Go Somewhere Else Young Man/Woman

I am going to continue a thought I had in the last post. I think it is important that people get out there and see parts of the country which is not familiar to them. I have noticed that some people become familair with a specific area and never leave it. Allow me for a moment to give you an example. I was sitting in a computer lab in school the other day, and I was talking to this girl who is from Illinois. She went to college in Chicago as well as grad school. The farthest she has ever been is on a driving trip to Michigan. This would be similar to a person from Boston who has never left the Northeast.

When I heard this statement I was surprised. There is a whole country out there that is worth exploring. It is not very expensive to travel these days, what it takes is courage. Leaving that which is comfortable, is not easy. Having to move around in an unfamilar area is not easy, but that is part of the adventure of it! I am not suggesting you pick up and move to a different region, just get out there and explore it. Take a drive, a plane, or make Nate very happy by taking a train, to leave your region. When yall visit other parts of the country, be sure to wear your Gun Hat. (Thats for you Michele and Jude.)

This country has several different types of regions and many beautful areas that you will never see if you stick to one region. But by now you are probably saying, what about YOU Big Tex, where have you been? I will answer the question of where have I NOT been. The following states are ones that I have not yet visited: Kansas, Arkansas, South Carolina, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Idaho, and Hawaii. Thats 11 states. If you notice several of the states re near illinolis, so I hope to take a road trip there soon. However my point is this, I have traveled all over this beatuful country. I have lived in Texas, Connecticut, and Illinois. I have taken the oppertunity to see this great land of ours, and so should you.

Any person who sits in their little corner of the country should be ashamed of themselves. Your region is no more important then any other. Your section is no better (unless it is Texas of course!) then any other part of the country. You do yourself a diservice by refusing to see anybody or anything else. People say that we have too much prejudice in this country. Perhaps we do, but prejudice of other regions is as bad as any other type of rejudice. Before we can grow as a nation it is YOU people that need to step down from your santomonious high horse. You will not visit another region becuase it does not agree with you politcally?! it is people like YOU that are the problem, and it is people like me that are the solution.