Spring Break

In the past, I have gone to St. Petersburg, Florida for Spring Break since my freshman year of high school.  This year, however, my dad asked me to go to Missouri with him to hunt snow geese for the second time.  Since I had just gone to Florida over Christmas Break, I figured I should go with my dad because it was more important.  So my dad and I drove six and a half hours to St. Joseph, Missouri.  This was much different than most places we stayed on hunting trip because it was actually a city, and not just a town with only a gas station, maybe.  Most people shoot around a hundred snow geese in this special season because they are migrating and they are overpopulated and there is no limit.  However, this was not the case for us.  Last year we did not fire our gun once and this year we only shot fifteen geese.  We may sound like bad hunters but that does not have anything to do with it. It is all about the weather and it was not in our favor.  The second day of our trip we got stormed out and drove forty-five minutes to Kansas City, Kansas to a Cabelas.  It was actually nice to sleep in because the other two days we woke up at 4:30 AM to go to the field and meet our guide. 

I got back from the trip on Tuesday, February 10^th.  It was good to be home and see the rest of my family but it was short lived because I went to Dubuque, IA the next day, to visit my friends at Loras College, which is where I went last semester.  I had a really good time visiting them and it was very odd to be back but after a while it was as if I had never left.  My friends convinced me to stay two nights and I am glad that I did because I miss them a lot.  Then I went home to finish out my eventful Spring Break and I relaxed for a few days and took care of everything I needed to get ready for college.  My mom drove me back to ISU last night and was finally able to see my dorm and go out to dinner with me.  It was a good Spring Break and I cannot wait for Summer in 8 short weeks.