Personal Narrative: Olson Family Cabin

Up in the mountain tops, just past Payson and just before Strawberry, lies my home away from home. It’s the good old, “Olson family cabin.” Sitting at approximately 5300 feet elevation it is naturally 20 degrees cooler than Phoenix. Which is great because you don't melt in the summer like you do down in the valley. It is not your typical log cabin. Rather, it is a small house with a large loft, almost as big as the house. It is surrounded by tall, rich green pine trees, and for that reason my family has dubbed it the “cabin.” It has beautiful, hand crafted, wooden deck that surrounds the entire outside of the house where we lie to barbecue and just hang out. The cabin was purchased by my parents when I was in seventh grade. Little did I know