I would bottle up the high school state cross country meet from this year. I would open it a lot because it was so much fun. Coach Thurman took 10 of the middle school cross country girls to Jefferson City, where the state meet was. We had to be on the bus by 7:00 am, so a lot of people were sleeping on the way up there. The bus ride up there was kinda fun. When we got there, there were thousands of people. We watched the class 3 boys, which is what Festus is in. One of our juniors got 1st place individually, and he did really good. The boys team got 2nd overall, only by a couple points. Then we watched the class 3 girls, and we had 4 all-staters. One of our girls got 2nd individually. The girls team got 2nd overall, too. We left the meet, and stopped to eat at Colton Steak House. We sat in 2 tables of 5, and we goofed off. We took rolls on the bus from the restaurant. At first we tried to sleep on the bus, but then everybody got wild. The bus ride home was one of the most fun parts. We were all mad when we got home because we were having fun on the bus. Everybody wished we could do that again, but we can't until next year. Next year, the eight graders won't be there, so it will be different people. When I uncork it, it will be laughing and goofing off and really fun. I wish we could do that again with the same people.
