Kind of a Dead day... in more ways than one...

Giant Sam Houston Statue - I 45 - Houston, TX

Along I 45 North of Houston is a Giant Statue of Sam Houston. I don't know why they put it someplace where you can only view it at 70 mph. Oh, and those trees behind the statue, are not short trees. This is a very tall statue.

Hearse - National Museum of Funeral History - Houston, TX

So my tour stop for today was the National Museum of Funeral History. I don't know how this place stays in business, the place was completely dead when I got there. I was the only one in this huge Museum. After a while a bus full of senior citizens arrived, But I think they were just there to shop.

Marcellus Casket - National Museum of Funeral History - Houston, TX

Surprisingly they did have a display on the Making of caskets at the Marcellus Casket Co in Syracuse. They also had a couple of Marcellus Caskets on display including this one that is identical to the one Ronald Regan was buried in.

Embalming Table - National Museum of Funeral History - Houston, TX

Of course the museum is much more than an extensive collection of hearses and caskets. They also have a collection of embalming equipment throughout the years. Ever wonder what the procedure is for burying a Pope? Well they have a large section of the museum dedicated to just that. They also have one of the Pope mobiles that J2P2 used in the UK.

For dinner I did a return to T-Bone Tom's. It was good once so I figured I would give it a second chance. This time I had "Tom's Choice" a 14 oz marinated rib eye steak. Like the food last time I was here, it was very good.
Tomorrow I am taking a "Level 9" tour of the Johnson Space Center. The Level 9 tour is only available to 12 people a day and takes you to parts of the space center that you normally would not be able to see.

Kugs

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Kugs on the road on April 12, 2010 from Houston, United States

from the travel blog: Texas 2K10

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