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Florida is my favorite place to go because there is so much to do.,like going to the beach, swimming, or even fishing. There are buildings upside down and weird shaped, there are lots of amazing places to eat that are not in Alabama. My favorite activity in Florida is to go go cart racing, going to the beach, and swimming. There are lots of hotels in Florida. Florida has more buildings than Alabama and taller buildings than Alabama. The reason I like Florida is because it is always warm…

I look over the lady’s shoulder to find my name on the sheet. Addison. I can see the timer trying to talk, and I point to my name. I can’t hear anything because I was born hard of hearing, but I started to lose all of my hearing as I got older. As get up on the blocks to get ready to swim the 500 yard freestyle, I take a look around and I see my mom in the bleachers and she gives me a thumbs up. I tighten my goggles and get ready. I look for the light to go off but the girl in front of me is…

yards of racing. The one who is always there making up the sets, workouts, and motivational speeches is the coach. Coaching has come a long way from where it was, for example, in the 1930's when only rich, white men could swim or even have access to a pool, let alone have a coach. Swimmers had to find their own way to train, in lakes, ditches filled with water, the ocean, and anywhere else they could find suitable. Swimming wouldn’t be where it is today without the coach effort put forth through…

On October 25th I visited a park called Discovery Green for the first time. The park is located downtown in the heart of Houston at 1500 McKinney St. This earth-rooted venue is has lots of space for you to enjoy yourself and is surrounded by lots of big trees. This looks like a fantastic park for families or parents that want to find fun activities for their children. The very unique park has art structure that represents Houston and interesting paintings, in which it gives a nice background for…

Part of being prepared is being experienced in all kinds of different situations because the circumstances Mavericks can be unpredictable. Without knowing how to surf in just normal conditions, one will go nowhere but down with the tons of water if they attempt to surf Mavericks. Most of the big-wave surfers have been surfing since their teens or even before. Jay Moriarity trained for 4 years before he first took on Mavericks at the age of 16 (Cagnoni). He is undoubtedly one of the youngest…

Courageous One day when in the summer after sixth grade me and some friends went to tybee beach. Once we got there we set up the umbrella and the chairs, then went in the water. Then I hear this mom crying and screaming and i look out and there is a four year old boy on a bodyboard. So, once we got to the beach we realized how hot it was, it was so hot it burnt our feet. So, we put the umbrella and the chairs and towels down and then we went in the water. We were in the water for a…

On February 19th, I attended the 2017 Epcot International Festival of the Arts located in the World Showcase of Epcot Park, Disney World Florida. This outdoor gala encompassed an array of fine arts exhibited under fine white tents along the World Showcase’s walking paths. As I strolled along the pathway, I came across one particular framed photograph that captured my interest. It was a large digital photo of an under view of a pier and it was titled, “Pacific Tides” by Carlos Cuba. As I gazed at…

A is for Alabama One beautiful spring day Dad, Jamye, Madi, Nolan, and I went to Gulf shores, Alabama. The ride there was fun going through Mississippi and all of the swamps. They were really neat. The ride there took us about 15 hours or so my dad drove the whole day and was exhausted. He went straight to bed. It was spring break so there were quite a few people there. The hotels owned the beach that we stayed in, so that helped but we had a lot of room. Once we unpacked and settled into…

“Hey John, do you want to go on this trip to the Bahamas at the private resort?” Joe asked. Later that month 7 friends booked a trip to the Bahamas to that tropical private resort. It was John, Joe, Doug, Aiden, Nick, Josh, and Tyler. Two months later they finally arrived! “Finally we’re here!” Josh said very excitedly. “Yea, this place is amazing!” John said. Later that day after dinner and doing all sorts of activities they arrived at the resort. ‘Wow! This resort is so nice!” Tyler says.…

Robby just rounded the first mark in first and an eray horns blasted as they cheered for him. Of course, I was still bad at Robby for what he did to me earlier that morning. It was the X boat WYA on Lac Labelle, we were just getting ready to go out sailing on that cold morning. The wind was light and frisky, and all of us sailors knew that they would have to get a good start to give themselves a chance at winning the race. I was just getting onto my coach-boat, so that I could raise my sails…