DAY FOUR: REFUGIO

After three hard days of driving, we took it easy on the fourth day. Everyone loved refugio. The Emu, Chulo Jorge, was the biggest hit, followed in a close second.

We will put more up here later, but we have work to do now. look forward to explanations and photos of the cows and our milking efforts. fixing the bathrooms, painting the kitchen, chopping wood, horses, cacti, pink flamingo feathers, a conference on immigration, a border patrol visit, chickens, breakfast with the whole crew from refugio at a mexican restaurant, cow patty soccer, and the baby goat that was born on friday night.

buenas,

jason s

DAY THREE: DRIVING

Today we were planning on leaving for refugio at 12PM. some students wanted to stay at jason's dad's house tonight, to leave for refugio thursday morning, and who can blame them? Some students wanted to leave to go on to refugio. We all had a meeting. The group was divided as a trip whether to stay or leave. after a long discussion, one hour, we decided to get in the van fixed and then decide what to do.

to get the headlights in the van fixed. the reason we have to get them fixed is the night before, the lights were blinking on and off. and we spent the fixing them and so jason's stepbrother, (named jason), and noah, fixed the van. While they were fixing the van, Jason, sam and walter and john played soccer. Paula momma fong, grace nub, tessa, indigo and john all walked to town.

WALTER

Today, Tessa and i went on an eye-opening walk, realizing jsut how beautiful Texas really is. Horses, ducks, fields, sun, smiles, heat hovering above the ground like a shield protecting the mother earth. the seldom, but many, rotting houses make it more like home to me. i love it here.
Really. No joke.

INDIGO

We ended the day in the van, arriving in Refugio just after 9PM. we finished the prisoner of azkaban just we we arrived in harlingen. the kids piled into their dorms and dropped to sleep.

DAY TWO: DRIVING

Our second day on the road, we broke camp and sleep at six in the morning, everyone rose, sleepy and muddle-faced. we piled into the van and were on the road ten minutes before our intended departure of seven. It was rainy and cold. The pyramid was one of our first sights on the road. We crossed the mississipi and entered arkansas before 7AM.

Breakfast on bagels in the van. Lunch at a rest stop. We listened to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban on tape. drive. drive. drive. We arrived at Jack and Bobbie's around 8:30.

Everyone was wiped out. Amazing how sitting in a van all day can be so exhausting. Pizzas popped in the oven almost as soon as we arrived, and soon enough we were well fed and sleepy. the students piled onto couches, snagged sodas, watched the telly and fell asleep.


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DAY ONE: DRIVING

We're off! Our first stop, (aside from pit stops,) is Knoxville, to say hi to Jason's parents and drop off didymus. Then to Memphis. A good night's sleep and then a drive for thirteen hours comes tomorrow to texas.

Just had an exercising and dance party in a bathroom in Tennessee with indigo and paula. Fun. Can't wait for my birthday, waking up at padre island, then going to Austin and eating fondue. I think this is a really great trip.

Love, Tessa




This is our first day, what can i say? we're just driving, driving, and driving. we stopped once for a bathroom break. TEssa and i saw this old lady witha fur coat, black high heels, short red curly hair and humongous glasses!

Freaky! Anyway . . . . things are good so far. . . goodbye AMS.

Today our bus of squealing chickens, almost jumping out of their seats in excitement, flew for the first time into eighteen days field trips. we sat in the car from 9:30 AM until about 7:30 pm. Reaching our first destination, Memphis, TN. Ronald McDonald, our first pair of open arms, welcomed us to the Friends Meeting house of Memphis.

We put out our sleeping pads and bags, anxious to close our dark-circled eyes and slumber. Bears in hibernation for only a few hours, awaiting our open eyes at six or so when we will . . . . get on the road again.

love,

Indigo Blue.

Word from the TexMex Trip

WE haven't been in an area where we could update our blog recently, so apologies to those who have been waiting for updates. Our trip is currently at Refugio del Rio Grande. Everything has been going well. Our first few days were hard pushes in the van. Ten hours to Memphis, then a night of singing with Ron McDonald. Then fourteen hours and we were in Bellville with my parents. The third day we made it to refugio at around 9 pm.

And here we are. The following entries are excerpts from our paper trip journal.