Personal Narrative: My Trip To California

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One day when I was at my house I was bored, until my mother came and told me that we were going to California. After I heard the news I started packing immediately, after I packed we loaded the car, then we were on our way. When we arrived in California we went straight to my aunt’s house. When we arrived, she was so excited to meet us and I was thrilled to see her. She had told me she had an entire week planned for our stay. First, we were going to pack a lunch full of sandwiches and apples, oranges, and grapes, and go hang out at the beach and play for a while. The next day we were going to adventure at Sea World and take a look at the dolphins, and my favorite part was probably the dolphins. Finally, we were going to spend

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