Sunday Morning Walk....

It's been about 3 months or more going there to walk because of road closures, etc., Sunday morning I decided to try my luck at taking the route to Indian Point [in Corpus city limits] and Sunset Lakes [in Portland city limits] Trail System that connects the two cities by one trail. Well, I had in mind that the construction of the new bridge being an ongoing mess on the two freeways would be disastorous what with lane closures, barricades, rough surfaces, etc. I decided to take the downtown tour [a detour of sorts]. Being that it was early in the morining and Sunday, no heavy city traffic. I would probably be able to zip through the downtown area with very little effort and if lucky hit all the street lights green through town and take the exit ramp that will avoid 90% of the destruction construction mess. Taking Carancahua [pronounced Kuh rang KUH wah -native american] Street. At the lights I snapped a few photos since I was the only one on the street...

Once at the last intersection, choose between I-37 to San Antonio or TX hwy 181 to Portland, over Harbor Bridge. After crossing the port channel, only a short two or three city block length of road construction then...out of it all and on my way to cross the Nueces Bay causeway, heading toward the exit to Indian Point.

When I arrived, there was a lot of park street flooding...high tide!!  I finally parked and got out to walk, a very thin shroud of fog was present.  I walked but only along the shoreline since most everything was muddied or under water.   Birds I saw were oystercatchers, gulls, pintail ducks, sandpipers, willets, plovers, herons, and egrets...totaling around 4000-4500 steps before pivoting to return to the parking lot.

As I mentioned above, a thin layer of fog was present, I sighted in on an rare and unusual occurence...a fog bow [same as rainbow without sun reflecting]


Back in the car, I then drove [driving since most was flooded and walking was nixed] to the other side, entering Sunset Lakes.  I walked another 3500 steps before getting back into the car to head for the grocery store...

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On my list of groceries, one item was essential...milk. Chocolate milk to be more specific. But this brings me to a question for you...would you spend $8.00 for a gallon of milk?!!  I do. Crazy, I know, but...For good reason. I also spend more for egg nog too during the season...Southern Comfort Egg Nog at $5.48 for a half gallon. [my math says that is nearly $11.00 a gallon] Other than Mootopia being lactose free [doubly pasteurized for longer shelf life], I get what I pay for with taste sensational!! This milk, store brand, is called Mootopia. And low in fat or fat free, it's like drinking a chocolate shake...less sugar, more protein, no or little fat depending on your fat content preference.  With vitamins and good healthy stuff added. Seriously, I could live off this stuff.  Here's the rundown:

Mootopia contains the same high‑quality milk protein found in traditional milk ‑ there's just more of it! We start with delicious milk and ultra‑filter it to concentrate the protein and calcium while removing unnecessary sugars and lactose. The result? Smooth and creamy goodness that provides you with 60% more protein, 50% less sugar and 50% more calcium than flavored milk.

ps...take note of my chartruse arrows in image above. The carton specifically states the package contains milk!! Y'think?