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What is the drive like from Dallas to South Padre Island, Texas? Can you enter Mexico?

We hope to drive this route later this week….Is it pretty? Remote? Are there cactuses like a desert?

I think the cactuses you’re looking for are in Arizona. We have dry spots south of Corpus Christ, but no real desert.

From Dallas, take I-35 through Austin to San Antonio, then I37 toward Corpus Christi. Get off on US 77 about mile marker 15 and go south. You’ll see signs a bit further down that you’ll need gas before you get to the King Ranch area as there is a stretch of 57 miles with no fuel points. Follow 77 all the way to Brownsville, then follow the signs to South Padre. It’s about a 10 hour drive from Dallas.

If you want a more scenic route get on US77 in Waco and follow it all the way south. No deserts, and no cactuses, but you’ll see a little more of out of the way small town Texas.

I THINK you can still get in and out of Mexico in Matamoros with just a drivers license, but you can’t go much farther south anymore. Be very careful of the traffic and don’t take your car – walk the bridge. A car with midwestern state plates is prime for being stolen even in broad daylight.

Have fun

Devils Driving Mad the Folk Art in the Desert, Painting a Plain Air Landscape, Redford Texas 2009.

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