Junipero Serra Peak Mountain Descriptive Writing

The night comes and I am still wide-awake. I’m wondering why I can’t fall asleep; it’s probably the rush of excitement creeping in on me. I’m lying on a half-inflated mattress with my two sisters, nearly sinking into the rutty ground underneath our thin tent. I feel filthy but I don’t care because I am going to be climbing the most beautiful mountain tomorrow. With that thought in my head, and the excitement I felt knowing that I had the challenge of trekking up the mountain to its peak, I fall asleep.

Big Sur is my favorite place to visit of all time, at least while I’m in California. The exquisite sights, beautiful deep blue ocean, and the cold weather are amazing! The Junipero Serra Peak Mountain, which is a part of the Santa Lucia Mountains, is known for its tall peaks, and we are going to be climbing it. My uncle Andy and his wife Yevgeniya gathered my family and me into our van and we drove off.

Our first stop was to the beginning of the hiking trail. We encountered many beautiful sights. We were driving on the edge of the

The higher we got, the wider our line of sight was. Eventually, as we ascended up Junipero Serra Peak, we eventually reached the full scale of what we’d seen earlier outside the windows of our little van. We were in the clouds. The heat, sweat, and weariness that had built up from the two-hour hike were immediately washed away by the coolness of the breeze atop our conquered mountain. We were immersed in clouds, and surrounded by the peaks of the nearby mountains. We felt a slight bit of breeze as we rose in altitude; it felt amazing and through that I had the energy to keep going. In the distance, I heard an echo of a voice screaming, “Do you guys hear that?” I heard little seal noises coming from down below across the ocean. I squinted, looking far down across the rocks and noticed blurry figures of what were likely