Personal Narrative Essay: The Expense Paid Trip To Hawaii
How many people can say that they were offered and all-expense paid trip to Hawaii for two weeks? Last summer my grandparents paid for my whole family to come to Hawaii with them and stay on the island of Oahu for one week and The Big Island for another week. Many people say that being away from home for so long makes you homesick. However, from my personal experience I miss Hawaii everyday now that I am back in Oklahoma. In fact, my goal is to one day go back to Hawaii for college and to start my life after school as an islander.
On the morning of June 3rd 2014, my family and I had been running around like crazy trying to make sure we had everything for our trip to Hawaii before the shuttle got there to take us to the airport. I had never flown on an airplane before nor have I …show more content…
" Not yet, still just overwhelmed with excitement!" I would tell them. My grandparents paid for my parents, my brother , my boyfriend at the time, and myself to go to Hawaii. On top of paying for the trip they gave my brother, my boyfriend and I 500$ each to spend. My parents got $1,000. We were all so grateful.
After we ate a few donuts and got everything as in order as they could be, the shuttle arrived. That is when I got nervous to get on an airplane. I went to my two dogs, Bella an English Bulldog and Casper my ten year old Pit Bull and gave them kisses bye. We all went outside with our luggage and loaded up the shuttle van. Our driver's name was Chris and he was very friendly and funny. He told us about his son in the marines and my papa, a marine himself, told him all about when he was in active duty. My papa served in the Vietnam war in 1969 and 1970. They chatted the whole ride to the airport. I was silent. I was nervous
We got to the airport and it was so cool. I remember seeing a food court of really good food places and little shops along the terminal.It was 8:00 A.M. but when I saw they had Moe's Burritos, I couldn't help but stop and get a
On the morning of June 3rd 2014, my family and I had been running around like crazy trying to make sure we had everything for our trip to Hawaii before the shuttle got there to take us to the airport. I had never flown on an airplane before nor have I …show more content…
" Not yet, still just overwhelmed with excitement!" I would tell them. My grandparents paid for my parents, my brother , my boyfriend at the time, and myself to go to Hawaii. On top of paying for the trip they gave my brother, my boyfriend and I 500$ each to spend. My parents got $1,000. We were all so grateful.
After we ate a few donuts and got everything as in order as they could be, the shuttle arrived. That is when I got nervous to get on an airplane. I went to my two dogs, Bella an English Bulldog and Casper my ten year old Pit Bull and gave them kisses bye. We all went outside with our luggage and loaded up the shuttle van. Our driver's name was Chris and he was very friendly and funny. He told us about his son in the marines and my papa, a marine himself, told him all about when he was in active duty. My papa served in the Vietnam war in 1969 and 1970. They chatted the whole ride to the airport. I was silent. I was nervous
We got to the airport and it was so cool. I remember seeing a food court of really good food places and little shops along the terminal.It was 8:00 A.M. but when I saw they had Moe's Burritos, I couldn't help but stop and get a