Padre Island in Texas is a good place to winter at

noothgrush

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I always thought this place was a great place to hole up for the winter. Most of the island is available for free camping and north padre has bathrooms and showers you can use for free. Personally I try to bounce before spring break though. Too many frat kids for my taste. Just a suggestion for anyone looking for a place to go for the winter. I'll be heading up to Oregon in march.
 
Looking to head down to Texas in the next week. Where would you recommend a van lifer spend time around in the area?
Port Aransas or north padre island are both good choices. You can sleep in your car or van for free and the police won't Hassel you. Like I said I usually leave around spring break because they will wake you up and ask if you are OK ( making sure you didn't od on drugs or whatever). I spent a whole year on the beach here one time. But lately I just come down for November through the end of February, pick up some shit while I'm here and head back north because it gets extremely hot here and the heat can kill you just as the cold can.
 
I'm from padre island and all the above is true. I catch out of corpus NICAD .
Spend summer on the oil rigs if young
Earn ya keep and keep traveling. Don't trash the island and make sure you watch out for cannibal Indians. PINS GOOGLE IT
 
Port Aransas or north padre island are both good choices. You can sleep in your car or van for free and the police won't Hassel you. Like I said I usually leave around spring break because they will wake you up and ask if you are OK ( making sure you didn't od on drugs or whatever). I spent a whole year on the beach here one time. But lately I just come down for November through the end of February, pick up some shit while I'm here and head back north because it gets extremely hot here and the heat can kill you just as the cold can.

I’m gonna try to make it out that way. I’m leaving MN this weekend. Gotta make a stop in Iowa, but I always end up in TX. That sounds like a good spot to camp through winter. Thank you for the info.