Eng 101 Essays
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Melissa Waldroup
Professor Smilie
English 101
July 11, 2013
Spring break of 2004 started out with what seemed like a fun family camping excursion but turned into a nightmare of a trip that I will never forget. I had been excitedly planning this trip all winter, just waiting for spring to arrive and my week long vacation to begin! The plan was for my parents, my brother, and I to all make a road trip from Texas to Oklahoma in an RV that we rented. We would camp two nights in Oklahoma and then drive to Arkansas and camp the next two nights there before heading back home. Little did we know what kinds of disasters awaited us on our trek across the south. We were all packed and prepared for a sunny week enjoying nature and all its beauty, or so we thought... I think our first mistake was assuming that because it was spring break that the weather would be nice at all of our destinations. That did not end up being the case. I knew this was going to be a problem as soon as we arrived at our camp site in Oklahoma and begin to set up. The evening air was crisp and a little colder than anticipated, but I was hoping that was just because the sun was going down. Then I felt the first rain drop land in the middle of my forehead, it trickled down my nose sending a chill through me along with the realization that we were not going to be enjoying any fires, s’mores, or star gazing that night. A little rain wouldn’t have been so bad but it made the temperature drop at least another 5 degrees! We decided to make the best of this situation by playing card games in the RV and hoping that the rainstorm would bring a beautiful morning. That night I was unable to achieve any kind of sound slumber for multiple reasons; The first being that I was freezing and could not seem to get warm no matter how much I snuggled into my blanket, the second was the booming thunder that shook the camper every ten minutes, and of course my brother snoring loudly didn’t aid to my
Melissa Waldroup
Professor Smilie
English 101
July 11, 2013
Spring break of 2004 started out with what seemed like a fun family camping excursion but turned into a nightmare of a trip that I will never forget. I had been excitedly planning this trip all winter, just waiting for spring to arrive and my week long vacation to begin! The plan was for my parents, my brother, and I to all make a road trip from Texas to Oklahoma in an RV that we rented. We would camp two nights in Oklahoma and then drive to Arkansas and camp the next two nights there before heading back home. Little did we know what kinds of disasters awaited us on our trek across the south. We were all packed and prepared for a sunny week enjoying nature and all its beauty, or so we thought... I think our first mistake was assuming that because it was spring break that the weather would be nice at all of our destinations. That did not end up being the case. I knew this was going to be a problem as soon as we arrived at our camp site in Oklahoma and begin to set up. The evening air was crisp and a little colder than anticipated, but I was hoping that was just because the sun was going down. Then I felt the first rain drop land in the middle of my forehead, it trickled down my nose sending a chill through me along with the realization that we were not going to be enjoying any fires, s’mores, or star gazing that night. A little rain wouldn’t have been so bad but it made the temperature drop at least another 5 degrees! We decided to make the best of this situation by playing card games in the RV and hoping that the rainstorm would bring a beautiful morning. That night I was unable to achieve any kind of sound slumber for multiple reasons; The first being that I was freezing and could not seem to get warm no matter how much I snuggled into my blanket, the second was the booming thunder that shook the camper every ten minutes, and of course my brother snoring loudly didn’t aid to my