B&B: Inn at Chachalaca Bend, Part 2 - Sunday, May 29, 2016

Continued from earlier today...

When Bob was researching where to stay on our one night away from the 5th wheel, he was looking for a motel on South Padre Island. The rates on the cheapest rooms were $250 to $400 per night. I suggested we look for a B&B which is NOT on South Padre Island. The Inn at Chachalaca Bend stood out because it was relatively close to South Padre Island and Brownsville, both places we wanted to explore on our weekend. The price was almost half that of the places on South Padre Island, and ours would include a yummy breakfast!

The B&B especially appealed to me because they cater to birders. Plus I love being out in the country with peace and quiet (well, except for very noisy chachalacas!). The B&B turned out to be a real gem. It is located on a resaca. When an oxbow in a river gets pinched off by land, the remaining pond or lake is called a resaca. There are many resacas in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The water is usually surrounded by palm or other trees. We were very impressed by this place. Judge for yourselves.

Entry gate

Me in front of the Inn entrance

Chachalacas everywhere!

Planning our days

Our room...

Large room

Beautiful tile in the bathroom

Shower and Jacuzzi tub

The resaca (or pond)

View of B&B from the resaca

Common lounge for guests at B&B

Breakfast dining area

Stairs to upper rooms

Bird theme throughout

Kitchen

Cut corner display outside

Our room

Another chachalaca

We saw the lizard below out on the patio. He's gorgeous. Caught him just before he took off running.

Texas spotted whiptail lizard

After checking into the B&B, we changed clothes and Barbie, who checked us into the B&B, gave us a recommendation of a restaurant called Pirates Landing in Port Isabel just before the causeway that crossed over to South Padre Island. She warned us not to go over to South Padre Island because people had been reporting two hour waits to leave the island via the one bridge. More on that later.

I'm going to leave you here for now and will make this a three-part Sunday blog. To be continued...