LONE STAR LOVE
by Emily Stutsman
Movies As Literature Student
"There's something about traveling that unlocks the brain. It gets you out of your routine, it shows you a different way of life, the jet lag puts you in a creative fog." -Nathan
The summer I was 13 years old, as well as when I was 14, I traveled out to Texas. I rode in a truck with a trailer escorted by Ms. Bobbi Williams. I was so excited because it was my first time really being away from home for a long period of time. Another reason for my excitement was there, I would meet eight-time NFR team roping champion, Speed Williams (Ms. Bobbi's son).
We drove for 14 hours straight, all the way to Texas. When Ms. Bobbi and I arrived in that Lone Star state, we had to stop at Tony Bracin’s house and let the horses out to stretch their legs. His house was on a 2,000-acre ranch. It was the most beautiful, breath-taking place I had ever seen. It had cows freely grazing in huge green fields and a river running through the acreage. I plan to move near Fairfield, Texas when I have my career set. We were finally on our way to Speed's house in Llano. The minute we got there, it was all busy, busy, busy. I have always loved staying busy, so there I was, in heaven! We always had ropings to go to or horses to be worked! To this day, those two summers have been the best summers I have ever experienced and I praise God that I was able to do it. Texas is by far my most favorite place to be!
If you have a favorite place where would it be??
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Without the constraints of bills, family obligations, etc. the place I could stay forever is the Lake Garda area of Italy; particularly a little town called Malcesine (pronounced Mal-chez-nee). This beautiful place has it all... a deep lake, with its own beach, suitable for almost all water sports, shopping, and rolling tree covered mountains. Find a porch or a spot under a tree and you can easily drift for hours. The food is wonderful and the people are gracious and hospitable. I've been lots of places but this is where I'd plant roots if I could.
Out of all the places I would want to go, it would be Sheboygan Wisconsin. Not to long ago I went to Wisconsin with my Dad, wile we where there I got to see all of my family, we also helped the new owner restore my Dads barn that was near his old house. Wile we where up there my Dad showed me cool things like my great grandmothers house, his old house, and also took me to some great steak sandwich restaurants.
I remember the one day i spent in Paris, buying crepes in a small shop with a big window that said only "CREPES", on a wide cobbled street closed to cars where pigeons picked at the pieces of baguette wedged in between the stones, and streets performers earned their livings up and down the street. I would live somewhere near there, preferably.
Wow, Garrett Winconsin sounds like a great place to go and I guess you learned a lot about your dad's side of the family! That must have been a great experience!
Walter, Paris is a long way away from the US it must have been a fantastic and wonderful experience going over sea and experiencing the culture!
In the mountains, on a baseball field, at the beach. it would be really hard to choose one of these, since they are all great in there own way. the montains have there beauty, baseball fields hold so meny memories for me, and living in flordia the beach is a big part of growing up. so I am not sure which one i would pick.
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