Laguna Station

[eagle90]

Ten of us are leaving bright and early tomorrow for the Laguna Station High Adventure Base on South Padre Island, TX.

Flying from Chicago to Houston and then on to Brownsville. I will give a full report on the facilites and program upon our return.

 

[eagle90]

What a great week At Laguna Station. The base is run by the Rio Grande Council and is located at the very southern tip of South Padre Island, near Brownsville, TX. While the facilities are a little rustic, the program more than makes up for it. We did snorkeling, both day and night, kayaking, surf kayaking, sailing, fishing, again both day and night, boogie boarding, took a tourist trip to Mexico, and still had a lot of free time for lounging on the Gulf of Mexico beaches or watching the dolphins romp in the bay right outside our tents.

 

The staff is excellent, very friendly and accomodating. The program is flexible enough so you can make changes as needed. We even cancelled one day's scheduled activities to go to the local water park.

 

The food was catered by a local restuarant and was certainly filling and surprisingly good.

 

You do need to drink a lot of water and use a lot of sunscreen, as the temps were in the mid 90's, but there was always a 15-20 mph breeze.

 

I definitely would recommend this base to any unit, especially if you like aquatic activities. The program was top notch.