Donner Lake

Four summers ago in July, my family and I were taking our annual trip to Panama City Beach in Florida. It was a cool summer morning my family scrambled around the house to get our last belongings together. I was in charge of getting all electronics together to keep my brother and sisters occupied for the next twelve hour drive. As I was putting all our electronics and chargers together I realized I was missing something. I put my camera case into the bag without my camera inside it. My dad was…

encompasses the rights and freedoms of all Canadians. The Meech Lake Accord was the first attempt to amend the newly patriated Constitution in order to facilitate changes depicted by the Constitution Act, 1982. The Meech Lake Accord was a set of constitutional amendments designed to persuade Quebec to accept the Canada Act. The accord was proposed by both Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and premier of Quebec, Robert Bourassa. The failures of Meech Lake have had vast impacts on conduct of current…

Salt Lake City Utah which is 420 miles exactly. For lunch we stopped off at Subway which costed us about 10 bucks. We reached there at 4:00pm and visited the lakes plus some family and friends. We stayed at our friend's house for the night and had a chicken dinner with them. Day 5: We woke at 6:00am and hit the road right away after we fueled up the car. I took I-15 N freeway, it took about 6 hours. There was a lot of traffic so it took a little longer than planned. After we got to Salt Lake…

I am from euphoria, A city enclosed by beautiful peaked mountains, Adventures leading to remarkable destinations. Barbara Kingsolver, the author of the essay "Knowing Our Place", once said, “Our greatest and smallest explanations for ourselves grow from place” (40). This “place” that Barbara is talking about can vary from person to person. It can be as unique as a red barn roof top or as generic as a shadowed bedroom. Everyone has a place like this in mind and it may even change often. Places…

Horizontal World Even though the midwest is not as sought after as other states, there are certain aspects that make it just a unique. Its ability to provide a home to many immigrants from other countries looking for a new start is one of its qualities that make it so amazing. The midwest is a vast open land in the middle of the United Stats. Many of the resident rely on agriculture as a primary source of income. In the expert from The Horizontal World, Debra Marquart creates vivid imagery,…

to make their own memories and not to wait for something to happen. Nick, Keith, Kurt, Joey, Charlie, and James aren’t only friends in school, but also in Boy Scouts. At the ripe age of sixteen, they all sign up for a canoeing trip to Upper Saranac Lake in New York. Boy Scouts has already created so many memorable moments for these friends, but they want another. Boy scouts haven't only given these boys a grand childhood but millions just like them and will continue to do so. On the day of…

communities Chicago has. Nevertheless, the crime rate in Buena Parks is above the national average and the most frequent crime is murder risk. Since, May 16, 2011, James Cappleman has been the Alderman of the 46th Ward, which includes parts of Uptown, Lake View and Buena Park. James Cappleman, born in 1952 and a native of Houston, Texas, ran for the alderman position in 2007 and was defeated by Helen Shiller. Nevertheless, in 2011 he was victorious and won the position, and four years later…

Is Salt Lake City prepared for a Zombie Apocalypse? Probably not, no. Nobody could ever be completely prepared for an Apocalypse, let alone an entire city. Whether it be mentally or physically prepared. Not everybody is prepared for what we have to deal with now, let alone when they’re constantly being invaded by flesh eaters. What would definitely be needed is medical care, plenty of non infected food and drinks, safe shelters, weaponry, transportation, power, service, and good leadership. It…

National Energy Program introduced (1980) In order to combat the rising gas prices and renewed oil crisis, the Liberal government created the National Energy Program or NEP in 1980. This program was aimed towards protecting Canadians against the rising oil prices, making Canada able to produce its own oil and reducing Canada’s consumption of oil. Funding was provided to Canadian petroleum companies in order for them to be able to drill for oil in sites that looked promising. These sites included…

Mormon Pioneers ( members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) who were led across the country by the church leader at the time Brigham Young. Their trek started in the city of Nauvoo, Illinois in the year of 1846, and it ended in Salt Lake City, Utah in the year of 1847.There were many explorations of new areas and then settlements , the people encountered new places new resources and deadly diseases too. Diseases were also apart of exchanges , as were land in utah for money and…