Labor Day weekend is often considered the official farewell to the golden days of summer as well as welcoming fall and all that accompanies that season, and if you are planning a vacation in Port Aransas for your long holiday weekend, you may be ready for a weekend that relaxes. You need to shore up your energy levels for the next 3 months of the year, with the school year beginning and the fall and winter holidays knocking at the door, and choosing La Mirage for your holiday hideaway will be the first step towards peace and comfort. This guide to planning the perfect Labor Day weekend in Port Aransas will ensure that you don’t miss a step when it comes time to explore all this Texas coastal town has to offer!
Fishing Off the Horace Caldwell Pier
The perfect day often starts with a pole, some bait, and an early morning trip to the Horace Caldwell Pier. Extending out 1240 feet into the Gulf, visitors can rent poles for just $4, it costs $3 to fish, and the fish you can catch range from tarpon, black drum, and, if you are really lucky, blacktip or bonnethead sharks. Bring a chair, a cooler filled with beverages, and prepare to catch your limit as the sun climbs high into the sky. You can stay on the pier all day if you like, or when the bites stop coming, pack up your gear, your cooler now filled with fish, and head back to your La Mirage retreat to get ready for more Port Aransas holiday adventures.
Labor Day Concert at Palm Plaza, August 30 at 6:30 PM, 132 Palmilla Beach Drive
A summer night spent listening to live music as the stars twinkle down from midnight black skies is our idea of the most perfect way to spend a summer night and the Labor Day Concert at Palm Plaza will allow you to test the theory. Offering performances by local musicians Timber Wilde and Max Stallings as well as offering drink vendors to ensure that you can sip, savor, and get your groove on this last Saturday in August. Ticket prices range from $30 for general admission to $450 for VIP seating and we can promise a good time will be had by all, no matter how much money you spend on this wonderful holiday activity.
Perfection, Your Name is the Beach
You can’t visit Port Aransas without planning on spending at least one day on the beach, and you will probably go back every day. Our white sand beaches encompass the serenity of the sea waters that crash against the shores of Mustang Island, and whether you choose to laze happily under colorful umbrellas, sipping tropical drinks, or you take the fun to the blue waters, splashing in the surf on jet skis and/or surf boards, we want to make sure that you plan on a bonfire under the stars. Our coastal town allows bonfires on the beach, as long as you follow the 3X3X3 rule, which means the fire can’t be more than 3-feet deep, tall, or high. Making your beach dreams come true, this is truly the best way to say so long to summer.
Exploring Roberts Point Park
Roberts Point Park is the center of so many holidays, we are a little surprised that there is nothing official going on over Labor Day, but that doesn’t mean you won’t have a great time visiting. Offering a newly finished playground for the kids, pavilions for picnics and celebrations, and an observation tower that looks out over the ship channel, offering stunning views of the sunset, of dolphins frolicking, and the ships that pass through the channel. Fishing is popular at Roberts Point Park, and the Patsy Jones Amphitheater has hosted some of music’s biggest performers and, although it won’t matter during your trip, offers free concerts on the second Friday of the month from March through October.
Celebrate at Home with La Mirage
Of course, you don’t have to go far to have a fantastic time over the Labor Day weekend, our La Mirage escapes offer many ways to play, relax, and pay homage to the holiday. Maybe your celebration will include evenings sitting on the balcony watching the waves crash against sandy shores as the sun falls into the sea. Or maybe you will spend the daylight hours alternating between swimming in the Gulf or sitting poolside with a tropical beverage in hand after enjoying a family barbecue on community grills. Or, quite possibly, your celebration will involve all of the above, making this Labor Day weekend one that you will remember for years to come, perhaps making a holiday getaway to Port Aransas a family tradition beloved by all. Contact us to reserve your favorite holiday hideaway today!
