Yehaw! I'm from Texas too! Ah cayn tawk fony too eif yu wonted maey to. Actually, my southern accent has improved a lot. I don't say "my friend and I," I just say, "Me and my friend." Just as long as you can understand me.
Anyway,
I live in the county seat of Texas: Belton. Go Belton Tigers! The first football game is this Friday! Oct 10 I get to play with the Marching 100 Band! I play tennis too, and our first match is on Sep. 18! Only a couple weeks away! Off subject, eh? =P
Go Texas! We are famous for the Jarrel F5 that hit just about 30 miles away from where I live, we have the Alamo, San Antone (called that by true Texans, I guess,) the famous riverwalk in San Antone, and a lot of history to back everything up. 2nd biggest state in the U.S.! (Stupid Alaska is bigger than us) Hottest too, with a 1986 or '87 record of 107 degrees! (If you count the whole state, Texas is hottest. But if counting hottest place in one little area; Death Valley.)
NOTE- I don't say San Antone. But, my mom does. Heh heh.
If you pull up an atlas and take a look, Belton is on the very edge of Tornado Alley. It has letting us slide for two summers now, with no reported tornadoes in Bell County.
Also, "a gift from God" I would all it because this is strange. On New Year's Eve, two years ago, at precisely 12:00AM of the new year, right when the second hand hit the 12, it started snowing here. It actually stuck too, opposed to when I was in 4th grade it snowed, but melted as it hit the ground. But it snowed, my friends trampoline was frozen with about 4 inches of ice over it, and we had snowbal fights. Luckily, I lived in Indiana for a while and got gloves and a 1920's "Newsboy" cap. My friend couldn't get through to me. Haha! It was great.
You say we have crazy weather? No way, I vote Nebraska for that. I'll tell you why. People from Nebraska should already know about their crazy weather. Anyway, my bro went there for a few days. In those three days, the first day it was 94 degrees (if you're a Texan, that feels good, :P) the second day it snowed, then the third day there was a tornado. Weird weather, eh?
Texas has a lot to offer: Houston, Galveston, Dallas & Fort Worth, etc. You can go to Mexico at Big Bend National Park. Join CTAMR, which I'm actually in, I'll explain later, and one of the biggest highlights:
Fort Hood. Fort Hood is the largest establishment in the world I believe, (if you count people there, etc.) Our 4th ID, which are our Fort Hood soldiers, are coming back from Iraq. That is great news. I live a few miles away from it. BLORA is a place to paintball, swim, water slides, etc. We have the Belton Lake also. (The nastiest, I think, lake in Texas, except the Trinity River, which is worse.)
If you live in Chicago, New York, you could ride Amtrak right down to our neighboring city, Temple. It is about 10 miles away from my house to get to Santa Fe depot, and CTAMR. The Temple city limits are very close to my house. About a mile away. *sigh* I know, I know, you can't come to my house.
Enjoy Texas and its features! (As if you'll ever come, hopefully, in the future. :P)
CTAMR- Central Texas Area Model Railroaders. I like to call it, for short, Mr. G, which is Model Railroad Guys.
Hey folks, you should try this. Show people your drivers license and ask them if "they have seen this man."
Quote from George W. Bush: "I have opinions, strong ones, but I don''t always agree with them."
