95. Visit a Shell Shop

Editor's note: This is the 5th installment in a series titled, "TOP 100 THINGS TO DO IN THE SOUTH PADRE/BROWNSVILLE AREA," designed to allow the visitor to this beautiful tropical area to get the full experience of this part of South Texas.

95. Visit one of the shell shops

As you come in to South Padre Island on Highway 100 you will begin to notice things seem a little bigger.

You might say, "I heard things were bigger in Texas, but this is ridiculous!"

It is not your eyes deceiving you, it is one of our wonderful shell shops in the area that offer hard-to-find items with a oceanic or nautical theme.

These are real sand dollars.

There are many loose shells you may buy and use to make your own crafts.

Have you ever heard the ocean through one of these?

Yep, things are bigger in Texas alright...

bigger and better down here.