The Gardens

Crackling leaves. Faint buzzing of insects. Streaky trickle of sweat down my back. The mid-summer heat turned the local botanical garden into a tropical jungle. We traipsed around the lobby trying to decipher our maps and then, having given up on the maps, walked outside in the first direction we thought of. In this beautiful, intricate garden full of 100s of species of plants, our number one goal was to find a comfortable air conditioned indoor environment. We meandered around a winding path surrounded by beautiful exhibits of flowers and trees till we happened upon 3 different indoor exhibits. We opened each door, anticipating a cool air flowing past us. However, the first two yielded undesirable results, each of them just as hot or barely cooler than the outside. As we opened the third door, a gust of cool air struck us and everyone sighed softly with happiness. We walked inside, dazed and hardly believing our luck. Content in the success of our mission, we sat in comfortable leather chairs and wrote about our journey.