Going on a family trip in June. 5 adults and 3 kids between 3-8 years old. Any must try restaurants or activities besides the obvious sit on the beach or at the pool all day?

Irie's for sure.

Potcake said:

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Irie's for sure.

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Best food we had there last visit. Also, try out Paul's seafood market and grill you some fish.

If you are looking for a non-beach day head over to Corpus for the Texas State Aquarium. Also looks like the Hooks are in starting the 6th so that is a great option as well. They have a playground at the ballpark and is very kid friendly.

Definitely check out Lelos. Full bar, great burgers and outside area the kiddos can play.
Also, We always rent a golf cart and cruise up and down the beach.

Take a shot for every Trump flag you see. You'll be hammered inside of 30 minutes.

There is a boat that ferries people over to St. Joe island. Go early and the kids will find TONS of sea shells.

Are there still that many? We haven't been in a couple of years.

Yes. Almost every Jeep Brah has one.

• Rent a golf cart, its a must. I spend most of my time down there carting the fam around on it. The kids love it
• Iries, Lelos, MacDaddys, Tortuga, Spaghetti Works and Shell's or La Playa for food. Port A pizzera for delivery
• A drink at the Gaff, Cody's, Red's, The Black Marlin. If you are there on the right weekend, Belt Sander races at the Gaff
• The park by the ferry is a great place to watch the tankers come through and let the kids hit the playground. There is another good park over by the baseball fields by the bird sanctuary
• Check the air traffic and what the planes land on Mustang Island airport
• Play nine holes at Palmilla. Its a short course and you can get through in an hour and half, so you dont miss too much time away from the fam
• Red Boat Pirate Cruises are decentt
• With the kids we prefer to setup the beach early, tent, rake the sand, coolers, then hang out until the kids are done (Sometimes they nap on the beach), then get out of there by 3-4. We stay past beach marker 14 towards town because the cars can't drive all the way to the water there
• Hit the Horace fish pier or the newly reopened pier on at the park

If you need an extra place to stay, check out our place. We just updated the living room, so its different than the tour

https://www.instagram.com/farleybeachhouse/

https://www.lifeinparadise.com/port-aransas-vacation-rentals/fa422-farley-beach-house

You might drop by the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center on Ross Ave., next to the Port A transfer station. Great boardwalk and observation tower setup over the marshland, with lots of wildlife to see depending on the time of year. I don't know if they are still there, but there used to be some huge gators there, and since the boardwalk is just a few feet off the water, you can extremely close to those things. Uncomfortably close for some. Bring binoculars if you go.

The kids would probably like taking the ferry. There is also a Wetlands Education Center with guided tours and an Estuary exhibit, both at the Marine Science Institute.

If you get bad weather a trip to the Lexington or the Texas State Aquarium is only about 35 mins away

Make sure and walk the south jetty for a while, the kids can see a bunch of sea turtles that they can spot themselves.