I think Matagorda Texas is one of the most beautiful places on earth, the coastline has it's own rough beauty and I have been staying right on the cooastline. I am posting this blog on the back deck, having only the wind and the surf for company. It is pitch dark around me and the humid Texas coastal air wraps me in a blanket, it is a nearly primordial feeling and I like it, it is invigorating, recharging. We spent the better part of yesterday on the beach, I have been on many beaches, Ca mostly, the beaches I liked in Ca were for scenic reasons only. Ca beaches contain a raw power and are to be respected and awed. I have walked them and taken in the majesty. Yesterday, when we had driven across the sand and parked literally ten feet from the surf the experience was totally different. The Texas coastline doesnt require all to proclaim awe and majesty it simply reaches out and says " Experience me " and you cannot help your self so of course you do. The area was a beehive of activity, boats buzzing by in the water ahead, both pleasure, sport and Shrimp boats. The shrimp boats were the most interesting to watch, they would drag their nets across the bottom undoubtedly stirring all that was there, hopefully picking up Shrimp in the process. The intersting part is the attention this activity attracts, Sea birds of many varieties have learned the diiner bell is ringing during this activity. The Porpoises also come, knowing food is handy. I had known all of this, just from reading and having seen it in different ways, I didnt know however that a lot of times and I did see it yesterday, a fishing boat will come in and edge up behind the Shrimper. The profusion of aggitated bottom and shrimp around in the water calls the Gamefish and therefore the game fisherman. I thoroughly enjoyed wading in the surf and casting bait for fish, didnt catch annything and it was just good fun. I will be heading home soon, feeling revived and relaxed.
Always with love,
Tony.