I was driving down Montana 28. Legally Blonde was blaring through my speakers as I looked at the beautiful scenery. I was only 2 hours from Glacier National Park, which sounded like nothing after my grueling 10 hours leading up to that point. Suddenly my car slowed to a stop. I couldn’t go above 3 mph.…
Our Smoky Mountains Adventure This summer, me and my family went on a vacation. It was beautiful. We did many many fun things. This is about our seven-day vacation to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.…
We left Courthouse Rock one day later and we traveled fourteen miles to Chimney Rock. We didn't stop there. We just drove right by. This formation was named Chimney Rock because it looks like a chimney stack for a factory or a chimney from a burned down house. When we left to go to Fort Laramie a bolder fell on one of the wheels of our wagon.…
Every summer as tradition dictates I take my cousins on a hiking trip. Every year we try to hike a different mountain for the day and this year four of us went to hike Mt. Tecumseh in NH. This year was particularly an amazing experience as it was great to spend the day with them all together before I had to go to college. I also got to utilize my iPhone’s camera to its full potential to take amazing photographs (which is a new hobby of mine).…
In the fifth grade during spring break my family and I decided to go to Clifty Falls and walk around in the caves and on the walking trails. I had told my mom I was having trouble breathing that morning and wanted to stay home, but of course she would not let me because it was a”family event. ” We were there long enough to eat lunch and travel down a path to a waterfall and on the way back we decided to stop in one of the caves. About that time I felt my chest tightening up and knew that this was a bad idea to go into a damp cave when all I wanted to do was to go home and sleep.…
My story happens in a boondocks town in south-eastern rustic Kentucky. It's a residential area that you've probably never become aware of – its residents peppering the mountainsides here and there. It's the sort of town where it isn't precisely remarkable to discover neighbors wheeling and dealing for products with domesticated animals and administrations, living off what the area gives, and by and large making do with what they've got. It was here that my father was raised. It is here that my father raised his gang.…
I once went on a hike on the Appalachian Trail with my mother. We set off and it started to rain on the first day, and my mom began to complain. By the end of the day, I wanted to jump off the mountain before I pushed her off it. Suffice to say, we were not well-suited hiking partners, due to our different processes; my mother dealt with her grievances by talking about the cold. On the other hand, I was just as miserable, but I attempted to ignore the dismal weather.…
There are no trails in Florida that will adequately prepare you for the Appalachian Trail. Not just the difficulties, but the beauty as well. When I made the decision to do a section hike with my friend Brian, I had a vague idea that it would be difficult and rewarding, but I had no idea just how much of an understatement that was. The first day began with a shuttle ride to our start point, thirty-five miles from Hot Springs, North Carolina, where we'd left our car.…
Only those with the truest spirit could unlock the invincible power to the Key of Happiness. In the mythical land of Chattahoochee Hills, it's forests call those spirit to enter the secret World of Tomorrow, so they could live together, unite as one, and dance under the limitless sky. The World of Tomorrow, reveals the secrets of the key thought back years ago, "in a time when darkness roamed and creativity and joy were forbidden. There was an inventor with only one dream, releasing the world from its misery. He built an instrument assembled in an enormous work of art.…
Last minute trips with the girls seem to always be fun, especially going somewhere I have never been before. My cousin Grace wanted to travel to Flathead Lake in Montana. she saw this lake on Instagram. The internet said that supposedly this lake is found to be one of the largest natural freshwater lakes that exists west of the Mississippi river. So my mom, grandma, cousin Grace, Aunt Sarah, and I packed our luggage into the car and left for a vacation with no plans and nowhere booked to stay.…
My trip to Niagara Falls was the highlight of the summer of 2017. I had to wake up early that morning because my grandma, grandpa, sister, and I had to catch a tour bus in Campton, KY. I'm normally not a morning person, but I was up at 4:00 am ready to go. The drive on the bus was long and tiring, but it was interesting seeing the different towns and scenery. We traveled through Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, part of Pennsylvania, and Buffalo.…
A Slippery Situation Every year, during the New Year holiday, my family goes on a ski vacation. The location varies, but this year we decided to travel to Vail, Colorado. There we met up with some friends of my parents. I have skied since I was very young. Every since I was little, my parents put my sister and me into ski school.…
The Simple Life at Virtue Hill One of the most beautiful places to visit is the Virtue Hill in Vietnam. I grew up there, and I return year after year to seek the solitude. Virtue Hill is the name of a boarding school and means “God Place.” One of the most picturesque sites is looking up the hill from the village road. The view is spectacular with the school at the top, and the green, fertile farmland below.…
Tomorrow is not promised to anyone. This was a statement that I had heard many times growing up in a christian household; this was the motto that we lived by. Things took an intense turn after my brother died in 2011. Although his death caused heartbreak and hopelessness, it also taught me love compassion and how to live in the moment.…
I was able to spend at least twenty hours in a 1st grade classroom at Beaver Run Elementary school over the past couple months. It has been a wonderful experience and has shown me a lot of great examples of what we have been reviewing and learning in class. I have turned this into a personal field trip by taking note of the many different and educational experiences that have been going on within my first grade classroom. I have gone through what we have learned in ELED 304 and picked some of the vocab and terms that have been shown or expressed during my personal field trip.…