‘Twas the Saturday before Easter and all through the house all the creatures were buzzing, even the mouse. We were preparing to go on a hike up to an awesome waterfall on Mount Graham in Arizona and everyone was so excited. We were all packing our lunches and making sure we had enough sunscreen. The next thing I knew we were driving off in our assorted trucks and jeeps.
When we finally got up the mountain, the journey was hard. There was barely enough room for our trucks to get through. When we were almost there, the trail got too thin so we all left the trucks and piled into the jeeps the rest of the way to the trailhead.
When we got there, we finally parked the jeeps and started walking. The way up took about two hours, but it was worth …show more content…
Sawgrass is a super sharp plant that looks just like soft grass. That little fact will be important. Remember it.
When we got to the waterfall, we soon realized it was freezing cold water that you couldn’t swim in without catching hypothermia. My dad was recently getting into geocaching and he found out that at the top of the waterfall there was a cute little geocache. So naturally, I had to go with him and a couple of my cousins to go and find it. When we were almost to the top after a long climb, I lost my balance on the edge of a cliff.
Mind you, this cliff was 50 feet down to a little pool that was about four feet deep. So basically if I fell it would mean certain death. The only logical thing to do was to grab onto something. Completely ignoring the tree right in front of me, I went straight for what I thought was a harmless tuft of grass. As it turns out, I was wrong.
¨Megan don’t touch that!! It’s sawgrass!¨
My dad tried to save me, but it was too late. I had already grabbed the sawgrass with both hands and was pulling to try and regain my balance. I felt it slicing through my hand and cutting deep into me, drawing blood instantly. I remember being in a lot of pain. My hand felt like the Easter Bunny himself had taken a bite out of it. When we got back to the bottom of the waterfall, I got bandaged up and went along on my merry
When we finally got up the mountain, the journey was hard. There was barely enough room for our trucks to get through. When we were almost there, the trail got too thin so we all left the trucks and piled into the jeeps the rest of the way to the trailhead.
When we got there, we finally parked the jeeps and started walking. The way up took about two hours, but it was worth …show more content…
Sawgrass is a super sharp plant that looks just like soft grass. That little fact will be important. Remember it.
When we got to the waterfall, we soon realized it was freezing cold water that you couldn’t swim in without catching hypothermia. My dad was recently getting into geocaching and he found out that at the top of the waterfall there was a cute little geocache. So naturally, I had to go with him and a couple of my cousins to go and find it. When we were almost to the top after a long climb, I lost my balance on the edge of a cliff.
Mind you, this cliff was 50 feet down to a little pool that was about four feet deep. So basically if I fell it would mean certain death. The only logical thing to do was to grab onto something. Completely ignoring the tree right in front of me, I went straight for what I thought was a harmless tuft of grass. As it turns out, I was wrong.
¨Megan don’t touch that!! It’s sawgrass!¨
My dad tried to save me, but it was too late. I had already grabbed the sawgrass with both hands and was pulling to try and regain my balance. I felt it slicing through my hand and cutting deep into me, drawing blood instantly. I remember being in a lot of pain. My hand felt like the Easter Bunny himself had taken a bite out of it. When we got back to the bottom of the waterfall, I got bandaged up and went along on my merry