After my hearing today, I needed a good buzz so I cruised down Ocean Drive and Shoreline Blvd in CC. Began near CC A&M and finished up at the convention center and Heritage Park.
(Yes I know there's a smudge in every shot. I didn't notice the lens was dirty until I got back to Houston. Also, there are only a few people about because it was mid-morning and presumable the kids were in school [except the skateboarders] and the adults were working [except me]).

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The New Skate Park:

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Gotta have a photo of Selena:

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And ofcourse, the old Nueces Co. Courthouse. Sadly, it continues to sit there abandoned:

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Adios
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Very Beautiful, thanks for the pics. I have always liked Corpus C. beaches.

Corpus Christi is certainly a beautiful city!

Very nice!

I've never been so disappointed in a city as I was in Corpus. There is sooooo much potential there for a great beach community and nice condo development but the whole town seemed so economically depressed. Of course, I had just been to Gulf Shores a few weeks before my trip to Corpus, so maybe I was setting the bar too high. The beaches there were a sad sight.

Thx guys.

Yeah, GT, CC's beaches are not as nice as the eastern Gulf beaches, but it's pretty good for a Texas beach. SPI further south is a bit better.

I've heard South Padre is pretty nice and is as good as it gets for Texas beaches. I've never made it down there but I hope to go one day.

Like I said, I had just gotten back from being on vacation at Gulf Shores and had fresh visions of the powder white sand and crystal clear blue water. To be driven out to the brown dirty beaches and murky water at Corpus was quite a disappointment.

Excellent work, as always :okay:

Great pics! :okay: Looks like fun down there!

I don't know how the sand in the Gulf Shores/Pensacola area is so white... The beach in Galveston and CC looks dirty, as does the beach in Clearwater, Florida when I was there last.

How can the northern Gulf have such nice beaches, while the eastern and western Gulf have such unattractive ones? I've never been to Ship Island, but the beaches in Biloxi and Gulfport aren't too wonderful (but that's Mississippi Sound and not the open Gulf).

Corpus Christi as a city looks interesting, though, and worth a visit.

We can thank the missisippi River for the dirty water.

Corpus Christi -- my birthplace. Pics always welcome!

So.. what is there to do there if I want to take a random road trip down there? Besides the beach....

You can worship Selena.

great pics! i never knew this city had such tall buildings!

Does anyone know if there is any plans to close the base anytime soon?

Yeah im with tiger. I just got back from Corpus...soooooo much potential..but it seems like the city is dead...and stuck in the 70's.... plus i get bit by a jelly fish :S but yeah...city dissapointed me.

im fascinated with this city...the only thing i can feel is breath and feel relax!!!!

the american bank tower is great!!!! the best of the city, i would to visit corpus...i think this city is for retired and veteran people...

I don't know how the sand in the Gulf Shores/Pensacola area is so white... The beach in Galveston and CC looks dirty, as does the beach in Clearwater, Florida when I was there last.

How can the northern Gulf have such nice beaches, while the eastern and western Gulf have such unattractive ones? I've never been to Ship Island, but the beaches in Biloxi and Gulfport aren't too wonderful (but that's Mississippi Sound and not the open Gulf).

Corpus Christi as a city looks interesting, though, and worth a visit.

It's the quartz content in the sand that makes the northern Gulf Coast beaches so brilliant white, they are just in a geological sweet spot. There are few other places on earth with sand like that. Thank the Appalachian Mountains for that one.