Narrative Essay On Kayaking

The first time I went kayaking was a great adventure and opened me up to so many new things! My two friends, Juan and Bobby, went on a kayaking trip to the Holston River. When they got back they told me about the amazing time that they had. My mom and I decided that we wanted to try it out too, but little did we know what an amazing time we would have. My mom and I got up very early in the morning and headed off to a large nearby lake that we had seen when driving past. Thankfully, we had decided to put the kayaks on the car the night before, because otherwise it would have been quite difficult since it was still pitch black out when we left. On the way, there was a lot of fog and it was hard to see. It had taken us several days before we could go out because the weather had been too cold for kayaking. When we got there it was only just dawn and there was also a lot of soupy fog over the water but …show more content…
There was a large variety of boats on the water and docked on the shore, there were a lot of fishing boats and we even saw a few giant luxury yachts. Then, as we continued along the edge we saw a giant bird sitting on the shore, at first we thought it looked graceful but then it suddenly flew into the air and made a horrible screech. As we watched it fly away I realized that it was a great blue heron, just like in my book of wildlife that I had at home. We shortly came to the spot where we had started at and it didn’t take long before we had the kayaks back on the car. Then we looked at my mom’s waterproof fitness tracker that she had been wearing and it said that we had kayaked for three miles in only two hours! Soon we were headed home. On the way, we decided to stop at a restaurant and get some nice, icy cold lemonade to help us rehydrate. The lemonade was so refreshing and it helped us to regain some of our