Texas 2015
Corpus Christi
Saturday November 14 to Wednesday November 18
I drove to Corpus Christi, Texas in my 2014 Subaru Outback to meet Stu there (he was there for work, and had flown there two days earlier). Some of the travel was on my own, but for Tuesday and Wednesday, we were together for all travel. The main attractions on this trip were Ocean Drive and vicinity in Corpus Christi itself, the South Texas Botanical Gardens, and the North Padre Island seashore. The driving portion of this trip was tracked by the Outback's navigation system and, with a couple of exceptions, my iPhone 6, using the Gaia app. Walking and hiking at the attraction sites were also tracked by my Garmin Oregon 600 GPS. For the purposes of this website, the iPhone tracks are used, where available for the driving portion of the trip (except for the first leg, where the Outback's tracks are substituted), since those tracks are smaller files, although significantly less accurate at times. The Garmin Oregon 600's tracks are used for the hiking and walking portions.
Where topographic maps are available, they are denoted by a "(Topo)" link. They are the standard 24,000:1-scale maps. As is customary on this site, bright pink/magenta lines represent manually-powered transportation (hiking/walking, in this case), and "amethyst" lines represent engine-powered transportation (e.g., motorboat, but no such vehicles were used on this trip).
GPX files have not been edited.
Overview
- Overview map—This is a composite map of all the GPS tracks on a blank U.S. states map, with the states we visited highlighted in yellow.
- All GPS tracks (except Subaru tracks not used on this page) / view map—The whole trip, including walking/hiking and driving. There is some overlap, where two tracks from different receivers are overlaid onto each other. (May take several seconds to load, depending on connection speed. Please be patient!)
Saturday, November 14
- GPX / view map—The portion of my drive from Norman OK to Corpus Christi TX that was recorded by the Subaru Outback's navigation system (Norman OK to Waco TX). See the next item for the remainder of the drive (it overlaps this one).
- GPX / view map—The portion of my drive from Norman OK to Corpus Christi TX that was recorded by the iPhone (south of Pauls Valley OK to Corpus Christi TX). It includes my lunch/gas stop at Rudy's in Waco TX, and my ill-fated attempt to avoid both Austin traffic and toll roads. I gave up eventually, and took the (rather expensive, but fast) toll roads.
- GPX / view map—Our drive from the hotel to dinner (Black Monk Tavern).
Sunday, November 15
- GPX / view map—My driving around Corpus Christi, including lunch at Landry's and Ocean Drive, among others.
- GPX / view map—Our drive out to Rock & Rolls Sushi Lounge on North Padre Island.
Monday, November 16
- GPX / view map—My driving to various parks along the coast in Corpus Christi.
- GPX / view map—My drive from the hotel to the Corpus Christi Airport to pick up Stu, then our return to the hotel. (This is a Subaru Outback navigation system file.)
- GPX / view map—Our drive to Fulton TX for dinner. We wanted to go to "Cheryl's", for obvious reasons (and they had good ratings), but they were closed. We went to Moondog instead.
Tuesday, November 17
- GPX / view map—Our drive to the South Texas Botanical Gardens from the hotel. (This is a Subaru Outback navigation system file.)
- GPX / view map—Walking at the South Texas Botanical Gardens. (Topo)
- GPX / view map—Our drive from the botanical gardens to North Padre Island.
- GPX / view map—walking on the seashore at North Padre Island. (Topo)
- GPX / view map—Our drive on the beach (do not do this without 4-wheel drive and at least moderate clearance!) to Padre Balli Park to Fulton TX. We again attempted to go to "Cheryl's", only to discover that they were closed on Tuesdays, too! We instead went to Charlotte Plummer's.
- GPX / view map—Walking around Fulton TX (see previous entry).
- GPX / view map—Driving back to the hotel from Fulton TX.
Wednesday, November 18
- GPX / view map—Our long drive back to Oklahoma City. Includes a stop southeast of Pleasanton TX (for fuel) and in Ardmore for dinner (Interurban) and fuel. There were no stops (other than stopped traffic) between Pleasanton and Ardmore—a total of 6 hours and 13 minutes in the car without a break! (Do not do that!) According to my calculations (from the Subaru's navigation system's GPX files), we traveled 1,010 km that day—or, if you prefer, 1.010 Mm!
