The weekend trip to the Illinois River On the journey to the Illinois River I couldn’t help to be anything but excited‚ for it was my first float trip to the Illinois River. Upon arrival to the War Eagle Resort; i exited the vehicle to the refreshing country air and the sounds of children playing‚ the sound of different kinds of music‚ and the trickle of the Illinois River; however‚ I was also hit by the sweltering‚ hot July air. As my friends and I set camp up I had become excited for the nights
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Almost getting kidnapped Did you know that if you go into the woods late at night you have a 50-50 percent chance of getting kidnapped? One day I‚ Allie‚ Skylar‚ and Tanner were having a sleepover at Allies house. It was July on a Friday at around 11:00p.m. All of the sudden‚ we were playing truth or dare. Allie dared us to go into the woods‚ and I guess she forgot that it was like pitch black out like you couldn’t even see each other‚ so we took a flash light with us. We weren’t thinking at all
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reflect on the last fishing trip the two of us young bucks spent along the secluded shores of the Little Manitou River. In many ways‚ this last trip spent in the coniferous forests of Minnesota’s Arrowhead Region‚ really envelopes who Tim was and why I so looked up to him. The whole trip began with a simple phone call. I was engrossed in marking up the many pages of a poorly worded sophomoric essay on the virtues of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby when the phone shook my caffeine-laced nerves
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clutching the hands of my dad‚ walking barefoot on the rocks atop this river was taken on our family’s trip to the Grand Canyon. We were balancing on goo-covered pebbles above the waters of the roaring waters and towering‚ majestic canyon- the highest in the universe. Actually‚ believe it or not‚ this particular body of water wasn’t even the real canyon. It actually was a pretty insignificant stream trickling through the Sedona Desert. You see‚ my mom decided our family should go on a trip to the Grand Canyon
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This past summer I had the incredible opportunity to go on a mission trip in Ecuador where I worked in an orphanage partaking in labor work‚ as well as‚ traveled out into the cities bordering Quito to organize VBSs (vacation bible schools)in startup churches . In beginning of the trip I expected the work I would participate in would be life changing to those in its wake. My expectations were highly set and the outcome did not match up; in fact‚ the outcome was quite the opposite. In the short week
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When you hear the word valuable‚ what do you think of? I think of diamonds‚ antique pottery from ancient Egypt‚ and of course‚ the 8th grade Washington D.C. trip! Touring the nation’s capital created precious‚ lifelong memories that I will never forget. Viewing incredible monuments‚ memorials‚ and museums was breathtaking. I made many new friends and received the opportunity to practice adulthood. It was an experience future 8th graders should obtain. Sightseeing in Washington was crazy. Seeing
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would you want to go on a mission trip to your own backyard”. I’m sure for most people‚ spending a week and a half of summer in downtown Akron‚ Ohio does not seem fun. I‚ however‚ thought otherwise. During my time in Akron I worked for a ministry called Urban Vision‚ which provides afterschool programs for children in need. Too often we overlook the diversity in own community. At Urban Vision I was able to see a previously undiscovered side of Akron and‚ through my experiences there‚ I saw how truly
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My School Trip In the 1990s‚ I went to Regent elementary school in the Bronx‚ N.Y and was a B student. I wasn’t an honor roll student‚ though I believe I could’ve been if I had put in the effort to do so. Like many elementary school students‚ I just wanted to go outside‚ and play Nintendo after finishing my homework. I was also one for leaving my weekend assignments to the last minute. I once did my weekend assignments during a school trip that Monday because I forgot to do it due to my excitement
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There are not very many big things in my life that have changed the person I am now but I think that my first trip to Hawaii may be one of the very few events that have. I think that through this experience I have since loved exploring and traveling to new places which is a quality that I think is a big part of who I am. On the night of my birthday in December of 2014 as I finished opening my last present my mom went upstairs‚ when she came back down I noticed she had something in her hand. As she
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small memory follows you for the rest of your life. This is just one of those things‚ and even though it’s small...I’m perfectly fine with that. During the summer‚ I was able to go on a mission trip to Cass Lake‚ Minnesota; where we stayed for about a week or so. One of the most significant parts of the trip‚ for me‚ was on our last day when we went to a senior center. On that particular day at the senior center‚ we made birthday cards with the elderly there‚ and everyone was paired up with an elderly
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