Searching for Mt. Aggie

Rumors have been swirling about that Texas A&M has a man-made mountain complete with snow cover. We decided that today was the day to discover if these rumors were indeed true or if it was just some college student propagated hoax.

So, after a quick stop at The Bell for nachos and burritos we headed toward the college. One of my students had said it was near Reed Arena. The question was, where was Reed Arena? Well, we drove down George Bush Dr. We passed Kyle Field. We passed the student rec center. We turned on Wellborn because we just knew that there was nothing but the George Bush Presidential Library after that. Up we went, all the way to University Drive at which point we saw a bus stop with a map. Aaah! Discovered that we should have gone one more block on George Bush. Back we went. Found the arena, the parking lot, no Mt. Aggie. A little more thinking and down another road. As we were turning onto a divided highway, Tanner espied something white and gleaming. Mt. Aggie! One u-turn later, we pulled into the little parking lot and started to laugh. There was this big, grass covered hill about the size of a Portland speed bump. At the top of this was a white plastic covering that ran down the backside. A small banner declared that this was indeed Mt. Aggie and that skiing lessons were available.