Area IV- Part II

We’ve been driving…and driving…and driving…and driving. Trust me, we have seen it all. We have seen a dozen beautiful red sunsets, a million bright yellow stars, and miles of fertile brown land. Then, on Monday, we were re-introduced to a color that we hadn’t seen in quite some time: GREEN. We saw green trees, green bushes, and even some green grass. Right about the time that we started to forget what the color green looked like, we pulled into good ole Area IV.

We started our week off in Quanah with a trip to Subway (a fabulous lunch despite the lack of black olives and the large Dr. Pepper Kaleb spilled all over the floor) and a history lesson on the success of their program. Did you know that Quanah FFA had 3 State FFA officers IN A ROW?! I, personally, was quite impressed. Before long, we were heading down the road to Crowell, where Aron played a quick tennis match against Wendy and JD. Kaleb and I never really got to the match part; it took us a while to even master swinging the racket correctly.

That night, the Vaughns cooked us up a feast of Windthorst classics: pork chops, German sausage, sour kraut, beans, pumpkin rolls, and apple crisp. In the words of Kaleb McLaurin, it was “awesome, just awesome, like really awesome. Man, it was awesome. It was so…” That’s right. “Awesome.” The next morning, we finished up the presentation in Windthorst and headed to Iowa Park. We were so early! Woo hoo! Go us! If only we had read the schedule correctly and gone to the right school…epic fail.

So, we trucked it on over to City View for our actual presentation. Before long, we were headed back to Iowa Park (this time, we got the time right) for a tasty lunch and a chit chat with the gang. With that, we had successfully completed our day. We had two hours of free time, so being the responsible, studious state officers that we are, we figured we would do some work on the computer. While on our way to Hastings, we spotted a Starbucks off in the distance and re-routed our trip…but instead of doing work, we had a nice, long chat with Mr. Alejandro. It wasn’t until later that we learned of the five people that were shot that afternoon…in the Hastings we had originally planned on going to. Talk about getting lucky.

A skip, a hop, and a jump later, we were in Olney for a bite to eat at Don Antonio’s. Mmm…nothing beats homemade tortillas. After a jam session, an intense basketball (which Kaleb surprisingly won), a viewing of Air Tractor, a meet-and-greet with the Olney administration, and a presentation, we were “on the road again”. This time, we were headed to Graham, where we had a great time cutting up with their FFA members and enjoying a TASTY burger at Burgers and Billiards. Lastly, we finished our travels in the thriving metropolis of Bryson, Texas.
With that, we waved good-bye to the lush green lands of Area IV. Not to worry, though, we still have 3 whole days left of travel! Stay tuned for our final blog from the road!