Jan 21 2009
Senior Moment
by David Rodriguez and Martin Caldera
Years of fierce fundraising (with the help of Senior Class Sponsor Mr. Craig Rendon) finally paid off for the class of 2009 in the form of our Senior Trip to Austin in December.
After the two-hour bus drive, of course the first thing most of us wanted to do was eat. Luckily, the Bob Bullock State Museum, our first stop, features the “Story of Texas Café,” where we fueled up before embarking on our tour. The relatively new State Museum (opened in 2001) has three floors, each with its own Texas exhibit theme: Encounters on the Land, Building the Lone Star Identity, and Creating Opportunity. After perusing the educational yet entertaining exhibits, we watched Star of Destiny, an interactive presentation that uses special effects like wind and smoke to evoke hurricanes, oil gushes and space rockets.
Next we strolled over to the nearby Capitol building for a photo-op before returning to the museum to take in another movie, Grand Canyon Adventure 3D: River at Risk, which convinced us of the importance of conserving and protecting our nation’s rivers.
To round out the Austin experience, we ventured across the street to the University of Texas, where we discovered first-hand what the campus is like. Since eating is always a priority with us, it was necessary to grab a quick snack in one of the UT cafeterias before piling back on the bus.
Since some of us will be making a more long-term commitment to Austin in August, this was more than just a field trip, it was a glimpse of our future lives.
