Canoeing

One of the many things to be experienced in life and crossed off your bucket list is taking a cruise to anywhere in the world. Other than experiencing foreign countries, there are many limitless and amazing things that can happen while vacationing on a cruise. Your views on life will be enhanced just by seeing these foreign countries, the mountains, the white sands and turquoise beaches, and all the exotic animals you wish to have in your backyard. Seeing new things, tasting new foods, and of…

Narrative Style and Audience Implications John Graves’ 1957 novel Goodbye to a River is a story that describes the author’s three-week canoeing journey of a section of the Brazos River in Texas. It has been described as one of the most significant works for environmental narratives and remains a classic for the study of ecology, land, and human relations. The dialogic content of the book is explored and analyzed by three authors in their respective works including Terrell Dixon, James Langston,…

The day I went on the trip was June 28th through June 30th. It started a couple weeks before when Joel said “Hey does anyone want to go to White Cloud Michigan for a three day trip?” I was thinking about it and I signed up. The days passed by like racing cars and that’s when the day arrived, I was ready to go. It took us three hours driving. It felt like an eternity, especial when we heard the same song on the radio like three million times. When we were in the van, we slept, we sang, and we…

feeling. How did this happen? How did the girl, who had never set foot into a gym, end up training for a half marathon? I was never the most athletic person. To be fair, I always enjoyed leisurely exercise, like going on a hike on the weekends, or canoeing at my cottage, but never came close to a “jock”. So when I started to consider a degree in kinesiology, it was understandable that I was met with some confusion. “Do you even play sports?” “How are you going to fit in with people who work out…

Pitching a tent without poles is a difficult task; sleeping in one for a week is even harder. The wind blows at the feeble attempt of shelter, constantly swaying the loose tarp scrappily tied between two trees. The rain seeps down through ill-positioned window flaps to create a permeating dankness. The supposed place of refuge from wilderness becomes a suffocating box as the canvas slowly collapses and sinks to the ground. Of course, prior preparation and remembering to bring along the poles can…

When riding in a canoe up the Rifle River, the last thing that anyone would expect would be heavy profanity blasting from a quarter-mile away. However, that was exactly the case for the young family of Michael Smith according to the article “I Swear, What’s the U.S. Coming To?” by Mike Downey, which appeared on page 2 of the Los Angeles Times. Timothy Boomer, after capsizing his canoe from a rock, bellowed obscenities which got him arrested and put to trial from breaking a state law passed in…

Casey and Abby eventually say their good nights and head home, Bryna heads up to her old room to go to sleep. I was not ready for bed and was still sipping on some coffee I had made. After tonight, I needed to feel a little bit more of Jack with me so I brewed a small pot, and grabbed Jacks favorite red coffee cup from the shelf. I poured a seconds glass for Flynn and we move our conversation to the front porch. “You don’t have to stay. I’m sure you are tired.” I say taking a seat “No, I’m fine.…

The novel Into the wild by Jon Krakauer is about a graduate student from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. The graduate student, Christopher Johnson Mccandless, decides that his life isn’t right for him so he journeys to Alaska in hope of being able to live in peace. On May 12, 1990, he tells his parents that he was going to be going on a road trip using his yellow Datsun, but he was actually planning on leaving and not coming back. Later that year during June, he sends his final college…

“... Kahiki - Hawaiian name for Tahiti but also the name of a mythical faraway land, home to various ancestors, sorcerers, and gods” (Thompson 275). As I read this line, I knew I had picked the right book. One of my favorite movies, Moana, revolves around Polynesian culture and the myths of the island of Tahiti. I always wanted to learn more about her ethnicity and heritage; this book provided me with a great variety of information. Christina Thompson’s book Sea People: The Puzzle of the…

In past decades, New York City has had various issues which have had a major impact concerning health and wellness. There are a lot of specific environmental issues that are putting a major negative effect on NYC environmental factors. One issue that sparked my interest specifically is water pollution. The human body is 3 quarts of water. Water is essential to sustain life on all levels. New York City is covered with nearly 1,850 miles of shoreline, thousands of lakes, rivers, and others…