corpus christi, or corpus as the locals call it, has a pop of 300k and is 55% hispanic. i can't say it was too exciting a place, but it has some interesting things to take a look at. the highlights are the wpa-era waterfront, some city shots, the bay bridge & the uss lexington museum.

 

 

a history of padre island, america's longest barrier island

 

 

 

it would be nice to have more stuff like this along lake erie

 

 

 

 

tejano star selena's cheesy memorial, she loved corpus

 

a replic of the columbus ship 'nina'

 

 

 

some city view shots

 

 

 

 

bwaaagh! --- the tallest is this omni hotel

 

be careful --- do you really wanna see it up close????

 

 

 

convention center

 

 

heading across the bay bridge

 

the mammoth uss lexington looms over the city

 

first up is parking and a look at the bay bridge

 

wow

 

 

it's a beauty, esp from this view

 

out of sequence, but here is the bridge from a distance

 

hey, it looks just like the pulaski skyway in new jersey

 

100+ degrees & some beachy shacks in front of the lex? = time for a pit stop

 

cute

 

a 'dressed' lone star beer, that means half rolled in salt

  :drunk:

 

corny beach band

 

this is hilarious....

^it just did not work out too well for this guy last night did it?  :laugh:

 

 

 

those are world war one mines but the bird don't care

 

 

 

a walk around to the approach pier

 

guns & games??? the ship was known as the blue ghost

 

heading up

btw among the exhibits it's so huge a vessel they even have an imax theater inside

 

 

the lex took a kamakaze hit in the big duece

 

 

 

 

 

back to beachy stuff on the way out

 

beach hippies  ??????

 

**** and that's all there is from corpus christi texas ****

 

 

Good tour -- Beach kitsch is fun.

 

My granddad would have been impressed with the Lexington. The ship he served on (1901-1904), the USS Pensacola, was primarily powered by steam, but still had masts and sails. He didn't see WWII, because he died at age 61 from a fall just a few months before the the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Aircraft carriers are absolutely breathtaking in size.  I toured one in NYC and you just can't grasp how big they are until you actually see it for yourself.

 

Good tour  :-D