Benefits of Walking Essay

One Friday, in September I decided to go up to Neff’s Canyon to look at the fall colors. It had lightly rained the night before so the colors where especially bright and pretty. It was a warm but cloudy day. That night was the Homecoming football game and the weather forecast was 100% chance of rain. It was one of those days where all you want to do is go home and drink a cup of hot chocolate. Instead, I got in my car after school: turned my seat heater on, turned my radio up and drove five…

Many drivers pay little or no attention at highway-rail crossings they drive across day after day because they never see a train there. They don't realize that freight trains do not run on set schedules and can be anywhere at any time going in any direction! At all crossings, and especially those you are most familiar with, you must always expect a train. Also, did you know that the average freight train consisting of 100 cars and weighing anywhere from 12 million to 20 million pounds takes over…

Big Question: How fixed is our personality? “But something deeper and more transformative happens when we move from people who walk to people who drive,” the author states.(20) In this quote, the author says that people change from personality when getting in a metal box on wheels. The reader realizes that they too, are victim of rude gestures while driving, and feeling invincible. Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt is about different variables that affect drivers on the road. Your attitude is…

Railroad crossing behaviors can truly affect the driver and all of the car’s passengers and surrounding vehicles and their drivers and passengers. Every driver needs to always slow down when coming to a railroad crossing. When driving it is a great precaution to turn down all noise so the driver doesn’t miss the train’s whistle in order to tell if there is a train coming. Every railroad crossing is serious and should be thought of that way. The driver needs to be extracautious at…

Beep! Beep! Looking over at my iPhone, the screen lit up the room with the time 5:30 AM. Swiping the screen, the phone turns off and the room plunges into complete darkness. My body forced itself to get up, while my mind was telling me to go back to sleep. I poked my cousin, Delvin, in order for him to wake up. Tired, my legs touched the wooden floor and made its way towards the closet. My hands grabbed the running clothes inside the closet, and I proceeded to open the door and trudge down the…

One sunny day,Angelica and her friend Altasia decided to take a walk in Centennial Park. All of sudden, they noticed a black cloud approaching their way. Moments later, it began raining real hard then came a large whirl wind that swept them off their feet. Angelica and Altasia was no longer in Centennial Park. Instead they were in a mysterious place they never been before. They were in a field of talking plants. They decided to take a stroll in the field to see if they can find their way home.…

Tom Godwin’s “Cold Equations” and Ray Bradbury’s “The Pedestrian” both share similarities in their respective views on the effect of technology on human freedom and individuality in the future. In “Cold Equations”, if a human stows away on an EDS ship, the computer systems of that ship’s calculations for the exact amount of fuel needed to get from point A to point B would be incorrect: “Additional fuel would be used during the hours of deceleration to compensate for the added mass of the…

Bill is a churlish young boy who uses his childish demeanor to cause chaos. He sneaks into the driver’s seat of the “Foolish Carriage” while dad is working under the car hood and blows the car horn. Bill decides to sneak up on the chef while he’s cooking a cake in the oven and tricked him. Bill messes with a relative by going under the kitchen table and kicking her legs, acting like a dog. Bill’s immature character leads him into creating many antics. Bill, a mischievous brother, who sneaks…

My Grandpa Bob has had an enormous influence on my life, he’s patient, smart, and rich. Once I was riding my dirtbike around in the Wolf Lake hills. Suddenly I drove into an enormous mud puddle and the dirt bike sank down into the puddle. I Immediately went to report the news to Grandpa Bob, you would never have expect his response. Grandpa Bob buys me lots of things, shows me all of the best fishing spots, and almost never gets frustrated with me. Back when I was twelve my grandpa Bob gave me…

The Discovery It was a warm, but windy day on the campgrounds of Island Park. The birds were chirping and the leaves rustling. It was my family's one week annual trip to Island park on 4th of July weekend. We go up there every year to watch the fireworks over Henry's Lake and hangout in my camper. The day before the fireworks show, my sister and I went on a walk. We walked about two and a half miles back into the woods. What we found was groundbreaking….. and it would change the history of the…