The Crest

to get over the crack in the sidewalk. The front wheels stopped with a small thud against the crack and I fell off. The second attempt was no better, I placed my foot too far back on the skateboard so when I went to push off I fell backward and landed hard. Another twenty minutes off this I came up with the conclusion that I needed to be going faster, but the only place to do that would be on the street, and the time I was to young to be by myself. Coincidently my uncle wanted to go for a drive along the country roads. I thought hey those roads have hills and how do you get speed, go downhill. When we finally made it to where we were going I looked for a spot at the crest of the highway, that would make a good place to go down hill but not be too bumpy or rough. The perfect spot was back a little ways from the crest of the road that was fairly smooth and not too high, but off to the side was a drop off that was about 9 to 10 feet tall. So i knew I would have to be careful. I was not very careful. I pushed off slightly because i was not at the edge of the hill yet, as it started to pick up speed the right wheel started to violently shake and when I went to lean to turn, the wheel suddenly broke off with a snap and a grind of metal against cement. Then it stopped suddenly and I was flung forward off the side of the hill and started to roll down hitting and scraping the sharp rocks and sticks and eventually stopped at the bottom. I was in so much pain, every where I moved it…

Sometimes you need something to represent you, say a team. But you don’t have anything. I made a crest to symbolize myself. Three things I but on my Crest are symbols, values, and a motto. So let's start with the symbols on my crest. They are a hook, a key, a bow, and an arrow. The hook means I like to fish a lot. The key means I can open up new paths for myself and choose where I want to go. The bow means I am watchful from afar. The arrow means me watching can’t always be a good thing. Next up…

(Great Plaines River). The trail started February 6th, 1980, Gacy confessed to the murders. Prosecution team were more focused on whether he could be declared insane and thus remitted to a mental hospital Gacy told police alternate personality committed the murders. Mental Health professionals testified for both sides of Gacy 's mental health. John Gacy Was found guilty of 33 murders, he became known as one of the most vicious serial killers in U.S. history. He was sentenced to 12 death…

Transportation is a problem in Crest Hill, Illinois. In Crest Hill, there are many variables that makes it hard for the elderly population to get around. There is no public bus system that come to Crest Hill, the nearest bus is in Joliet and it is a twenty-minute walk. There is no side walk to get to the bus stop making hard for the elderly or the disable to get there. Although there isn’t a lot of public transportation options in Crest Hill, there still is private transportation options.…

Wild vs Reality In the Cheryl Strayed’s memoir, Wild, Strayed undergoes a journey in which she encounters a completely new learning experience. Strayed’s journey through the Pacific Crest Trail is much like my personal journey transitioning from high school, to pursue a higher education in college. While reading the memoir, I encountered some similarities between my journey and Strayed’s adventure along the Pacific Crest Trail. Similar to Strayed’s journey, I was called to an unknown adventure,…

I think this story idea will interest Huck readers. Along the US-Mexico border, migrants and thru-hikers walk side-by-side but worlds apart. The Pacific Crest Trail attracts two types of people long-distance hikers about to start the journey of a lifetime and northbound migrants seeking better lives in the US. In spring, their paths converge near wooden columns marking the start of the 2,060 -mile journey that traverses the spine of the Sierra Mountains to the Canadian border. Both the…

What would it take to ride the Pacific Crest Trail? Most people would begin by asking: why? There are many answers to this question and they vary greatly from person to person, but for most, it is for the challenge. To say that it can be done, much like Don and June Mulford, did in 1959. Casting aside all criticism and concern from friends and park rangers alike, they set off with their pack train into the wilderness, and a year later emerged victorious on the other side. Such expeditions take…

Family Crest For my family crest, the last name that I used was Bigelow. This name is my fathers last name that he inherited from his adoptive father, making my system of descent; patrilineal. Since my dad was adopted, my system of decent may not be completely accurate. On my family crest, there is a shield with three diamonds on it, which depicts family. There is a knights helmet which shows the rank of nobility. There is also ribbon-like stuff on top of the helmet, which are colored blue and…

In the 2017 documentary, The Crest, directed by Mark Covino, the story of two cousins on opposite sides of the United States who are both surfers and both unaware of the other’s existence, and they discover that they are both descendants of An Ri, the last King of the Blasket Islands, a collection of rocky islands off the western-most point of Ireland. The cousins meet for the first time in Ireland on a quest to explore their shared heritage, learn what has been passed down to them from those…

The surname of Callahan is based from the Irish surname Ceallach. “Callahan Family History” states that the Irish meaning of Ceallach is “lover of churches” (n.d.). However, “Callahan Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms” defines Ceallach as “strife” (n.d.). While the meaning of Callahan may vary, the specific origins are known. Ceallach is directly related to the Ceallachan family. The Ceallachan family is an extremely important family as their family tree contains a King of Munster from the…