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Breakfast at the Hilton… worked on teaching Christopher Shogi while we were waiting… (Do you know Shogi?  you should.. check out http://www.IPlayShogi.com)

Then we went Canoeing on Village Creek (feeds into the Neches near the Big Thicket national preserve)

Then we ate Dinner at Fuddruckers.  And played Shogi (seeing a trend?)

Then we went to Spindletop

Then we dropped Sonia, Stephen, and Christopher at the hotel.. then Yagi-san and I went to Orange.

We went to the Stark Art Museum

We missed the last tour of the Stark house by 15 minutes…  At the Stark house they have a Neopolean death mask…I remember seeing it when I went on a tour in high school…  There are only three in the world… one in Paris, on in Washington DC and one in Orange Texas

We got some pictures of the outside thought

Then we went to Shangra La, but did not see much there:

Then we drove over to Louisiana.  The visitor center was closed, but they left some maps and handouts on the front step.

We went back to the Texas center and they were closed too.   But they didn’t leave handouts.

Then we headed back to the hotel..

On the way to Beaumont, we stopped at subway

And then we stopped at the Ben J. Rogers Regional Visitors center where we found the most wonderful people to help us.  If you are traveling towards Beaumont on I-10 from Houston, then you should definitely stop by and visit.

Next we visited Gator Country.  It was actually before the Visitor Center in geography, but we didn’t know about it.  So after getting the information from the visitor center, we turned around and drove the 8 miles are so to see it.

They had lots of alligators and crocodiles.

Also, they had a snake that I got to hold.

stephen got to hold a baby alligator

This is there motto at Gator Country: "Quick Hands or NO hands"

Even Yagi-san held an alligator

Then we went to the Hilton in Beaumont and then ate at Johnny Carino’s Country Italian restaurant next door.

Stephen and Yagi-san played Shogi while we waited for our food…. (This is a good time to mention that we are building a site to teach people to play Shogi and to help them learn about the game.  Check out http://www.IPlayShogi.com when you get a chance.. Not much there but a few pointers to other sites… but you might want to at least book mark it.

After eating, we went bowling.

Then we called it a day and went to bed… very busy day the next day.