Guns Over Corpus Christi
Big warships have big guns. The battleships had the largest artillery (see Guns Over Mobile) but even an older aircraft carrier, with all it’s airplanes, still had a few access…
Read MoreBig warships have big guns. The battleships had the largest artillery (see Guns Over Mobile) but even an older aircraft carrier, with all it’s airplanes, still had a few access…
Read MoreThe Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge is a harbor bridge located in Corpus Christi, Texas which transports about 26 ,000 vehicles per day. It was constructed between 1956 and 1959 to replace a drawbridge. It will…
Read MoreAircraft carriers are easy to spot. They are huge ships with flat tops and a tall, but skinny building off to one side. The “island” sits in the center of…
Read MoreI have spent very little time “on” the water. Except for a few small fishing boats, jet skis, kayaks and one sailboat, I’ve never traveled on a large “ship”. One…
Read MoreAfter several visits to the National Naval Aviation Museum at the Naval Air Station (NAS) in Pensacola, Florida, it was a real pleasure to finally visit the USS Lexington aircraft carrier earlier this month…
Read MoreDriving south from Refugio to Corpus Christi, we discovered a huge wind farm that spread out for miles. I had seen wind farms at a distance in France, but never…
Read MoreThe bridge of the USS Lexington looks a bit tired now, but I’m sure it was a hopping place years ago.
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