Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Plus Luther Hotel updates, Elephant Rock petition, more

"...for returning the once-famous resort hotel overlooking Tres Palacios Bay to its former glory, including reintroducing “the longest porch..."

April 2, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Why Austin Can’t Seem to Quit Its Despised Coal Plant

Locals continue to get coal for Christmas

"...It manages the Colorado River from Lake Buchanan to Matagorda Bay, a stretch that supplies our fair city's drinking..."

Dec. 1, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Day Trips: Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History, Corpus Christi

Museum’s many treasures include the remains of the oldest shipwreck in the U.S.

"...the 17th-century French ship La Belle found in nearby Matagorda Bay...."

June 16, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Texas travel news and events for spring

"...moon climbs visitors get a unique view of Delaware Bay off the southernmost point of New Jersey. During the..."

March 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Luther Hotel, Palacios

Historic Gulf Coast hotel is under threat of demolition

"...to save the 120-year-old wooden structure overlooking Tres Palacios Bay, the new owners will probably replace the historic building..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Port Lavaca

A fisherman’s paradise worth exploring

"...The area's system of bays and estuaries has long attracted anglers. That nearly came..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Adios, El Mercado! Banzai, Uchi L.A.! Bonsoir, 1417! And Oysters and Spam and Beef and Barbecue and More …

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Department’s proposed permanent closure of Ayers, Mesquite, and Carlos Bays for oystering. TPWD has already closed reefs in Galveston..."

March 23, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Spring is full of festivals and flowers

"...Matagorda County Fair and Livestock Show March 3-5, Bay City,..."

March 3, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: La Petite Belle, Palacios

La Belle sails again

"...Salle's ship that was found on the bottom of Matagorda Bay...."

May 28, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

It’s a beautiful time of year to get your daytrippin’ on

"...Vintage RV Rally April 16-19, Matagorda, www.tincantourists.com/event/1st-annual-vintage-rv-rally-golden-oldies..."

April 1, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Matagorda Beach

A seashore with social distancing

"...Matagorda Beach offers miles of uncrowded sandy paradise a little..."

July 10, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas Lives Up to Its Title

Stephen Harrigan chronicles the Lone Star State’s last 500 years

"...movie The Alamo; in 1978, diving with archaeologists in Matagorda Bay, seeking sunken vessels from La Salle's expedition; following..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Opinion: LCRA’s Water Marketing Ambitions Could Lower the Colorado River Below Austin

Environmental activist Rusty Middleton raises concerns over a groundwater pumping plan

"...water for downstream users and freshwater inflows needed by Matagorda Bay...."

Feb. 21, 2020 Column by Rusty Middleton

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

February's full of fun

"...its own such projects. In the Houston, the Buffalo Bayou Partnership has turned the waterway through downtown into a..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

A Mile Above Texas

Gorgeous images of land and water shot from the air provide a fresh perspective on the Lone Star State

"...circles – and how utterly nature rejects order: East Matagorda Bay's jigsaw shoreline, Santa Elena Canyon's irregular bumps, Red..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Essential History Museums and Cultural Spaces

Fun for everyone from history buffs to kids who like hands-on science

"...exploring the Gulf of Mexico when it sank in Matagorda Bay in 1686. Its wreckage was discovered in 1995,..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

Food-o-File: Monday Lagniappe

A little extra Austin food news

"...partnership with Coastal Wings Outfitters and Topwater Charters on Matagorda Bay. The four day, three night trip will include..."

April 13, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Part of the Texas State History Museum Is Closing for Renovation

Time for the Bob Bullock's ship to come in

"...ill-fated vessel that – sunk during a storm in Matagorda Bay in 1686 – changed the course of Texas..."

Feb. 16, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

La Belle: The Ship That Changed History

"...LaSalle's fated ship which sank in the inlets of Matagorda Bay in the late 1600s, then was discovered and..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Photo Gallery

Pct. 2 Candidates Face Off

Commissioner hopefuls tackle gun shows, immigration laws

"...shipments from the Highland Lakes to rice farmers near Matagorda Bay — a highly contentious regional issue...."

Dec. 11, 2013 News Post by Christopher Hooks

Abbott Painted Himself Into a Corner

"...Colorado of water, and since the Colorado flows into Matagorda Bay, he is depriving the bay of vital fresh..."

Nov. 18, 2013 Postmarks

Headlines

"...commitment to provide water to maintain the health of Matagorda Bay during September, but will also seek emergency relief..."

Sept. 13, 2013 News Feature

Day Trips

The long journey of explorer Sieur de La Salle

"...he should have turned right and wound up in Matagorda Bay, where La Belle and one other ship sank..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Half-Dead or Half-Life?

South Texas Project expansion not quite dead – yet

"...to pursue expansion of the South Texas Project at Matagorda Bay – seemingly good news for local critics of..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Timing Is Everything

Events in Japan cast a long shadow

"...nuclear power plant's two reactors, which have operated at Matagorda Bay since the late Eighties. NRG Energy owns 40%..."

March 18, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...pollution from the proposed White Stallion coal plant in Bay City could lead to more than 600 deaths and..."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Feature

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...this 14-foot surge from the north side, from the bay. The National Weather Service admits that they did not..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

The Forgotten Storm

One year later, Rita's invisible evacuees still wait in the shadow of Katrina

"...the state's emergency sheltering plan directs people from the Matagorda Bay area to come to Austin. Rita ultimately missed..."

Sept. 22, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Day Trips

"...miles southeast of Port Lavaca on the shores of Matagorda Bay near the site of what was once called..."

June 2, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the city of Wharton, but also the cities of Bay City, Matagorda, Boling, El Campo, Spanish Camp, Egypt, Glen..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Column

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