Personal Narrative: My Vacation

Growing up with a ranching family means we rarely get time off from work or school to do fun or exciting things like ordinary families. When any opportunities come for us to go on small trips, we take them. With that, for the past ten years my dad has made vacation an annual occurrence. Vacation for us represents getting a “reward” for having a successful year of work and school year. Vacation is also a time where my entire family and I can wind down and relax for a week without having to worry if the cows had gotten out or if we had remembered to turn off the pivots to water the crops. It is a special time that is very sacred to us. Family is important, and we do not always have the time to cherish or express how much we love each other.
Nevertheless, having the opportunity to go on these small trips is special to me. Knowing that my dad is taking off work from his busy life just to spend time with his family is something that is truly amazing to me. Some vacation areas I will never forget going to are Salt Lake City and the Peace Gardens. Going to the Peace Gardens was somewhere that I will always remember. The Peace Gardens was filled with an array …show more content…
Medora is a small town, containing several exciting adventures for my family and I. I always enjoyed mini golfing, even though I was not the greatest at it. On the very first hole, the lady working informed us if one of my family members or I got a hole in one, we could each have a free ice-cream. My younger sister ended up sinking the hole, and we all ended up with a free ice-cream cone. So many memories of my childhood were made at Medora. Some other memories include; my brother breaking my nose with a golf club while attempting to swing it like a baseball bat- to my misfortune he did not know I was behind him, all the exciting stores to buy merchandise at and all of the different kinds of taffy that could be purchased at the Taffy