Travels with
eamon
Edition 1A Port Aransas, TX
Photos by Eamon Decker
Howdy, Folks. This month, let's go down to the gulf coast,
to Port Aransas, located at the northern end of Mustang Island.
To get to Port Aransas, I took the free ferry service from Aransas
Pass. You can also arrive by bridge from Corpus Christi, but the ferry
has more of an “island feel”.
Port Aransas, originally
named Ropesville, was
once just a fishing town
located between the
Gulf of Mexico and
Redfish Bay. Fishing is
still a popular pastime
and job here, but
tourism has grown
tremendously in the
Ferry Boats
past few decades.
There are dozens of
souvenir shops, restaurants and hotels across town, and of course the
beach is popular, especially during spring break.
When I was there, I ate at Fin's Grill & Bar, located right on
The harbor. The sign advertized “U hook 'em, we cook 'em”,
apparently, fisherman can bring their catch (already cleaned), and
Fin's will cook it. I ordered the Cowboy Burger, with golden fried
onion rings, and a large beef patty cooked perfectly with BBQ sauce,
15 Texas Outdoors & Farm Magazine November 2012