What Are We Going to Do Here?

February 25 - 27
Beaumont, TX

On our way to Beaumont Debbie and I wondered what there might be to see and do there. As it turned out we could have allowed a few more days here.

We pulled into Braunig Lake RV park early afternoon to a traffic jam in the long two lane entrance! There were 3 or 4 fifth wheels down the outside lane and one in the inside lane leaving just enough room for us to get in off the road. Another fifth wheel arrived behind us and stayed out in road. Before Debbie got out of our RV the fifth wheel in front moved so I pulled up to the end of the driveway, about 3 RV length and stopped. As we got out I noticed the fifth wheel behind us had just pull in enough to get off the road, not up to our RV, and way closer to the office than us. They beat us into the office but since I was in front of them they couldn't go anywhere, so I wondered why they were trying to beat us. When we came out the fifth wheels in the out side lane had moved. An RV was trying to pull into the out side lane but the me-first's fifth wheel was kinda blocking that lane because he didn't pull up. Ops! The RV scraped the corner of the fifth wheel! As we left for our site they were all out looking at the minor damage.

This campground has cement roads and sites with grass seperating the sites. Very nice.


Our patio was actually at our front door. I think thats a first. They also offered breakfast in the morning but we didn't get down to partake.


One site over a couple of guys had a tub of crawdads and were getting a big pot of water ready. They invited us over but we went out for dinner and missed their crawdad feast.

The next day we drove up about 30 miles to the Big Thicket Visitor Center. We learned alot about the local wildlife in the area looking at the displays.


We returned in the afternoon and visited The Edison Museum. It was located in the first sub-station built in the area, now not operating.


And the Energy Museum. It furnished a lot of information on the discovery of oil in the area and the refining process.


The display contained the original well drilling rig use on the first well. the two mannequins told the story of how the well came to be.


We ate dinner out at Papadeaux. It was really good, Debbie had a Tilapia something and I tried the Salmon. The portions were huge and we took half home from lunch tomorrow.