The Lake
It was early July and my friend Chad and I decided to join his family at the lake.
Chad’s family was already up at the lake, and had some extra room in the condo. So we
figured, what the hell, we could go for some boating. Right.
The lake the only about a two-hour drive away. We were driving in Chad’s
father’s convertible sports car, so the drive was quite pleasant. We drove through
twisting canyons and long straight roads going just slightly over the speed limit. We
arrived at our destination at record-breaking time, which didn’t seem to make his parents
too happy. Along with Chad’s family, which consists of four brothers and one sister,
were some neighbor friends of theirs and their five-year-old son Nick. The rest of the
day was spent miniature golfing and playing catch with Chad’s little brothers.
On the following morning we went with Chad’s parents to rent the boat. We got
the boat and loaded it up with the gear. We broke the family into groups so each one
could have their own time on the boat. Our group was the one that wanted to ski, wake
board, ride on the tube, and throw each other off the tube. The other group consisted of
people that either didn’t want to ski or were too young. All the younger kids were in this
group. Our group was the first to have the boat. We spent hours and hours out on the
lake and had an awesome time, even though I got one of the worst sunburns in my life.
We returned with the boat so the other group could take their turn. As the second group
left on the boat we decided to just go lounge in the swimming pool.
After about a half-hour, Chad’s mom came running in and said they had an
accident with the boat and that little Nick was knocked unconscious. We ran from the
pool to see what exactly happened. Chad’s sister told us that another boat was traveling
way too fast in the no-wake zone while not paying attention and struck the front of
our boat. When the boats collided it took everyone a few minutes to notice that Nick was
lying face down on the floor of the boat. Panic arose when his mother noticed him lying
there motionless. It turned out the other boat actually hit this little boy in the head when
boats to all the places so they could get more information on how to get home to
I tossed my bow in the bed of the truck and took off and headed to the elk farm. Me and kevin were talking about fishing next summer and how we were going to go every other week. We really got to talking about bowhunting a lot to next year. It was making me smile when i heard that he was going to take me with him anywhere when he can.The next thing i knew was we were at the elk farm ready to kill some deer.
The crew members began to pick up and take some of the boys onto the life boat, some of the boys were filled with so much joy and relief that they just fell over, not having the strength to pick up their legs. When the crew members finally came for Ralph, Ralph couldn’t feel a thing. He just stared out into the distance, watching the flames dance around as if claiming victory. He knew that Piggy would be left behind; Piggy would never be able to leave the nightmare of the island, no one would be able to. Every boy would remember what happened here; Ralph wondered if Jack felt any guilt for what he did, how much pain he caused to all the boys. He glanced over to see Jack with a gleaming smile on his face. “You! You, were the cause of all this madness, all this savagery! You and Roger both were the cause of Piggy dying!” Ralph began to fight his way out of the crew members’ hands, and started to sprint towards where Jack was sitting. The naval officer stepped in front and grabbed onto Ralph with so much force, that it surprised Ralph that he didn’t get knocked back. “Listen my dear boy; nothing can bring your friend back, nothing. Getting vengeance on that boy would do nothing but throw you into a world of darkness, it would never be satisfying.” “But he killed my friend, he tortured the other boys, and he-“ “and he will get his punishment in time, along with those that helped him” the naval officer, grabbed Ralph by his shoulder and directed him to a separate life boat.
As you wait for the boat to come pick you up, make sure to unfasten your boots. Hold the board out of the water in order to allow other boats to see you clearly.
Those at the back of the boat bail out the sides landing in the ocean
We were a crowd of trouble, or maybe it was just me who was trouble. My Aunt did nickname me Hurricane Haley when I was younger since I was a bundle of energy no one could stop…and it was my first time rafting. Great, what could go wrong?
food and supplies and then they stole a raft and paddled to an island in the
After that, we went to the room, took showers, and got ready. Then we checked out of the hotel and loaded all of the stuff in the car. We took the car and parked it closer to some of the shops that we were going to shop in boardwalk, like some painting
brother was already in the truck my couch and team was waiting on me. So when we was
I love camping and spending time outside, but this summer I had a completely new experience when I visited the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Before leaving, I had very little knowledge of the Boundary Waters. After getting advice from friends and purchasing some special equipment, I realized that camping there was going to be much more complicated than I had thought.
Our boat sludged onward towards the team’s tent. The only sign of life came from our stroke seat who feverishly refreshed the results.
“Where should we go?” asked Olivia. We all took a vote and the rapids won because the worst case scenario, we would tip over. Unlike in the waterfall where we would all go down the fall, and possibly get hurt at the bottom. We started on the rapids, Reilly and her Dad were the first ones to fall and their canoe floated past us, then her dad, then Reilly herself. They eventually got to the bank and climbed up. Then my dad went down, he immediately grabbed onto the bank so he wasn’t that wet. I knew that Olivia and I were going to go down. Our canoe tipped and we fell in the middle of the river like how Reilly had. We floated until we could swim our way to the bank. Once we climbed up the bank, we were greeted by Reilly, her dad and my dad.
It was in July, and we wanted to go camping. I asked my dad if we could go up to our family's cabin in Elk Springs, which is near Montrose. He agreed, so Chase, Tyler and I, all sixteen years old, packed our stuff and were ready to go camping. With excitement, we jumped into Chase's truck, and took off to the woods.
was a hot summer day, and Tim and Derrick went swimming at the pool up at
We got into our lines, behind groups of excited families and happy little old men and women. As the line ascended up the ramp onto this enormous water vessel, pictures were taken of every group of passengers. Smile, laugh and look happy! Riiight. As a matter of fact, I was pretty anxious. I'd never been on a boat like this, and especially not for a whole week.