We are a little over 24 hours away from the 2015 Midwest Ag Tour. The clock is finally winding down. I have been over the trip schedule of events and I have to say we have one busy week ahead of us! I don’t know which day I’m most excited for, but I do know that we will have a lot of information thrown at us. So this got me thinking about what would be the best way to retain all of it. First, I thought note taking would be the best way, but I don’t think carrying around a pen a paper would be the most efficient. I don’t want to be rushing to write down things while missing other information. Also, I was thinking that note taking probably would not be the most professional. If I were giving these tours I would not want a group of students just staring at their notebooks, scrambling to write down half of what I have to say. I want to be prepared so I’m not overwhelmed with all of the new information we will be learning.
To be most efficient and stay in check with what we learn on all the tours I will keep a small notebook with me and write down all of the important aspects of every single tour immediately after the speakers are finished. This will also help me keep up with the class assignments throughout the week. Along with keeping small tabs, I will try my best to take pictures when allowed. I want to remember all of the places we visit on this trip and of course I want to brag about how awesome my trip was to all my friends and family when I return home! So a warning to all of my friends going on this trip, I will be the annoying tourist like person taking all of the ridiculous photos.
I am feeling mixed emotions before starting this journey. At first I was feeling a little nervous and slightly paranoid, just because I have to finish packing and make sure I have everything necessary for making my flights go as smoothly as possible. I always worry about the little things before anything even goes wrong. I know that once I land in St. Louis I will find the rest of the group and I’ll be able to breathe again. I’ve been in contact with some friends of mine that will be accompanying me on this tour and we are all feeling the same about arriving, but I know that once we all get together we will have so much fun. We are all excited to be the first group to go on this tour and even though we are the “guinea pigs” we know that the trip will be a once in a lifetime experience that we will remember forever. Here we go, let the adventures in the Midwest begin!
Until we meet again.
