I sometimes visited a lively port town,
with a history not too long,
which had a ferry,
followed by birds,
that shared the bay with ships,
mostly connected to the oil industry,
which would take me to a long, narrow island.
Where was I?
We'll you've basically got to be in the Corpus Christi/Port A/Padre area. If so, this is right up my alley. EDIT: and if I'm right and the strip of coast you pictured is North Padre's nature reserve, you may as well know that my father was instrumental in buying a whole bunch of land a few months ago that's going to increase the size of the protected land a ton. I love what he does for a living.
Yes, it's on the Gulf Coast, but it's not Corpus Christi, Port Arthur, or Padre Island. It wasn't part of a reserve when I photographed it, but after a recent hurricane, the state bought the beach pictured.We'll you've basically got to be in the Corpus Christi/Port A/Padre area.
the strip of coast you pictured is North Padre's nature reserve
Well I meant Port Aransas by Port A. Port Arthur sucks. Anyway, I guess I'm stumped. There are a couple beaches that look like this in Lousiana, a couple along the Texas coast but not at Padre, and then I'm less familiar by far with Florida's coasts like Sanibel and so on.
You're actually pretty close. All three of your guesses, along with the one I assumed was a guess, were within a couple hundred miles of the bay. If you're a TV fan, I can provide an additional hint: the town and the bay were (spoiler warning) subject to a (fictional) attack in the slow-burning conspiracy thriller Rubicon.Well I meant Port Aransas ... Anyway, I guess I'm stumped.
Juneteenth was the day the Emancipation Proclamation was enforced in Texas after General Granger arrived in Galveston.I always associated Galveston with the slave trade for some reason.
Educated guess. You already told flagamuffin that he was close geographically. It looks oldish, and I know Galveston fits that bill, as it was settled in late 19th century of there abouts, no? Anyway there's no chance I would have gotten it without the previous guess.
It's actually a tad older than that and has sort of a cool pirate history, really just a cool history in general. Ever read Isaac's Storm? People forget that Galveston was the place to be in Texas in the 1890s, and probably still would be today if not for that. Also, I definitely consider Galveston to be in the Corpus/Port A area and kind've thought it was implied in my guess because it's the biggest "port town" in the area but ah well. Such is life.
Only in Texas would places 170 miles apart be thought of as the same area! Still, Port Aransas and North Padre were very good guesses. The pirate Jean Lafitte's fortified mansion, Fort Maison Rouge.I definitely consider Galveston to be in the Corpus/Port A area
It ... has sort of a cool pirate history
I really don't know much about Galveston, other than the hurricane basically killed a shitload of people. I've never been, but I would like to make it to the Texas Gulf coast someday. I think you'll get through this. Might will take some therapy, but time heals all wounds. FWIW I tried to give you the credit in my response.Also, I definitely consider Galveston to be in the Corpus/Port A area and kind've thought it was implied in my guess because it's the biggest "port town" in the area but ah well. Such is life.
Yeah I appreciated that haha. As far as traveling the Texas Gulf, skip Galveston unless you're really into Texas history/historical buildings (and even then there's better elsewhere); I find that's the main appeal now. It's pretty ugly and it's too close to Houston. North Padre is bleak and beautiful and natural and all good things, I recommend it. Port Aransas is wonderful. South Padre is tourists, but maybe not in, say, January. And the rest of East Texas is beautiful as well if you can get past the trash.