pontoon boat? Personally I prefer Lake Texoma - lots of beaches and some islands to mess around on.

The down side is the water levels right now. Still in Texoma's case you can rent a "Cabin" and stay on the water all day/night if you want. Fish, swim, boat...etc.

As a 2 year old, plenty of shallow beaches too with very little in the way of wakes/waves to worry about. Hell, plenty of the marinas have public "beaches" that you can just splash around on for awhile, get food, fish.

That's a idea as well, never thought about that

2 young to waste the money on that kind of travel.

I know he will never remember this, but it's my first time to really be able to do anything with him since I didn't have much time off at my last job. I kinda want to go do something fun away from dfw.

[silverranger]

x2. Travel with a 2 year old, sounds like a self inflicted hatchet wound. He's not making memories yet.

He actually loves riding in the truck. Turn a movie on for him and he is good haha

[ELVIS]

i cannot imagine a 2yr old NOT having a good time at the beach.

god bless.

[Baron Von Crowder]

We've taken the kids to Galveston, had a good time there. Moody Gardens is great, lots of stuff to see and keep their attention.

[Karson]

Unless all you want to do is lay out and play on the beach, I'd recommend something other than South Padre. We went for our honeymoon 5 years ago and it was great. Been back 4 times since, and every year more and more stuff is closed down. The economy has taken a dump down there. Were trying Port A next month. Haven't been there since I was a kid. He is probably too young to enjoy the uss lexington in corpus, but he'd probably have fun at the aquarium there too.

[BP]

Turner Falls and Arbuckle Wilderness or Glen Rose and Fossil Rim would be other options for a 2 year old.