The Trampoline It was September 2005, I just woke up and we just got a new trampoline. I was so excited to go play on it, but I had school for just about two days until the weekend. Once the weekend came we all played on the trampoline, and when I say all I mean my brother and six to seven other friends. A few weeks after we bought it one of my friends little brother wanted to play on the trampoline, so I said sure go ahead.…
"One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do,"this quote by Henry Ford reconnects when it comes to facing something you're afraid of; our fears. When we get over fears, we realize only then that we had the courage before to do that something we were afraid of doing. One time I was afraid was when I started ice skating. I was at a party for my younger sister's friend at an ice ring.…
WaterBall By:Robert Harrison ¨Shh.¨I whispered to my mom. As I snuck up my brother when he was reaching for the baseball I hit in the lake. “Splash! ”…
On December 29,2016 My friend Jack and I went snowboarding at Mt.Alyeska. During that Thursday morning we woke at at 5:45am and drove and picked up Jack. It was approximately 1hour and 45 minute ride there so about 82.6 miles. We got snacks for the ride like Airheads,doritos,and sodas.…
Imagine a baseball tee falling on your head. Can you picture it? Well, that happened to me. When that baseball tee fell on my head, it hurt, and it wasn't easy to deal with, but I persevered and got through it. So how it happened was, I was 5 or 6 years old, my whole family was outside, and I went into the shed.…
I was dancing in the snow. Frosty and Olaf were playing tag. Santa was playing fetch with Rudolph, and the other reindeer were getting jealous. They plotted to kill Rudolph. I noticed this and decided to try to stop them.…
At CU-Boulder I can see the life I have always wanted to live come together. Everything I love and am passionate about, is there. Leaving the Midwest to live out in the actual West is something I have been longing to do since I was a little girl. On our yearly trips to Wyoming and Colorado, I would stare up at the unforgiving cliffs of Rocky Mountain Range in awe and wonder.…
I can’t believe that I finally convinced my Dad. We had talked about getting me my first snowmobile. The snow was falling, and I was very anxious to get riding. I didn't think that this would ever happen. After quite some time stalking the internet, we found one.…
The day started when I woke up around 5:00 my dad asked me if I wanted to pheasant hunt and I was willing to go. That morning I was excited to go and it was youth season. I went out to my dog Max’s kennel and he was just as excited as I was. We went out and I got the gun loaded and we started out. In the car I my adrenaline was racing and it was my first time pheasant hunting.…
As I was riding through the machines thick cloud of snow it began to stick to my goggles. As I tried to wipe it off so I could see my board hit a patch of fake snow and I went down with my feet and board in the air. At first I tried to get up, as I didn’t think anything was wrong. Then…
After all the impatient waiting in line to get tickets I had finally gotten on the chairlift that would take me up to the beautiful haven that awaited. Each foot that we gained in the chairlift, the more my excitement grew in my stomach. It was as if butterflies were actually in it. At thirteen, I was really good at snowboarding. It was my seventh year strapping a snowboard to my feet and riding down slopes and riding park, I even competed to test my skills to other riders.…
It was a just a regular Friday I came home from the bus, changed, and rode my snowmobile. I came in the house and I looked at my phone to see if I had gotten any text messages. It says Jayden texted me. I opened it…
The jury is out!! Which facet of the fence do you sit on? Snowboarding has its location as a style drove recreation, and creating a declaration at the hill seems to be the manner ahead for most riders. So the query remains, why smash your appearance with a silly helmet? The answer for me is clear; you'll by no means see me using without a nicely geared up snowboarding helmet!…
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.…
I like a lot of things about living in the south, but I especially love the weather. It rarely gets any colder than the 20’s, which means I can spend a ton of time outdoors all year. I’ve noticed, though, that my idea of outdoor life differs from others. I find myself someplace in the middle of the weekend campers who don’t really sleep outside and hardcore backpacker who wants a survival show reality in the woods. And although I hunted and fished when I was young, nowadays I prefer take a camera.…