Tuesday, January 15, 2008

The skies were very gray when we got up this morning and the wind was howling. We got breakfast which was on the 11th floor and had a great view of the harbor and then took a cab to the History and Science Museum. It was an interesting museum, but it was hard to figure out the plan. They had a large gem section which was back to back with a history of Corpus Christi and then the next room was about Christopher Columbus and the blending of the old and new worlds. They had the replicas of the Pinta and Santa Maria outside the museum, but we skipped going out as it was pouring rain at that point and we had seen them when they were in New London. We then battled the wind and rain to walk to the nearby Art Museum of South Texas. We had lunch in the cafe - lovely sandwiches and salad. Dave ordered a piece of cake for us to share and it was huge! We couldn't eat the whole thing - our kids will know how big it was if I say that it was the size of the cakes we were served at the Bubble Room on Captiva Island!!! We then walked around the museum which was quite odd: a room of 70's modern and abstract art, one of giant birds on weird background, one of children's drawings, and one which was interesting about the art of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Took the trolley back to the hotel and spotted a small store called Betty's Attic. We went in and found a little bit of everything - kind of like an enormous flea market indoors. Next door was the Surf Museum which was free and dedicated to the history of surf boards! We went back to the room and decided to have granola bars for dinner as we had eaten such a large lunch. It was still raining and blowing outside and it felt good to be inside.