This morning finally the morning temperatures were higher around 14 and it has been a beautiful day with not even a cloud to spot. The maximum of the day reached +26C.

I started out the morning with a 3 hour worksession with Anick-Marie for CouchSurfing.
At 1pm I had a birthday party to attend for Jessicas 12th birthday. It was a nice birthday with cake and Halloween dressed guests along with good food. Cin and Jim had arranged for a few other kids to show up as well and there was games and presents. The birthday girl seemed a little unhappy with the arrangements at first - to much attention, but when she got presents she was just one big smile and really happy.

The people present was the birthdaygirl herself, Jessica, and her 2 brothers, Jeremiah and Gerald, mom Laura, grandparents Cin and Jim, The swedish couple Johan and Yvonne, Batman, Robin, one of the Ninjas, a witch and a pirate - their moms Mary and

When the party ended at 3:30 pm I went back to my room with some extra cake and had a new worksession for 10 more hours with AM, Derek and Eli. It was good and we got a lot done.

Today was another beautiful sunny day. The minimum temperature was +13C and our maximum temps were +26C.

Today Ståle and Håvard took me down to the gulf coast. The original idea was a national park called Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge in Brazoria County, TX, just west of Galveston Island. This is a park that is normally known for its wonderful wildlife with alligators, incredible amounts of birds, frogs, plants, fish and other wildlife belonging to the marshes.
Unfortunately due to Hurricane Ike s the end of september

Our Next stop was at Surfside beach
http://www.surfsidetx.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfside_Beach,_Texas

On our way back to Houston we drove past the statue of Stephen F. Austin in Angleton. He was known as the father of Texas .

Touring downtown Houston skyline district, the historical district and the theater district

Beer at Mollys irish pub
Dinner at Cabo at 419 Travis Street.

Surrounded by zanates - Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)

Wine with Yvonne and Johan in my room, Cin also stopped by