Personal Narrative: My Trip To El Paso

My trip to El Paso, Texas was an adventure full of excitement and new experiences. My father and I made the trip there to pick up my brother and move his stuff home. This was my first time ever going to Texas and I was excited to go on this road trip with my father, john, plus I haven’t seen my brother in a year. There are many reasons why I will always remember this trip and some moments where I was scared for my life. The trip had many exciting moments like the car accident, or the supposed car accident. My father and I pulled out of their driveway at eight in the morning, we were embarking on a sixteen-hour drive to Texas hauling a car trailer. We drove for most of the time, only making minimal stops for lunch and bathrooms. We finally

My brother, Jonathon, had been in the Army for four years, stationed on Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas and had recently received the location of his new post in Fairbanks, Alaska. While we were more than happy to see him and help him move, little did we know that he had some big news to tell us. We left our hotel that morning with trailer in tail to go meet up with my brother at a location near the base where he was going to have a friend drop him off. After waiting for an hour he finally showed up and we were headed to the base. While on our way on base the surroundings appeared as if there was nothing around, unlike California, Texas has large open area’s with nothing but flat, brown land. Our drive lasted about 30 minutes but we finally arrived at my brother’s barracks and command post. We loaded his car onto the trailer and put his belongings in the truck, when we were finished he wanted to show us around his work area. My brother is in the infantry, he works with large howitzer tanks and seven ton trucks. Being surrounded by these large vehicles is astounding and a slightly belittling. After leaving my brothers command post my father was driving us off base and the two of them were sitting in the front talking, my father came around the corner and almost rear-ended a seven ton truck, which is as exactly as it

We decided on this barbeque place my brother had bragged about for sometime called Rudy’s BBQ. It was a self-service kind of place but the food was delicious. The three of us sat down to have a conversation when some lady came up and joined us, she knew my brother there was no denying that. Finally, after the introductions we had learned a little about her and then my brother decides to drop the ball. “You did WHAT?!” my father said. Well little did I know, I had just met my new sister-in-law. We were surprised by this because he never mentioned he was seriously dating anyone. All the discussions came out and we knew he was serious about her, they are still married to this day. We spent our last day there getting to know Rebekah, my new sister-in-law and then it was over. We started our journey back to California, another sixteen-hour car