Dopeys here and we are Marin Cahill, Merrily Tew, Brynn Dodge, Maggie Simmons, Charlotte Crowell, T.J. Garner, Wriston Griffin, and Ethan Parkhurst, Stetson McDaniel. Today, we traveled from San Antonio, Texas to Roswell, New Mexico. Talk about a treacherous journey.
Waking up bright and early this fine morning in Kerrville Schreiner State Park, we quickly packed our things and headed out on our way to our destination for today – Carlsbad Caverns. Shortly after boarding the bus, the bus riders had the exclusive entertainment of Henry at the mic. While the bus riders were enjoying their entertainment, the van riders had an abrupt bump in the road- literally- when the right tire fender flew off the side of the van. When they finally noticed, Ms. V instructed them to turn around and look for the missing fender. We did not expect to already be traveling back east on Day 4! During the van’s unsuccessful attempt to locate the missing fender on the road, Evan decided to play ‘Danger Zone’ from Top Gun on repeat for hours.
The missing fender was unfortunately not the only roadblock of our day. As we continued our travels, we were reluctantly served a TWB delicacy: pizza wraps. However, many of our participants opted for Flying J’s pizza and chicken tenders instead. Our next roadblock was quite literal as we were stuck behind a severe traffic accident for over two hours. This sadly hindered our experience of seeing the Carlsbad Caverns. Instead of viewing the stalactites and stalagmites, we purchased overpriced postcards and stickers from the Carlsbad gift shop! At least we saw the beautiful mountain landscape while driving in the national park!
After this stop, we continued our long drive to Roswell, New Mexico. After viewing the unique alien paraphernalia of the town, as it is close to Area 51, we stocked up on essentials at Walmart. After buying food for the next few days, we headed to our home of the night, the New Mexico Military Institute. The Dopeys are concluding their night with writing the blog, eating delicious “walking tacos”, and sleeping on the practice field of the military institution.
We are so excited for all the new adventures that we come across tomorrow and ending our night in the GRAND CANYON!
Please be patient as we explore all the Grand Canyon has to offer us the next few days. Wifi is hard to come by so once we are back on the road the blog will be updated and displaying all sorts of beautiful canyon pictures taken by staff and participants!
Dinner provided by the Grumpys! Walking tacos for the win after a long day of travels!
