by Marshall Lewis

     This summer was unlike any other that I have had.  I say this because I got to visit other states.  These states included Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and a little bit of Arizona.  It was an awesome experience!  I recommend going to these places even if you weren’t thinking about it. 

     We left my hometown of Gorum, Louisiana at 5:30 A.M., and we picked up Johnathon and Emmett Bull at Flora, Louisiana at 6;00 A.M.  Then we headed toward Amarillo, Texas.  We stopped at Shreveport for a Taco Bell breakfast, and then stopped at the Texas Tourist Bureau for maps and brochures.  When we got to Dallas, we took a wrong turn and had to get turned around.  We had driven about 13 hours when we arrived in Amarillo at the hotel.  We…