Hell Dorado

So lets just say I haven't had the best luck with finding things in the town of El Dorado or for that matter, getting out of El Dorado. To start, about the start of November, Stephen Saldivar (Sal) and I were on our way to watch Mulvane's Cross Country team go for there 3rd Straight State Championship. After a short stop at the mall to buy some things, we were on our way, with about an hour til the race started so I'm thinking we r good on time. Well we get into El Dorado with about 30 min til the race was about to start and thought we were on route to the correct area....After about 4 phone calls to my father trying to figure out where I'm at and where I need to go, I'm thinking I'm getting warmer. Well after driving around El Dorado lake for about an hour, we finally managed to find the race site, just in time for the medal presentation. I'm going have to blame this trip on the faulty directions I was given before heading up there.

So my most recent trip to El Dorado was definitely the most entertaining of the two trips I've made their this year. Our basketball team decided we we're going to go up to the Butler vs. Barton basketball game to watch Tyler Springer (played for Mulvane last year and played very well in this game, scoring 8 points). So Sal, Taite Pulliam (Tyler's Girlfriend), Maddie Wise, Nick Lockwood, and head up to El Dorado. As we get bored of listening to music and have nothing better to talk about, Nick pulls out his Ipod Touch and decides we are going to play Truth or Dare. This isn't the regular Truth or Dare, this is the sexual version and if you haven't played it before I would recommend it for a night full of friends it can serve as a laughing tool for the whole night. You won't believe some the things this game comes up with, most of which are too inappropriate to put on here.

After we are done playing our game we arrive in El Dorado and find the Butler County Gym. While listening to three different people tell me three different places to park, I decide to try to park in the back (bad decision). As we pull into the parking lot, we see the Barton basketball bus, so we think we should go park in the front, however where supposed to get there? So Maddy says we should go through this alleyway that could lead to the front parking lot? Ummm not completely true. As I drive up this alleyway, bypassing the sign that said "authorized vehicles only", the concrete I started driving on turned into the sidewalk and eventually grass, and as it turns out, we had found the entrance. As people are walking by my car on each side, I'm trying to turn the car around on their front lawn, this was quite comical if you were there.

Finally we parked (in the back) and watched the game. Unfortunately, Tyler's team did not win but he played well. After the game, we go outside to find that is so foggy you can't see ten feet in front of you, so I'm thinking what else could happened to me while I'm in El Dorado. We all load up and begin our trek home. But as everybody tries to figure out how to get out of this parking lot and we try everyone's choice and don't find our way out of the parking lot for about 15 minutes, and thank God that was the last of our woes on the road...