Personal Narrative: The Importance Of Moving To A Community

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On April 2, 2016 , my friend , Rachel Bruce & I planned to travel up to Columbia , SC to see our friend get initiated into a fraternity. We left the College of Charleston early that Saturday afternoon & went on our way on I-26. We made a plethora of stops along way , but we weren't in a rush . As we entered Calhoun County on I-95 we endeavored traffic. We stayed in traffic for a good while, but it didn't matter we had air conditioning & music in the car to make the traffic quite enjoyable. At first, traffic wasn't moving at all then it started to move at a steady pace . To keep from following on the tail of the car ahead, I let a big gap come between us. As the traffic started moving at a constant speed, I had to accelerate to fill in the gap

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