Left Maxie’s RV Park, Lafayette, LA and drove to Bay City, TX to the Lighthouse RV Park is in the middle of cow pastures. The park was a 2 at most. Very small and not lit up at night. We had some fun running across the field to see the cows and donkey before it got dark. They were behind a fence so Mitzy and I felt safe.
Drove down to the beach area of Bay City. Not much of a town, but the Gulf side was pretty and Ray walked out on the pier. .jpg)
Matagorda county was the early home of the Karankawa Indians. From 1582 to 1535 several expeditions from Spain traveled through Matagorda County and the most were slaughtered by these Indians. LaSalle landed there in 1685 and founded Ft. St. Louis after he became lost on his second voyage from France searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River. LaSalle met his fate at the hands of one of his own men. The Indians destroyed Ft. St. Louis and the French were captured. Spain sent De Leon to drive the French out but ended up rescuing the prisoners and returned them to their countrymen. 53 families received land grants in Matagorda County from 1824 to 1827 under Austin's first contract known as “ The Old Three Hundred” with Spanish permission. They arrived on the schooner “Only Son”. They too faced the Indians and other hardships.