A surprising find was the Port Lavaca/Matagorda Bay KOA about 30 minutes from Port Lavaca on a secluded arm of Vaes Bay near Point Comfort. This is more than an RV campground.

Perhaps only a dock, a warehouse, a cabin or two, built on the 20-foot bluff near the bayou in the 1830s, was the place called “Port Lavaca.” ...