Hampton Roads

When one travels on a road trip, there can be many mixed feelings of traveling to a different state, or even country. In “Back Road” by Vinnie Rotondaro, two adults travel from New York City to Pittsburgh for a friends engagement, taking the long way there. In the story “A Winter’s Drive” by ReadWorks, the text is about a man going to Canada for a few days to retrieve something he left behind when he moved to the United States. Mood is the state of feeling from the author that develops during…

I immediately ran to the West side of town. I urgently knocked on the door of Cherry’s house until Cherry opened it. ‘’We’re going to rumble, right?’’ she asked. I nodded my head. We ran as fast as we could to get to the vacant lot. When we go there, we saw Darry and Paul, the high school buddy of Darry, doing the same thing as they did the last rumble. They were circling around one another. To get the attention of the Socs and Greasers, I screamed at the top of my lungs. ‘’Dally’s dead!…

When I pulled up to the lot, I saw vast canyons out in the distance. The colors danced over the rocky terrain, orange, blue and purple. The sun soaked sand was hot and dry. I stepped out of the car, seeing the heat of the mountains before, as though it was a giant grill. I went to the trunk to unload my things. The sweltering heat made it nearly impossible to even walk to my destination of Mesa Verde. As I staggered to the National Park, I took in the beauty of the mountainous landscape. I…

reminds us of the desolate post-apocalyptic landscape created by a nuclear incident, and by observing this fictional world we are shown what could become of our own world through the very real threat of a nuclear war posed by powerful nations. In ‘The Road’ you can't go for more than two pages before reading something that describes the nothingness often referring to his surroundings as “Barren, silent & Godless” which makes us imagine their landscape…

I was just an ordinary day when My sister and I was going outside to wait for the bus when we looked up at the sky at the same time in the same a horrific way ‘’Black Blizzard take cover’’!We both yell at the same time. It Is’t even seven A.M and the sky is as dark as the black top at my school. In the distance all I can see is dry dirt 6,000 feet high running towards us. We go back inside and go over out plan fist I get all the towels in the house and we wet them so when the dirt comes in…

Throughout life, we go through tough moments where we are certain everything is lost. However, we always change from these experiences and grow to become new people with a new interpretation and understanding of the world. In a passage from The Crossing, by Cormac McCarthy, the narrator describes a striking ordeal, in which a man is coping with the death of a she-wolf. Despite the cause of the wolf’s death being ambiguous, the dramatic experience has a vivid effect on the main character—causing…

1. Take short walks around the Holyrood Park This 640-acre Royal Park is just a short walk from the Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. Hiking to the park’s dormant volcano, the Arthur’s Seat provides an excellent view of the city and one of the ancient hill forts in the country. In addition to the area’s diverse wildlife, the medieval St. Anthony’s Chapel and the Salisbury Crags – a series of 150 feet cliff faces are also must-see places in the park. Image Source:…

On a hillside in small Kettlepot, Arkansas there was a big abandoned farm. It used to serve the whole town with that white milk and vegetables. Fifty-one years later, it is being lived in by the grandchildren of the farmers who used to run it. A forty-two year old man and his sister share the property. They steadily were fighting over money that was getting scarce and they didn’t particularly get along. David who was the brother, always took a walk in the pasture which was heavily wooded now,…

showing signs of aggressive driving you should slow down or pull over to avoid it. If it is a super dangerous situation you should try to get off the roadway. Having an escape route is your best option for staying away from potential dangers on the road. You want to position your vehicle so that others can see you well, and you can see others well. You should always have an alternate route in case your immediate route of travel was blocked. You also want to watch out for pedestrians, bicyclists,…

“Come back here Lilly!” I called from the porch. I had just watched my little kitten run outside and I had to go get her! I scanned the lawn hoping and praying she would still be out there. It hasn’t even been a minute since she had gotten out, how far could she be? I finally spot her. There was only one thing wrong, instead of running away like I would expect her to do, she was digging in the lawn! She never digs, not even in the house! Completely weirded out, I run down the stairs and go to…