The Daytripper: Port Isabel’s Lighthouse Is a Beacon for Travelers
May 28, 2020 | By Chet Garner
Port Isabel
15 Small Texas Towns to Visit Now
July 31, 2019 | By
There was a time when most Texans lived over yonder. But over the past century, the percentage of Texans living in rural areas versus urban areas flipped: Today, 85 percent of us live in cities, while only 15 percent live in the country, according to the Texas Demographic Center.
An Epic 367-Mile Road Trip Reveals the Best of the Texas Coast
May 31, 2019 | By Clayton Maxwell
From Port Arthur to Port Isabel, navigating the best of Texas’ bays, beaches, and bards
18 Places to Go in Texas in 2018
December 28, 2017 | By Clayton Maxwell
From El Paso to Galveston, uncover our top 18 travel must-dos for 2018.
Sentinels of the Sea
January 12, 2017 | By Laurence Parent and Patricia Parent
The first lighthouses came to Texas shores in 1852, built to guide ships past sandbars and shoals at river mouths and through tricky passes between barrier islands.
Rear View: Sweet treat
May 12, 2015 | By
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Dining on the Dock of the Bay
May 21, 2014 | By Eileen Mattei
Inside Dirty Al’s at Pelican Station in Port Isabel, I have a front-row seat for watching the Laguna Madre: A tugboat pushes barges on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, the Black Dragon pirate ship and dolphin-watch boats crisscross the bay, and cormorants float semi-submerged beyond the patio.
Night Light
March 12, 2009 | By Samantha Hyde
As inland-bound 19th-Century sailors began the home stretch through the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, a beacon of hope shined during even the harshest of Gulf storms: the 72-foot-high Port Isabel Lighthouse, whose stationary white light was visible from 16 miles out to sea.
