Tex Goes to a Wedding

Tex, the Longhorn, spent the weekend of October 2, 2015 attending a wedding in Ixonia, Wisconsin.  Tex answered the following questions:

1.  Where is Tex?  On Friday, October 2 Tex left on Houston, Texas USA  by airplane and arrived in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.  He attended a wedding in Ixonia, Wisconsin, USA.

2. What is the geography like there? Wisconsin is in the plains and is also part of  the Great Lakes of USA. The Great Lakes form the largest freshwater system on earth and consist of the following 5 lakes: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario. 

3. What are typical foods that are eaten there?   What type of foods do you and family and friends like to eat?  The guests of the wedding ate chicken, pork, scalloped potatoes, and apple pie! The day after the wedding they ate pasties (pronounced past-eez), which are ground beef and chopped potatoes wrapped in a pie crust and baked.

4. What types of jobs are there? The most common job in Wisconsin is manufacturing but there are a few agricultural jobs as well.

5. What are the popular sports or games played there?  What popular sports or games interest you, your family, and your friends? Football, Green Bay Packers; baseball, Milwaukee Brewers; Tex and the members of the wedding party watched college football the night of the wedding!

6. Where are you going next Tex? Give us a hint and see if we can figure it before

you get there! Tex’s clue is at the end of this post.

7. Tex, can you include any pictures of yourself and surrounding area and/or landmarks?  Please see the pictures below of Tex’s trip to Madison and Ixonia, Wisconsin to attend a wedding.

Here are a few pictures of Tex riding in the airplane to Madison, Wisconsin.

Tex enjoyed the hotel and resort where the wedding took place!

Here is Tex with the beautiful bride.

For more information on Madison, WI and Ixonia, WI, please visit their city websites.

https://www.cityofmadison.com/

http://www.townofixonia.com/

For more information on the Great Lakes, please visit the website below.

http://epa.gov/greatlakes/

Tex's clue for his next stop:  Tex goes to a town that is rich in Texas History and a famous battle took place here that once was a mission. This town is 200 miles west of Houston cnormannpetersen@stmorenews.com

Tex Goes Camping

Tex, the Longhorn, spent a Saturday and Sunday in October camping with Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen and their dog Jake. They went camping at Mr. Normann-Petersen’s mother’s ranch in Matagorda, Texas.  Tex answered the following questions:

1.    Where is Tex?  Tex is with Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen in Matagorda, TX.

2. What is the geography like there? Matagorda County lies in the southeastern part of Texas on the Gulf of Mexico.  Matagorda County is a small farming and fishing community.  Since it is on Gulf Coast the area is very flat with a few Mesquite trees and has had its fair share of hurricanes and tropical storms.

3. What are typical foods that are eaten there?   What type of foods do you and family and friends like to eat?  The most common types of food eaten while you are camping are steaks, hamburgers, hot dogs, and roasted marshmallows.

4. What types of jobs are there? Fishermen and farmers.

5. What are the popular sports or games played there?  What popular sports or games interest you, your family, and your friends? Sugar Land’s Baseball Team, the Skeeters and the Houston Texans Football Team.

7. Tex, can you include any pictures of yourself and surrounding area and/or landmarks?  Please see the pictures below of Tex’s camping trip with Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen’s .

Here is Tex with Mrs. Normann-Petersen in front of their tent. 

                                                                                                                          

Here is Tex and Jake, the dog hanging out together on the “Gator” watching Mr. Normann-Petersen build a campfire.

 Tex and Mrs. Normann-Petersen before the fire was started.

Tex did not want to get to close to the campfire since it was so hot, but he asked me to take a picture of the campfire.

After Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen built a fire, they made smore’s.  Tex was worried about getting his hair dirty and stayed on the “Gator” with Jake, the dog.