Florida Trip

’’Hurry,get in the car,’’my sister yelled.’’We’re gonna be late,’’yelled my little sister as I was walking down the stairs with my bag almost falling off my shoulder.I was so excited to go to Florida. My trip to Florida was the best because it was exciting and amusing.I went to Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom with my family.It was really fun and we also went to a couple disney stores and other cool places in Florida.

Could you ever imagine driving twenty-two hours in a suburban with eight people? Although it was incredibly cramped, and tortuous, I was going to my favorite place… Florida. We were going with our neighbors, who I grew up with, traveled with, and basically did everything with. Our moms had decided to do a last minute trip to Florida and planned everything out the night before. We always did vacations on spring break, but this vacation my mom told me by surprise, at seven A.M.

This all started with my parent’s brilliant idea to take me to Disney World. As any 8-year-old would have reacted to such amazing news, I completely lost it. To my memory, I think I might have just turned the house upside down, literally making the clean family room into a war zone. And of course, I had to brag to all my friends at school of this amazing trip I had the opportunity to go on. I was so ecstatic that every night I crossed off the days left until the trip. After what had felt like an eternity, we headed to the airport to fly to Orlando.

Minutes to get there, and the whole 30 minutes was boring. I was ready to sleep; I was also super hungry, I was so excited I was about to burst. I had a fear about a few rides, but i didn’t let it overcome me.

After I got through the struggle of packing a bunch of randomness it was time for the tedious car ride. I slept half the way there and looked out the window at all the new roads and landmarks. We drove for seven hours, but then decided to stop and get some rest in buffalo minnesota.

We left after my parents got off work one night. Our camper was all packed and we were ready to set off on our journey to New Mexico. Before we got to New Mexico we had to make a stop at my dad's cousin's hose to get the jet ski and then we were on our way to Ute Lake. We finally got there late that night.

When my family and I was getting ready to go on a trip to Florida, my parents knew there was going to be some obstacles to before we got to Florida. First, where would we stay at, and how long would we be there for? We also were wondering on if we were going to drive, or fly on an airplane to our destination. My dad always wanted to go to Pensacola because of the calm beaches and places that he liked. My mom insisted that we should go to Daytona beach do to the best places to stay, and relaxing areas to be at.

¨Were off.¨my dad said. Going to Florida is awesome even if its for baseball. The ride to Florida was horrible, especially with two brothers, my dad and my grandpa. The good part was there was a movie thing. On the way there, there was a lot of traffic trust me it was like driving a turtle but when you get there its

Have you seen a real live bear?Well I have.One day me and my family decided to go on a picnic, to Yosemite National Park.I was so excited because I never been there before!So then we got everything ready and in the car we left to Yosemite. In the car we all started to fight for the food like the chip and drinks but my mom stop us.After we were driving and then what felt like four hours of driving and no wifi on the way made it worse.When we finally got there,and found a spot to have are picnic.

I was so tired to wear my clothes because the journey to Florida that I felt like sleeping like a Koala, but I forced myself to still wear my sleeping clothes. A few moments later my tummy growled really loud that it woke up my sister when she was asleep. “Waaaaaa,” cried Alfia. She literally was crying with tears. My mom came rushing in the room and tried to stop my sister from crying. Then she finally stopped 30 seconds after my mom tried.

12 hours. At the time, it seems like such a long trip. 12 hours on the road. Little did I know that in those twelve hours I would come to place that would change my outlook on life.

We started our trip on June 3. It was about 7:30 in the morning when we had to start packing our bags into the car. Well it was more like a bus. We had rented a huge Ford SUV/truck for the trip, since the were seven of us going on the trip. So me my two step sisters, my mom, my step-dad, and my grandma got into the car and left. We were meeting my uncle at the hotel in South Dakota. It was going to be a long trip, two and a half days.

We were going to Wallowa Lake, which is located in Eastern Oregon. We had a six and a half hour drive ahead of us. Our trip began, as most car trips do. We loaded up on snacks and books on CDs. My parents rarely let us watch DVDs in the car as they think we need to ¨use our imaginations¨ and ¨look out the windows¨ here and there. Our big, white, Ford Expedition was filled to the max with my parents´ and my three siblings´ suitcases, camping gear, shoes, and three gigantic coolers filled with food. Those coolers filled with food will play a major part in my story.

It is a torrential, snowy day in late December in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. Outside lies men in coats as thick as armor trying to plow away the snow as it falls. Their hands are numb and their efforts are proved useless in such long waves of endless snow. You are trying to navigate through the storm along the streets in a cold, metal car. Snowflakes pile on the windshield and block your view of the road. This does not seem like a lot of thrilling excitement! I know our family would better benefit from being elsewhere rather than being huddled up by a fire inside the house. I want our family to take a trip to Florida during winter break because our family could escape from cold weather, it would be another amazing place to bond as a family, and it would be an inexpensive trip if planned well.

One of my all time favorite things to do is to ride the ATV. I first started riding the ATV when I was 6 months old with my Grandpa. I started to drive when I was 4 years old with my Grandpa. Then I started driving by myself when I was ten years old. Going on an ATV trip means spending time with my family and enjoying the sights in the mountains. On my last ATV trip I had a blast. It had rained so much that there was mud puddles everywhere. During a day trip ride with my Mom, Uncle John and Aunt Carmen we came across multiple puddles of mud. My Uncle John, Aunt Carmen and I drove our ATVs thru the mud puddles and got very dirty. My Mom totally avoided the mud puddles and we were all laughing at her! The last ride of that trip my Uncle John and I went on a night ride. My Mom made me promise to not drive thru the mud puddles. {I so didn’t listen!} Uncle John and I drove thru the biggest mud puddle ever. We were completely covered in mud. My Mom was very mad at me and said she didn’t want to hear any complaining if I got sick. Guess who got sick? My Mom who got a double ear infection and I didn’t even get a sniffle.