Why Calhoun County Is Wonderful

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Becky Georgevits English 131 Paper 2 February 17, 2011 Why Calhoun County is so wonderful Calhoun County everyone has there now opinion on what they like and dislike about my hometown. When I think of my hometown, all that comes to mind is a wide variety of the things to do and to see. Anyone that goes for a ride through the county will enjoy everything that Calhoun has to offer. I could ramble on for hours about everything that makes Calhoun County spectacular. Instead, below are just a few different things that make the county what it is. My hometown is full of magnificent people, mouth watering food, and stunning scenery. To start with, Calhoun is full of magnificent people throughout the entire county. This county has some…show more content…
Starting in the North end of the county with the Kampsville Landing, walking into this restaurant you can smell the lip smacking Onion Flowers being cooked up to perfection. Even though there is six restaurants in Hardin to pick from we are only going to focus on one of them. Walk in to Straight Home Bar & Grill and you will never want to leave. The feeling that most people have during their meal is amazing, they feel like they are to home eating. The number one item on the menu has to be the steak if you don’t like meat don’t worry there is tons of other items to pick from. I honestly can’t believe that anyone would pass up a steak though that you can just smell and already feel like that you have eaten it. This beautiful piece of meat is cut to perfection and seasoned with a blend of secret ingredients that help make it melt in your mouth like butter. So no matter what restaurant that someone would pick, you will always leave with your stomach stuffed full of amazing mouth watering…show more content…
Each year Calhoun starts to get crowded towards the middle of January all the way to October. In the month of January out of towners’ start to take over the county all trying to get that perfect picture of the Bald Eagles. Don’t judge when you hear those DAMN birds all they are are pains in the ass. Cause even though they are gorgeous and the Nations bird they tend to create a lot of traffic accidents. For incidence one time we watched a family on a Sunday drive slam in to the back of a little old couple who were stopping in the middle of the road watching the Eagles. But everyone that visits there usually doesn’t want to ever leave. They all say “Calhoun is God’s country I swear!” The views include the beautiful hills that resemble massive mountains covered with all nothing but different kinds of trees. The numerous amounts of orchards with all their amazing decadent fruit that no one can resist to just eat start off the trees. The County also has two State Ferries and the Golden Eagle and Winfield Ferries that my Grandparents know. Which in laments terms a ferry is a huge boat that takes cars from one side of the river to the over side. A fun fact about my families ferry is that it was in the movie Pauilie. So I don’t blame anyone when they visit just one time and that’s all it takes then all of a sudden you see them building a

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