Family Trip Essays

  • Essay About Family: The Family Road Trip

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    about driving, some talk about benzedrine, a lot of talk about other stuff. I can't remember more than that. My Father, saturated with the mid century love of the day trip delivered our family to most places that could be gotten to in a five hour drive from Boston - and that didn't cost anything once you got there. A cross country trip is a different animal altogether. It takes an singular spontaneity to put small children in a car and set out for America. The thread of spontaneity does not run through

  • Childhood Memories of a Family Camping Trip

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    The smell of campfire smoke lingers in my nostrils. The breeze moves through the trees, creating a melody for all to hear. The bubbling sound of a brook can be heard far in the distance. Peace and tranquility settle upon my soul, and I feel that everything is right. Nature wraps its arms around me and I feel safe and comforted. I soon hear the sounds of children's laughter and the whooshing of bicycles going by. I finally open my eyes and pull myself out of my sleeping bag. Goosebumps cover my

  • Family Trip Essay

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    Making this assignment had me at my advantage as I belonged from a family that absolutely travels a lot. As our family trips were influenced out by travel experiences by either one us or friends and relatives , it never really occurred to me as to what were the factors that influenced my family members to choose a destination with their own trips with their friends. With that, I asked two of my family members, both of which belonging to different generations but has a similarity of often spending

  • Family Trip Essay

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    visit family members that lived out of state. The reunions themselves were things Merit did not care for, but everything else was, all in all, fun. The car trips were filled with cool conditioning, rest stop food, and sleeping with oldie music playing was pleasant enough. He would consider it a big bonus if said reunions took place near an amusement park and had cozy living arrangements. He was generally quiet and was not adept at being social with people that were strangers to him. Family to him

  • Family Journey: The Legacy Of The Family Trip

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    The Legacy of the Family Trip When I was twelve, my father, a member of the Air Force, was stationed on the coast of Southern California for three years. Since my grandparents lived in North Carolina, it became our family's summer tradition to drive across the United States for a yearly visit. As a child, I viewed the annual summer crossing with dread. Being cooped up in our old pink station wagon - with my parents, sister, and two brothers, for six days of monotonous travel - was not something

  • My Family Trip To Florida

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    the annual family trip we take to Florida. We were all sitting around one another in the living room discussing what we would like to do during our trip this year. We always try to find something new to try while we are down there. I had always wanted to try parceling, but my parents weren’t so excited about that idea. Other ideas were thrown around as well. As we were all trying to get our opinions through I began remembering the many fond memories I have had the previous trips. This will

  • Essay About Family: The Fishing Trip

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    sister and I agree that we will let him have his fun too, it's not easy living with three other women, so we put on a happy face and act interested. Months go by and the departure day has finally arrived. My sister and I feel confident that the trip is going to be awesome, we have both saved up what seems to us like a lot of money and are readily prepared for whatever awaits us. As we get off the plane I feel as if someone has thrown a damp blanket on me, “Will I be able to take this? This is

  • Personal Narrative: My Family Trip To Telluride

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    One of the best family trips that I have been on occurred when I was about 8 years old. My family and I were invited to go on a 4th of July camping trip to Telluride by some family friends that have 5 kids the same ages as our kids. Several other good friends were also invited to join us. We prepared our camping gear, loaded up the car and hooked up our trailer with our Polaris Ranger. The long drive to Telluride was 7 hours and it felt like it took forever because we were so excited to arrive. Even

  • An Unforgettable Journey: Our Family Disney Trip

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    My Family Disney Trip: 2014 It all started when I got out of school early to go on vacation with my family. It was a Wednesday afternoon, about two o'clock when I got pulled out of school early. It seem’d like I waited days to get out of school to go on vacation. Then, our family headed to the hotel we would stay there for the night. In the morning, we got on the bus and headed to the airport. My stomach was yelling,” Feed me food or you're going to die!” Our family got food for our yelling stomachs

  • Personal Narrative: My Family Trip To Disneyland

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    It was finally June and school just got over and we finally got to go on our family trip to Disneyland for their 60-year anniversary. It was a perfect way to begin summer. My brother and I jump into the truck fighting on who is going to sit on which side for the next five hours. Luckily, I got the driver side and got to sit behind my dad. After my dad gets us all packed up, we head on the road to Mesquite. Zac and I immediately start arguing over which movie to turn on. Four hours into the drive

  • Personal Narrative: My Family Trip To Disney World

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    years old at the time. We took a family trip to Disney World and went on a Disney cruise. It was just me, my brother, my mom, and my dad. My brother is two years older than me so he was nine then. We all had a blast getting to see all of the characters and just being together in Disney. While in Disney we did a lot of things and went to many different places. We loved swimming, and we would swim a lot. The resort that we stayed at for the beginning of the trip had multiple huge pools. There

  • Personal Narrative Essay: A Trip To The Family To Ocean Shores

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    The time that I made an “unexpected” friend was during a summer road trip with my family to Ocean Shores. This took us about two days to get there with stops in between. I remember watching the horizon getting closer as my Dad continued to drive towards the coast. While watching the clouds change from darkness to raining, and see the sun in another area at the same time. The clouds seem to make animal shapes and I would watch them traveling along with us. We would also, play games like I spy and

  • Personal Narrative: My Family Trip To Disney World

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    to Disney world at least once. Most the time families all go together for vacation and sometimes friends and families go together. I always believed that going on vacation with family is important but going with your best friend will create a bond almost becoming like blood brothers without the blood. I remember he was telling me he was going to Disney world the beginning of summer vacation and that I should go with him and that I should bring my family and that’s what I did. The date was May 20th

  • Personal Narrative Essay: Going On A Road Trip With My Family

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    Going on a road trip with my family means the world to me. We drove to another state during summer vacation, and it was by far the best road trip I have ever been on. My family and I were able to go to many fun places. We ate so many exotic and delicious foods as well. Yet most importantly, I spent time with my family and their friends. It was the day when my family and I went to California for our summer vacation. It was the day before we left our home to go to California. I was so excited for

  • Family Trip to London

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    The city has been through so much and is now the capital of the world's greatest empire. It offers a wide range of attractions and historic/ cultural opportunities for family vacations. A family trip here would benefit everybody with the experience and education that we would treasure for the rest of our lives. To start off the trip, the total is $6488.00 which includes the round flight, lodging, transportation, and spending money. The flight will be on US Airways with each person costing $1055.00

  • Jim Morrison

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    officer, who served as an admiral. Jim was raised by his conservative parents but would grow to express drastically different views than those taught to him. According to Jim Morrison the most important event of his life came in 1947 during a family trip in New Mexico. He described the event as follows: "The first time I discovered death... me and my mother and father, and my grandmother and grandfather, were driving through the desert at dawn. A truckload of Indians had either hit another car

  • Self-Promotion and Celebrity Endorsements of Healthy Lifestyles

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    and featuring the band *NSYNC. Appearing in the May 14, 2001 issue of People Magazine, the ad encourages parents to talk to their children about underage drinking. If parents visit the website and read about the program, they can enter to win a family trip to Washington D.C. to see the group in concert. The linguistic messages work to not only promote the cause, but the band and the beer.... ... middle of paper ... ...sement does achieve some level of cross promotion because of the audience it

  • Personal Narrative - My University Education

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    classes full time and therefore, didn't have the time to devote to my studies that I had wanted to. When I look at my university education now, I can picture it as a trip that a family takes in the car. It's full of things that you want to see, things you don't want to see, and things you don't care about. The family begins the trip by planning where to go and what to do. Similar to a university education, a person plans what major to pursue and what classes to take. Just as travel plans always

  • yolo

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    It was almost the end of the fourth day during my five day canoe trip at Algonquin Park. The bright yet faint sunset lightly shimmered onto the water as it began its descent into the sea. The water sparkled like the stars at night during the dead of winter. The crystal water was calm and serene, only gently lapping to the rhythm of our canoes and paddles. Conversely, the air trembled with energy-- throngs of mosquitoes fluttered around our heads. The humid air after the storm was thick and reminded

  • Personal Narrative Essay: The Trip To Florida

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    Impossible Journey The trip to Florida over Christmas break was unlike any other. Yes, most people would jump at the opportunity to go to Florida after a winter like we had up to that point. So, let me give you some background on why the trip. Back in July my mother in-law had an epileptic seizure that rendered her in a coma, she has not awoken from and the doctors are pushing to let her go. She has been moved 3 hours from my brother in-laws house to Georgia. Thanks to our lovely health care