Well the best thing about this week was that I got to travel and see MY AREA I FOLKS :) Definitely one I am glad I didnt miss out on!! The travel team and I started off in TEXLINE .... approximately 1 mile from New Mexico and 10 miles from Oklahoma..... yes way up in the panhandle. Not to mention, in the house we were staying in, we would be in one time zone in one bedroom and a completely different one in the bedroom across the house! Yes it messed Kaleb up pretty bad but not nearly as bad as getting whooped at some B-ball by those Texline members :Laiken, Glenn, Clint, Sierra, CJ, Cody haha. From here we traveled
down to the little one way hallways of Hartley and Channing. Stopping in to grab a bite of Blue Bell ice cream for Allison (and the rest of us) we got to partake on one of the neatest opportunities. Of course most everyone has heard of Boys Ranch but not many people have ever been to it. Because it was on our way and because we had some extra time, we decided that we would stop in for a bit. It was amazing to get to see where our top dogs Tom Maynard, and Aaron Alejandro grew up along with meeting some of the greatest students. From here we hit Amarillo/Riveroad, the big townCanyon and Nazareth, where your Area 1 Vice President Kenley Kleman lives. It was great to see some friendly faces!And this is where it all turned UGLY.........
So we barely made it through half the week when we realized that are su
pplies were GONE. This meant that we had to drive back to Amarillo to get some rubber bands... not a hard concept just rubber bands. Well we stopped at over 7 different places and NO ONE had rubber bands. Ok so we needed over sized rubber bands but still how hard is it to carry this kind of merchandise??? WEll needless to say after almost 2 hrs of yelling at each other, being dissapointed over and over again a
nd looking for some we finally got pointed in the right direction. Yes I waited in the truck while Allison and Kaleb ran in an REJOICED when they saw that there was a whole aisle full of the oversized rubber bands that we needed. Yes and they spent $60 on these rubber bands buying the store out. What can I say but that sometimes we have spontane
ous fun?! haha
Alright getting back to where we left off: the next school up was Lazbuddie. First of all they had one of the coolest painted murals on their Ag buliding wall and second, they decided to take us out to a well known mexican food place in Muleshoe called Leals the night before.
I had eaten here before and had to agree that it is some of the best mexican food. Kaleb and Allis
on didnt hesitate to also agree even saying that we should
definitely eat there the following day for lunch. Ha well after visiting with some of the Muleshoe classes that next day they decided to take us out for lunch.... to LEALS! It totally made all of our day to eat that great authentic food again. Oh happy day. From here we were off to the big city of Olton, yes they even had carpet in their hallways...hmm never seen that before! and then to Littlefield to stay the night and clean out the FFA Truck. Whoa did we ever do some major cleaning! No joke we threw away 2 BIG trash cans full of stuff and let me mention that afterward is looked like a totally different truck inside and out. Bad luck #2: Allison gets sick :/ I swear they poisoned her (jk jk) but we left this poor sick girl in the care of the sweetest Littlefield chapter officers thus Kaleb and I made our way south to Whiteface and Whitharrel. Small schools yes but some of the most passionate FFA members. 4 da
ys down we only had that night and one more day to go.
That night was a different story all together.... I better leave that between Kaleb, myself and those Levelland chapter officers: Jake, Lisa, Mckalee, Tyler, Paxton and good ole Area 1 Sentinel Tanner Saunders. Ah I might as well give a sneak preview! Well we all hopped in to Keisha Jones (tanners car) and headed to the Walmart to do a little "paper" shopping ;) yes "paper shopping" and spent the night throwing "paper", hiding in a maze field and finding a missing camera, phone and hat. We found all and found ourselves hav
ing one of the best nights ever. Never did I think I could have SOO much fun in L town!
To finish up the week we hit Levelland, Ropes and Roosevelt. It was great to end on a good note and to finish up close to mi casa. Allison made a full recovery and Kaleb
and I found ourselves taking pictures in the cotton field with the FFA Truck to fully end the week. I want to give a shout out to all of the Ag teachers who made this a great EXPERIENCE for all of us:
Mrs. Martin, Mr. Bell, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Caldwell, Mr. Heck, Mr. Morris, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Lopez, Mr. Seales, Mrs. Wilson (:D), Mr. Gillit, Mr. Patterson
Keep Truckin Area I and love all of you!
