Yes. Was it the oil, the dune plants, or the TV show? Even in Texas, most people will go to Padre Island, so you must have had some inside information.Galveston?
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.