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Between its languid stretch of the Colorado River and its charming historic downtown, this small town (population 7,218) is an ideal place to while away a weekend. Its unofficial slogan, “East of Weird,” may be a cheeky nod to its location thirty miles east of Austin, but Bastrop, which I wrote about in my June 2014 column, has plenty of its own character and characters.SEE + DOBastrop County Museum and Visitor Center // Consider a spin through this well-done repository of local history for an easily digestible rundown of Bastrop’s first 175 years, including notable particulars about its namesake (that’d be the supposedly résumé-enhancing “Baron de Bastrop”) and its “lifeblood” (that’d be the Colorado River), as well as an overview of 2011’s devastating wildfires. 904 Main,…
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Between its languid stretch of the Colorado River and its charming historic downtown, this small town (population 7,218) is an ideal place to while away a weekend. Its unofficial slogan, “East of Weird,” may be a cheeky nod to its location thirty miles east of Austin, but Bastrop, which I wrote about in my June 2014 column, has plenty of its own character and characters.SEE + DOBastrop County Museum and Visitor Center // Consider a spin through this well-done repository of local history for an easily digestible rundown of Bastrop’s first 175 years, including notable particulars about its namesake (that’d be the supposedly résumé-enhancing “Baron de Bastrop”) and its “lifeblood” (that’d be the Colorado River), as well as an overview of 2011’s devastating wildfires. 904 Main,…The post Trip Guide: Bastrop appeared first on Texas Monthly.
