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Click here for digital edition  Arnold Palmer's name is lege ndary in the game of golf. And now Port Aransas has laid claim to a piece of that legend. The town's first-ever 18- hole golf course, the Newport Dunes Golf Club, is an Arnold Palmer Signature course, which means Palmer kept an eye on the project throughout design and construction. More ... D espite repeated attacks during World War II, the USS Lexington never sank, prompting Japanese propagandist Tokyo Rose to dub the aircraft carrier "The Blue Ghost." The carrier today is the USS Lexington Museum on the Bay, affectionately known as "The Lex." Illuminated at night with ghostly blue lighting, it is a National Historic Landmark permanently docked at 2914 N. More ... P ort Aransas owes a great deal of its identity and economic wellbeing to the body of water known as the Aransas Pass - the Coastal Bend's only major outlet to the Gulf of Mexico. The Port Aransas Museum is celebrating the waterway's history with an exhibit called "Taming the Channel - An Epic Tale. More ... Bayside Fennessey Ranch Highway 2678, Bayside (361) 529-6600 www.fennesseyranch.com Custom birding trips, photography seminars, photo blinds for day leases, Russian boar hunting, country hayrides, hummingbird tours, More ... T he Texas State Aquarium offers visitors a close-up of various types of wildlife, including, of course, marine life. The aquarium opened a new exhibit this year: Eagle Pass, featuring raptors that were rehabilitated at the aquarium after being found sick or injured in the wild. More ... Learn all about the flotsam and jetsam that wash onto the beaches of Mustang Island, along with other curious beachcombers at free, monthly, guided beach walks. The City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department offers the walks on the fourth Friday of each month. More ... The Wetlands Education Center helps visitors understand what makes Mustang Island's ecology tick. The center is a man-made salt marsh located between the University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) Visitor Center and the Aransas Pass, on the northernmost tip of Mustang Island. More ... The beaches are precious resources and we Port Aransans are proud of ours. We want visitors to enjoy them as much and as safely as possible. But we also have to take care of them, to assure our children and grandchildren can also enjoy them. More ... |
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