Texas is BIG!

Now we're in Texas, visiting my aunt, uncle and cousin.

Here's some things that are interesting about Texas.

• It's at the bottom of the United States, on the border with Mexico. It used to be part of mexico.  

• It's BIG! At 268,601 square miles, Texas is the second biggest state in the U.S. (only Alaska is bigger). Texas is larger than many nations of the world, including every country in Europe. If it were a country, it would be the 40th largest country in the world, after Chile and Zambia. The largest city in Texas is Houston. It is also the fourth largest city in the United States.
• It's not really clean. If Texas were a country, it would rank as the world’s 7th largest producer of greenhouse gases. Additionally, Texas emits more greenhouse gases than any other state in the United States.
• The flag is cool. The Texas flag is called the “Lone Star Flag” and has three colors: red to represent courage, white to represent liberty, and blue to represent loyalty. It was adopted in 1845 when Texas became a state. The large white star was first used on Texas flags in the 1830s during the battles between Texas and Mexico. 

Today we visited main event. Main Event is a big place that has numerous games. It has an arcade, pool tables, bowling and a massive laser tag room - unlimited play for only $10!! 

First we played bowling and I got a strike. Just as we were finishing the bowling the lights went on and it became disco bowling! Next we went into the laser tag room which consisted of two floors. The were numerous obstacles such as walls and barrels. There was also the option to play as a team or free for all. Plus there were 4 bases, red, yellow, green and blue. We played two games one of each. 

Later, we went to the arcade and my favorite game was a game in which you had to touch the 36 buttons when they lit up. It was all about reflexes. I then played another really good game called deal or no deal and won 100 which was the second most! After Main Event we went to a burger place called beck's prime which had some world famous burgers. YUM!