Grab your sails and suit up for the Portland Chamber of Commerce Windfest, a family festival with endless fun held near the Portland Skate Park and getting bigger and better every year. Come out and enjoy their 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament, BoardHouse Skateboard Show, Racing Pigs, Swimming Pigs and a Tug-of-War Challenge, sure to keep you sitting at the edge of your seat. Windfest will blow you away with fun over classic favorites like Noah’s Way Exotic Petting Zoo, Antique Tractor Show, Mechanical Bull Ride, Pony Rides, Youth Golf Tournament, Baby Photo Contest, Horseshoe Tournaments, Chili, Rib, Brisket, and Kid’s Pizza Cook-off, the All Dog Costume Parade, Arts and Crafts, Food Booths, Parade and Carnival! Dive into fun and great food as you make you way around Windfest in Portland, just over the bridge.
The Texas State Aquarium is a major tourist attraction on the Gulf Coast receiving more than 500,000 visitors per year and is a leading educational and rehabilitation center that primarily focuses on species from the Gulf of Mexico. Exhibits explore both creatures of the gulf and the natural habitat that supports them. Some of the sections of the Texas State Aquarium include: Amazon, Dolphin Bay, Eagle Pass, Floating Phantoms, in addition to touch tanks, up-close encounters with alligators and a super-sized children's play park.
Tour one of the largest ranches in the world today, the renown King Ranch, now covers 825,000 acres—more land than the state of Rhode Island. Tours showcase the inner workings of cattle handling, along with the property's historically significant buildings. This is the ranch the 80s TV show "Dallas" was modeled after. Although you won't find JR, you'll find plenty of history on the King family, who created the empire.