May 9, 2014 - Beaumont, Texas

It was a long drive today to Beaumont.    We had lots of heavy rain on the road.  

With all the flooding they don't need more rain, but it's coming

We left Madisonville at 8:00 this morning and arrived here a little after 1:00 this afternoon.  No matter what we encounter there is good in every trip. We didn’t have lightning or tornadoes and a big bonus was We bought gas this morning for  $3.13 a gallon.  That put a really smile on our faces. 

We fixed lunch and then went to visit the Beaumont Botanical gardens about 6 miles from us. 

 

They had some beautiful unusual flowers, but we wished

they would have posted the names of them.

They had a real nice area dedicated to 9-11.  The garden was being built when the planes hit so they changed the name and the theme.  A New York Firefighter brought pieces from the old towers and dirt from the ground where the 3 planes hit.  It was a nice memorial.

It was a nice way to finish the afternoon before setting in for the night.