Aidan
Cody
It was a hot summer. It was July 2nd, 2001 Rick, Janet, and Tammy and I got ready to go camping in Yellowstone park. Yellowstone was a far drive from Iowa to Wyoming. It's a 12-hour drive. When we finally got to Yellowstone we started up a campfire. We were going to be there for a week. We were going to camp, hike and roast smore over a campfire. After a couple of hours of roasting marshmallows and telling funny stories. “Two guys walk into a bar,” I joked with Rick.
“The third one ducks,” I said.
“Ha ha ha,”Rick laughed.
After a couple of hours of jokes we went to bed. When we woke up the sun was bright in our eyes. We woke up later than we wanted to after that we ate then started hiking. When we went hiking all day from 11 am- 8:38 pm.
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“Me too,”said Rick.
“Let’s head back,” I said.
“I agree it’s getting late,” Agreed Janet.
We started going back and we were like 2-3 hours away.
On the way back we saw wolves and deer when we got back we ate hot dogs and chips.
After eating we went into the camper and fell asleep. In the morning we were going to go hiking again and maybe swimming if we find a lake. So we went out. We were walking down the path and decided to go off it to see if there is anything fun to see or any animals.
After we went off the trail we found a lake and a couple of birds
“This is nice,” James said.
“Can we come back tomorrow?” Tammy asked.
“Maybe,” I answered.
After a couple of hours of swimming we decided to go back to the camper and dry off. On the way back to the trail we heard a loud noise. We just walked faster to the trail and ignored it. After walking on the trail for a while we heard it again like something was following us.
“What was that noise?”Asked tammy.
“Just keep walking,”I
We sat there for a few more minutes then I got up and yelled for everyone to get ready to start moving again. I donned my pack and tightened the straps, and after making sure everyone else was ready, started off down the winding trail to the night’s campsite.
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