Personal Narrative: Dive Bomber Alley

Ever since I was little I have been very adventurous and open-minded to trying new things.I was always excited to have the opportunity to make new memories that would last a lifetime. I went to Sixflags Over Texas quite a bit as a child, since it was only thirty minutes from my house. Every time I made my way toward the Superman I would stop and admire the people on the ride known as Dive Bomber Alley. A ride that slowly brings you up to a one hundred and fifty foot arch before it drops you with nothing but the sky to catch your fall. I would stare at the from the time they pulled the cord that made them fly downward toward me until they made their way to the ground and back inside the shack to watch their video. The look on their faces was …show more content…
From the park entrance all the way across the park to Dive Bomber Alley I could feel a lump gather in my throat and all of a sudden I was nervous for something I had wanted to do for such a long time. I didn’t know what had gotten into me. When me and my mom arrived at the ride, my mom paid and I got suited up in an ugly yellow suit. As I was putting the suit on I talked to myself and realized that I had been wanting to do this for a really long time and I just needed to calm down and relax. When they attached the rope and sent me into the sky, I realized that there was no turning back. I got anxious as I reached the top, until the worked yelled “pull the cord.” Those three words is all it took to relieve me of everything, all the stress, anxiety and anything else that had bothered me just seemed to go away as I was flying through the sky. Once the ride was over I looked was so glad that I hadn’t chickened out. It was such a great experience that was so much more than just riding a dumb ride at Six Flags. It showed me that whatever goal I set for myself in life, big or small, I would accomplish it. It also made me realize that when you don’t let anything, including your own feelings get between you and your goals