Where I come from

Unit #2 Blog #2
Aaron Pilgrim
LSTD 1233-01 Interdisciplinary Comp I
Dr. Rhonda Kyncl   

   I grew up in the giant metropolis of Rush Springs, Oklahoma. It is a small town about 50 miles Southwest of Oklahoma City. The sign outside of town said we had a population of 1200 and a few old soreheads, but reality was there were about 600 people in town and at least as many in the country. The Oklahoma Department of Transpertation had sealed the towns fate in the mid 1970's when they rerouted Hwy 81 around town.Rush Springs when I was a kid was right of the movie Footloose. The town was ran by the Church of Christ members and it was illigal to dance in the city limits. There were two bars, but they were out in the county and you can bet that the powers that be kept tabs on who's vehicles were there and dealt with them accordingly. It was the kind of town where people didn't lock their doors and little kids could leave the house in the morning and not come back until dark. No one worried because everyone knew everyone and if your kid did something wrong they'd bring them home,or more than likely just whip them on site and send them on their way. As a teenager, we would sit on main street sometimes for 2 hours before a car would come by, and then it'd just be the local cop.We were famous for our watermelons and once a year had a watermelon festival. It was the coolest thing as a kid. For one day the population of the town would swell to 30,000+ by people who came from all over to the celebration. That's where I was raised on a farm about three miles West of town. In fact, I bought the place a few years ago when my Dad passed away. I have no intention of ever living there myself, but I have alot of good memories there. We raised goats, pigs, cows, and watermelons. Not everyone can say they ever drove a tracter to school, and not be the only tracter in the parking lot!