Catch a Wave in Port Aransas
February 29, 2024 | By TH Staff
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Weekend Getaways from Houston: Galveston and Nacogdoches
May 30, 2023 | By Clayton Maxwell
Texas Lighthouses Illuminate Maritime History Along the Coast
May 30, 2023 | By Robyn Ross
‘Oldest and Friendliest’ Bar in Port Aransas Makes a Move
February 9, 2023 | By John O. Lumpkin
A bit of Port Aransas history has moved—literally.
The final section of Shorty’s, the beach city’s oldest bar, was towed late last month from its historic location next to Port A’s marina to a vacant lot a half-mile away.
From Garden Gnomes to Willie Nelson’s Likeness, the Sculptures of Port Aransas Sandfest Never Disappoint
April 7, 2022 | By Sallie Lewis
Every year as temperatures rise, friends and families from across the state descend on the long, wide beaches of Port Aransas on Mustang Island.
Farley Boat Works, a historic link to Port Aransas’ tarpon fishing heyday, is expanding into a maritime museum
June 14, 2021 | By John Lumpkin
A vision 10 years in the making is becoming reality as construction begins this month for the Port Aransas Maritime Museum, an ambitious expansion of the Farley Boat Works division of the Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association.
Galveston’s Resilient Spirit Sparks Another Renaissance
May 27, 2021 | By John Nova Lomax
Restoring Galveston, new restaurants and shops lure tourists to the island once again
Matagorda Bay Beckons Families to Its Secluded Natural Playground
June 25, 2020 | By Matt Joyce
The kids were darting in and out of the surf at Matagorda Beach, filling buckets of water to pour into their sandcastle moat, when my 9-year-old daughter approached me with a thought.
COVID-19 Makes it Harder to Track Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles on Padre Island
May 18, 2020 | By Amanda Ogle
Every day, from April through mid-July, the Division of Sea Turtle Science and Recovery at the Padre Island National Seashore combs 80 miles of Padre Island’s beaches in search of Kemp’s ridley sea turtles–the most critically endangered sea turtle in the world–coming ashore. It’s nesting season, but things are a bit unusual this year due to COVID-19.
Rockport-Fulton’s HummerBird Celebration Welcomes Migrating Hummingbirds
September 12, 2019 | By Pam LeBlanc
Coinciding with the hummingbirds’ southward migration, the festival features birding lectures, tours, banding demonstrations, workshops, and photography clinics—as well as the opportunity to visit the yards of Rockport-Fulton homes where the owners hang feeders to attract the birds.
