Daylon and I kicked the year off strong with a week of travel in Area III. This past week has been filled with laughs, great food and the occasional Ke$ha Concert in the truck between schools. We got to meet people from all over and see just what Area III had to offer. From the GPS mishaps to the midnight pool party it was an experience to say the least!Our travels began where my roots run strong and where all my FFA memories started my home Caney Creek. We walked into an Auditorium filled with familiar faces and some new students who had decided to join the Caney Creek Family. After the presentation and the house lights came up we saw that we had not only been presenting to agriculture students but instead…school board members, school administration and staff and also a group of Sam Houston Method students who had come in to see what exactly we were up to. Also in the crowd was a reporter for the local newspaper who helped spread the word about agriculture education and opportunities in the FFA to the community.
After Caney Creek we headed to New Caney and Porter High School. We were welcomed by some friendly faces and old friends. After speaking to a group of floral, Co. Op students and a class of greenhands about the opportunities in FFA we were off to Spring, Texas for our next adventure. Once in the Spring area Daylon and I decided to go and find some materials for our presentation which brought us to the party store! You can only imagine the
two of us in a party store. I think we tried on every Halloween costume in the store and located every cool gadget imaginable. After only purchasing the materials needed for the presentation we headed to our first home stay with the great Allison Wheelright and dinner with the Klein Oak officers.After a couple of games of pool volleyball and some dance lessons from the officers we were off to bed to get ready for the next day! We started the day with Klein Oak high school and then traveled down the road to the Klein Collins Ag Department. Once there we were able to answer the student’s questions and also learn how to find magical unicorns and how to bark like a dog (don’t ask). Then it was time to head out but not before Ms. Ressler made my day! Just as we were about to head out the door the Klein Collins Ag department gave us just what we needed…a mason jar of homemade sweet tea!
That night we stayed at Mr. Peyton Craig's house and had dinner with the Tomball FFA 
officers! That next morning we headed to Tomball High School where we felt just like we were at home. Daylon and I had a great time at Tomball and then it was off to College Park and Conroe High School. We meet students at both high schools who had a love for agriculture and a passion for getting involved in the FFA. After exchanging contact information and showing off the FFA truck we were off again but this time heading north.
officers! That next morning we headed to Tomball High School where we felt just like we were at home. Daylon and I had a great time at Tomball and then it was off to College Park and Conroe High School. We meet students at both high schools who had a love for agriculture and a passion for getting involved in the FFA. After exchanging contact information and showing off the FFA truck we were off again but this time heading north.That night we stayed with some of the sweetest people I know the Williams. We got to have an amazing home cooked meal and once again one of my favorites a big old glass of homemade sweet tea! The next day we traveled to Anderson-Shiro, Navasota and ended the day at A&M Consolidated High School were we got to play with some really cool animals called chinchillas and meet some very intelligent and successful students.
That night Ms. Carter took us out to dinner at a place called Chicken Oil and helped both me and Daylon buy our first Aggie shirts from a tent sale! The following day we traveled to Brian and Rudder High School! It was great getting to visit with students about how they could get engaged and help them understand how joining the FFA will help them in the future.
That night Ms. Carter took us out to dinner at a place called Chicken Oil and helped both me and Daylon buy our first Aggie shirts from a tent sale! The following day we traveled to Brian and Rudder High School! It was great getting to visit with students about how they could get engaged and help them understand how joining the FFA will help them in the future.
Then we were off to have lunch with our main man Mr. Will Ellis! At lunch we traded stories of how the week had gone over a great sandwich and you guessed it a large glass of sweet tea. However little did we know that night I would end up with a terrible case of Appendicitis and in the E.R. So just like in the words of a very popular song Daylon would be riding S…O…L…O for the next couples of days.
Area VII here we come!
