Hey, y’all, and welcome back to Teen Scene in Enid Monthly. This past Christmas break my dad and I went to Texas and had lots of adventures, and I wanted to tell you about them!! I also want to list some great traveling tips with your teen and why Texas is a great place to take them for a reasonable price!
On the first day, we drove ALL the way to Houston, Texas. The drive felt a lot shorter than the 8 hours it really was, and that’s what brings me to my first tip. LET YOUR TEEN SLEEP!! I slept about 5 out of the 8 hours, and it made the trip go by so much faster. After we got into town, we checked into our hotel. A little bit before arriving though we talked about the Houston Rockets and found out they had a game later that night. So, we freshened up and walked a little bit of Downtown Houston before the game. As we were walking up to the Toyota Arena, we found a guy selling amazing tickets for a very reasonable price. This was my very first NBA game, so it was cool getting to sit about 9 rows up from the court. One thing I really appreciated during this trip is that my dad let me make some decisions about what we did and agreed to most of my suggestions, which helped in not having disagreements.
The next morning, we got up bright and early so we could drive to Galveston!! I love the beach, so I looked up how far away we were from one, and it was only about an hour. We ate at a place on the pier and had some pretty decent food and an AMAZING view of the ocean. After we ate, we drove down the whole beach. We went to the Moody Gardens Aquarium. We saw penguins, fish, sharks, sea lions, stingrays, and jellyfish. Then we left Galveston and went back to Houston to get ready for the Oklahoma State and Texas A&M bowl game.
The Texan’s Stadium was HUGE!! It made me feel like an ant on Mount Everest. We got into the stadium, and so many people were there. We sat by a bunch of OSU fans and had a lot of fun. I had some of the best chicken tenders I have ever had in my life. OSU got the win of course, so we had no Thursday scaries. We also stayed at the same hotel as all of the OSU football players, so we got to see a bunch of them. I got pictures with about 9 of the players including Ollie Gordon, Leon Johnson, and Alan Bowman. They were all so nice and friendly.
We drove about 4 hours to Dallas to go shopping and see my family. We found some cute things at the mall in Frisco and ate at this really delicious restaurant called La Cocina. I loved seeing my family, so that was also really fun. We went home the next day.
Overall, I had a great time in Texas just being one state away. You don’t have to travel all the way across the country to have a great vacation. A few extra tips I have for you parents: PLEASE learn how to take pictures, compromise with food/avoid hunger, and respond to our ideas!!
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Have a Happy Valentine’s Day and a LOVE-ly (get it) February. Bye for now!!
