Area VII- Part II

I knew it was going to be a great week the moment we showed up at FFA Spurs Night in San Antonio. In 5th grade, my dream was to be a basketball superstar (that obviously didn’t work out very well for me). However, I had always wanted to watch a live NBA game…and there I was, the co-captain of the Spurs team. I stood at half-court- on the big screen- shaking hands with the team captains of both teams. I SHOOK HANDS WITH TIM DUNCAN! Wow. Not five minutes later, we watched Tyler and Kaleb stand on the court and give high-fives to the starting players. Who would have ever thought that WE would get to experience something that awesome?!

I was right, of course, about it being an awesome week. We started off our visits in Area VII with a trip through the hill country to Leakey, Texas. You know all of those books about places to see before you die? Well, the hill country is probably in it. I have never been one to sit for hours and admire the landscape of surrounding areas, but the moment I looked out the window, I was in awe. It was the most breathtaking sun set I had ever seen: reds and oranges danced around the tall hills. You could see forever. A photograph and a description do it no justice whatsoever. Picture the most beautiful thing you have ever seen, multiply it by a million, and that was what I was looking at.

As if that wasn’t enough to make my day, the Leakey FFA members prepared hamburgers, desserts, and fried pickles (my favorite food EVER) for our pool-side party. Then we enjoyed a couple of hours out on the big town. Fun times. The next day, the Bandera FFA officers informed us of the OST, the Old Spanish Trail. Mmm…there is definitely some good chicken fried steak at that place! We left there and headed towards Ingram, only to find out that their main water line busted. They had to let out the entire school! We never got that lucky when I was in school. No fair! We did get to chit chat with some of their members and chapter officers, though. I hope to see all of you guys at Texas A&M soon. Before long, we were on our way to Comfort. Kaleb proceeded to make dinosaur noises the whole way there…for FORTY-FIVE minutes. That was one of the longest rides of my life! Ha ha. We had a blast chilling with their FFA members when we finally arrived.

That night, Taylor let us stay at her casa in Canyon Lake. By the time we woke up, it was freezing cold again. How does that happen? I guess that is Texas weather for you. After our presentations at Canyon Lake and Smithson Valley, we headed into San Antonio for our last school of the semester. On the way, we stopped for lunch at this place called Genghi’s Grill (some kind of Mongolian stir-fry place); it was so good! I’m definitely going to remember that place so I can go eat at another one. Finally, we took a trip on down to Judson High. And now? Now we are on CHRISTMAS BREAK! Hooray for a successful semester. We hope everyone has a merry Christmas and a happy new year! See ya in 2010!