January 31, 2004

• Corpus Christi, TX

  Corpus Christi is beautiful. The marina is small and inviting. I wish I could have gone to South Padre Island, but oh well. Business is business.

  
  The view from my balcony during the day. Oohh!! Water. . . .
  (I watched many of the sailboats sailing into the marina too, since they had to pass right by the hotel.)

  
  The seawall, looking kinda north towards the Lexington.

  The Lexington is there, and I could only see it from a distance. I would have liked to step in it, but oh well.

  A walk along the seawall was really pleasant. What is it with Texas and WHATABURGERS? They're everywhere! I suppose Whataburgers are the Steak 'N' Shake of the South. I'm glad they were open 24 hrs, because I got to Corpus Christi pretty late.

  
  "Whataburger By The Bay" (that's what it said)

  I suppose in the summer months this place is teaming with tourists. In the summer, I'm told it is hot as hell, and the sliding door at the Omni Hotel informed me to close the door to my balcony or the AC would turn off automatically. In January, though, it was pleasantly tourist-free and had very nice and cool weather compared to the sleet I encountered in Virginia this month.

  
  The view of downtown from further south on Ocean Blvd.

  
  I found a cute little sheep here.

  
  They have a cat house in Corpus Christi. There were plenty of cats in there, but there were some dogs too. No stool pigeons or sitting ducks, though.

  
  I had to get a picture of the Sailing Center, of course!

  A nice shuttle bus driver informed me that the Omni Hotel is actually built on what used to be water, and that Water St. used to be the original shoreline.

  If you walk along the seawall, you can see a monument to Selena, that singer that got stabbed to death.

  
  The monument to Selena, the singer.

  And if you walk further south, you can see a wooden replica of the Nina. I was told that you have to pay to see the Pinta and the Santa Maria.

  
  The Nina was surprisingly small.

  
  It looked beautiful in the sunset.

  
  If you believe in spirits, then this picture may chill you.

  I took several long exposure shots from my balcony, trying to get everything in the frame. That fuzzy whitish dot is not the moon. I have no idea what that is. It was in many of my pictures, but never in the same spot, either in the downtown area, or relative to my camera. I'm only posting this picture because it achieved most of what I wanted to get in the frame, and, well, it does look like the moon is in the shot (but it wasn't). Later the next day, I was walking around and saw a brochure for a walking tour of downtown. There is a tree downtown where they used to do public hangings. Read from that what you like.

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