Rafting

too long to spew out. I tried to opened the car door, but it was locked. The windows were open though. Maybe I can climb in? I took a running start and jumped into the car. I scrambled into the back and took some water guns that we used for river rafting. I shook it a little and heard water shaking around. Good, I thought and crawl back out of the car. There was still leftover water from the water guns. I sprint back to the campfire but the obstacle between the Flame Demon was worse than before.…

fishing, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, hunting, and hiking opportunities. The Fumee Lake Natural Area, just outside of Iron Mountain, has miles of trails to enjoy scenic views, wild life and flowers. Piers Gorge Rapids offers kayaking and class IV-V rafting opportunities as well as hiking trails, and is always worth the trip. If the wild isn’t your thing, plenty of other outdoor activities are available right in town including downhill Skiing at Pine Mountain, golfing at Timberstone or the…

her transition from Evvie to Celestina, a transition not only physical but also metaphorical. Raven confesses, “[A]nd all the while I was waiting for the mask to slip, the muscles to slacken, a dullness to overcome her features. But of course it never did” (TMS 212). Evvie’s transformation of herself was her means of existence in a hastily shifting postcolonial America. But quite contrary to her, Raven reconnects with his roots as he craves for the power that comes with being indigenous, a…

Narrative writing with a Prompt Prompt: Write a story about a character (myself or someone else) who is struggling with a decision. Why is this decision so hard to make? If you have ever heard of the metaphor “a fork in the road,” it can be hard to make a decision between two topics of interest or even a life or death situation. A young man named Harper and his friend Hemingway, also known as “Hemmie” woke up on a peaceful bright morning with the sun grazing the clouds with a cotton candy…

As I interviewed Dr. Angela German, our conversation ranged from early childhood to traveling. Some of her favorite things to do are reading, traveling, and watching television. While reading and watching television, she enjoyed anything that had to do with traveling. As a child, her family couldn’t afford to take summer vacations. She often dreamed of a better life that includes seeing the world and many different aspects of the world. Traveling has become one of her favorite hobbies. Motion…

Raised in the 90s in Russia, I was always aware of instability of my family’s life. When my mother encouraged my siblings and me to choose professions that would give us security, bring us respect, and enable us to help the family, I chose medicine. As a student at South Ural State Medical University, I was enthusiastic about everything. I joined extracurriculars, assisting in every assessment, exam, or surgery. I participated in competitions in internal medicine and in an international…

Travel and tourism is an important economic activity in most countries around the world. Indonesia is one of the world’s most remarkable geographical areas where the various natural and cultural resources offer major tourism attractions. Basically, the Southeast Asian Country of Indonesia consists of more than 17,000 tropical and volcanic islands that straddle the equator between the Indian and pacific oceans. Indonesia is a home to more than 300 ethnic groups with approximately 500 spoken…

Coming into my senior year at Scranton Prep, I knew that I wanted to major in the medical field. I was so convinced that I wanted to major I physical therapy, but I changed my intended major to Pre-PA. When I was applying to colleges, I did not have my “reacher” school. I just applied to college and universities where I thought that I had a legitimate shot of being accepted to. Nonetheless, I did not want to apply to Marywood. The statistic of Marywood being “the most depressed school in the…

Junior Wilderness Challenge, Boot Camp, Basic Leadership Training, and Hell are some of the names that people have called this mini boot camp. During boot camp I would get to shoot all kinds of different guns, go white water rafting, ride on a zip line, shoot bows, threw axes, went swimming, rode in a row boat, did Pt, physical training, every morning, sleep in a little shack, got bossed around, run around in the woods looking for flag points, marched around everywhere, stay…

What is a drought? A drought is when there is a lack of precipitation over an extended period of time, usually a season or more, resulting in a water shortage for some activity, group, or environmental sector. Its impacts result from the interplay between the natural event (less precipitation than expected) and the demand people place on water supply, and human activities can exacerbate the impacts of drought. drought10 What causes a drought? Drought has many causes. It can be caused by not…