Walking for Diabetes

Saturday I participated in a fundraiser walk for Diabetes through downtown Corpus Chirsti. I walked about a half a mile until I decided to run the rest of the 4 or 5 miles. I didn't want to run initially because it was a walk, not a run, and I wanted to stay with the group I was with but there were a number of people who ran. After a few minutes of walking at a regular pace my urge to run couldn't be surpressed. I ran track in high school and wearing running shorts, sneakers, an ipod laden with workout music, and a sweat band and having a good course with blocked off roads just triggered something in me. Although I hadn't ran regularly for a few months, I managed to pass everyone I saw... the group of serious runners who had started running at the begining of the walk had probably all finished. I didn't time myself but I think I finished in about a half an hour, I would have picked up the pace but I started to taste the smoked salmon I had from breakfast's lox & begal on the last two miles.


As you can see, the people to the right forgot how to walk:


The walk ended by circling the infield of Whataburger Field. Built in 2005 on the site of cotton warehouses As you can see on either side of the scoreboard, rusting port infrastructure is incorporated into the baseball stadium

A walk through Corpus

I lost my driver's license just before I left Pennsylvania for Texas, I didn't have time to get a replacement in Philadelphia so I planned on getting a new one here. I got dropped off at the DMV at lunchtime and waited in line. As I expected, I needed to take the written and driving test over, but besides photo ID (my passport) I needed proof of my Social Security Number, which I did not have in Texas.

As my ride would not be available for a number of hours, I was told the Social Security Administration was just a mile or two away. Inside I was reprimanded for using a cell phone by the officer on duty, the form asked for parent's SSNs and who knows that off the top of their head! I was called and brought in to someone's cubical where my request was processed. I was told my card would be mailed to me.

It was only just past noon and I had nothing to do until 5:15 when I would go sailing from downtown. I also had no ride. I looked at Google Maps from my phone and walking downtown was a number of miles and fairly straightforward. Plus, it would be a good opportunity for me to see the city. Below are things I passed along the way.


Toni's Quality Shop

Frank's Produce looked like an interesting store, with all those characters hanging it looked like a game you would find at a fair or amusement park but later I realized they are probably piñatas.

If only the LiLi had a straight-edge while she was crafting this sign!

Babies, Guns, and Jesus... That's Texas!