Rafting

This trip changed my life because it's when I really connected with my cousin and and my aunt which is important to me now because they are getting married and have had a baby. This trip was also important to me because it was the first time i went rafting and the first time i went to the smoky mountains. The lesson I learned was you don't really know someone until you spend four days with them and you never know if you like something until you try…

Where does my water come from? Wouldn’t it be neat if we lived in a world where you could wave a magic wand and say, “Aguamenti” and however much water you wanted or needed at the time, suddenly appeared like in Harry Potter? Unfortunately, in reality, water is not so easy to come by. Even though our planet Earth is covered in 70% water, there is not enough spring water from lakes or streams as well as ground water from wells to supply humans, plant life and animals in this ever-growing world…

As morning came the sunlight abatjoured through the dark dim lit canyons, of Gunnison National Park, Colorado . I slowly crept out of my sleeping bag, every muscle sore from yesterday's hike. I thought to myself how lucky I am to be backpacking through the National Parks, with four other girls. As I made some camomile tea over the warm fire, a bald eagle soared above the 8,775 ft tall canyons. Meanwhile, everyone began to abraid. Today's itinerary included sea kayaking through the slim river…

brand new cutoff jeans, and started to tear up. Rachel’s grandma gives me a lazy apology for the stain and proceeds to clean up and finish making the sandwiches for our trip to the river. We were heading to the McKenzie River for a day of white river rafting, an event I was dreading the prior 24 hours. A day meant for adventure and fun in the sun, turned into a nightmare at the blink of an eye. Spending months upon months in a hospital bed at sixteen isn’t the party I was anticipating that…

thirty-five years of age with a predominance in men. In the last decade however, the trend has grown significantly and will continue to do so. As extreme sports enthusiast, there is an enormous appetite for sports like bungee jumping, white water rafting, jungle trekking and survival courses. Also safety is key and our theme parks certainly offers that. These are all activities which can be deemed eco-friendly (certainly better for the environment than gas guzzling bikes or jet skis) and still…

This past weekend my family and I went to Carterville, Tennessee for my mom’s birthday. While growing up my mom loved nature so we went to Big South Fork park. Big south Fork encompasses 125,000 acers of the Cumberland Plateau which was a beautiful view. As we drove up to the entrance there was a young lady waiting for us ready to show us all about the park. Starting with the parks history. Before commercial logging and coal mining the park was called a 'No Business' which was a community.…

I’m going to tell you about my trip to Colorado. When we entered Colorado all you could see was trees and mountains. It was the summer of 2015, and it was one of my favorite vacations. The reason I picked my trip to Colorado is, because I remember it the most. When we were driving to Colorado we stopped in North Platte, Nebraska, and ate with my uncle. Then we kept on going on the rest of our drive. When we arrived in Dillon, Colorado we were all happy that we were done with the everlasting…

Dear journal, I had another horrifying experience the day of today. It was the most dangerous and deadly thing we have encountered on this trip so far. ( and I thought yesterday was bad enough). The trail we have been taking all this time has a part where we have to cross the Columbia River. It had fast rapids, huge rocks, and high cliff walls. In fact, I have not the slightest clue of how I am alive and breathing right now. I thought I would surely drown and die in that river. Anyways, to…

Where are you from? I’m from Jamaica, the land of white sand beaches. Jamaica is a mountainous island. It is also located in the Caribbean Sea. I lived there for eleven years and it was always fun. Majority of Jamaicans are descendants of africans. Even though most are descendants of africans there people who are descendants of indians, chinese and eastern europeans. Some of the things I love about Jamaica is: the white sand beaches, the people and the history. Jamaica’s white sand…

This summer I did a lot of activities. I went to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Although ziplining and whitewater rafting was very fun, that is not what I am going to write about though. I am going to write about going to Lake Rudolph with my best friend, Valorie. Lake Rudolph is in Santa Claus, Indiana. It is by Holiday World. So, when we were at Lake Rudolph, we had a blast! The first day we got there, it was kind of late, so we got milkshakes and we hung out at the park. It really helped that our…