No Room at the Inn

It was 1:00 A.M. We were in Beaumont, TX with a Hot Shot to be delivered at 6:00 A.M. that morning, looking for a hotel.

We got the call about 2:30 that afternoon. Threw some clothes in a bag, gave Sean some directions for the next day & took-off. We didn't even have to pull a trailor. We stopped by Jessica's to get our air-phone (Fed-Ex can never find us) & told Jon that we were headed to Beaumont. TX which is about 40 miles East of Houstan. He commented that that should be interesting, seeing where the hurricane hit. Oh yeh, seems like a long time ago.

We went to the Holiday Inn, Best Western, La Quinta, no vacancy. OK, try some generic hotels that look nice. Same thing. What is the deal. We 've encountered this before, especially this late at night, but usually after a few inquiries we find a room. Finally a clerk told Bill, "We've been full since October." The Hurricane.

We drove back North about 30 minutes & finally found a hotel. The whole time we were trying to figure out if the hotels were full of people who had lost their homes or workers traveling to repair the damage. Probably both. Either way, there were still a lot of people dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Ike just one state away from us, and we had already forgotten. How quickly we forget about other people problems.