New Hampshire And The Side Of A Cheetah

When we were leaving to Maryland, I was sad to leave my dog but we had no choice. Our trip to Maryland was about 12 hours long but we took about 14 or 15 hours. We left at 3 in the afternoon, and we did get lost a few times but we had a GPs. We passed by Ohio and it was so long. We also passed by Columbus and it was beautiful. We passed by a lot of cities. When we were in West Virginia my dad almost ran over a drunk man and he even looked to see if there were any cars but he just walked! The ride was so long but my brother and I couldn't sleep, all 4 of us pulled an all nighter.

We never drove farther west than Iowa. Going to Wyoming was something my brothers and I were looking forward too. Talking about all the activities we will be doing and places we will be stopping at made us more excited. It got me wishing we were going that day, but I knew we had to wait a couple a weeks. Waiting was the worst part of the trip. I could not focus on anything besides getting ready for the trip. As those long weeks came by we finally were packed to go. It was 4 a.m. and my parents were packing the car and telling us to bring everything out. We decided to take the minivan, so there was plenty of space. My older brother always got the back seats to himself so he had his bags back there with him. My

In the backseat of the car, my two best friends by my side. The smell of in-n-out filled our noses and the uneasy feeling sunk into my stomach, heartbeating faster than it has been in a while. The two front windows were rolled down, and the air quickly traveled to the back of the car, air circulating our bodies, winding our hair up in knots. I felt delusional due to staying up late awaiting this moment, but I was so aware. With Madi to my left and Lexi to my right I felt calm, yet anxious. Our favorite band played loud on the radio, we sung along and knew that in a few minutes we would be singing those songs next to the writers of them. I was already longing for them, their music made me feel serene. Like nothing was wrong, the world was a blur and everything else disappeared.

My dad and I had always lived in New York City. After 15 years of experience and the guidance of my older brother, you could say that I knew my way around town. The coffee shops with the best lattes, the highest swinging swing sets in every park, and most importantly, the buildings with the best views. You would think that after living here for so long I would get sick of seeing the view of the city every day, but it just never gets old. The best spot is at the top of my apartment building, on the far northeast corner, looking over the horizon and onto the Hudson. There was no other way of completing my day, no matter the rain, snow, or blazing heat I sat on that rooftop every night as the sun disappeared, along with the overworked New Yorkers for the night. The most interesting part is, every single night, the color of the sky is always slightly different. No sunset was ever the exact same. Anyways, as I was walking back down the stairs to my condo, 7B, I got the jitters in my stomach, I was beyond excited for tomorrow, the first day of Winter Break. My older brother, Todd, was taking me and my best friend Hannah up to Vermont to go skiing. I opened our apartment door, took a quick shower, and fell asleep with Cooper on my lap while watching Full House.

“Sunny and 75” That is what it was in the state of Florida on a cool summer day. My family and I had just gone on 2 planes to get here and it was perfect outside. We were in Florida and we were going to the boardwalk for a day of fun! We drove there with my Great Aunt because that is who we were staying with. When we got there we saw so many different and colorful booths and street performers that we didn't know how we were going to see them all in one day! “I’m gonna go look around” I said. My mom said “Ok but meet me at this store at 3:00” I went to each booth looking at what all they were selling. I was also looking at the different street acts that were going on. The performance that was my personal favorite was a fire breather. There was a crowd of people around him so it was hard to see, but I managed to get closer to the front of the pack of people.

All I could think about was seeing snow for the first time, for it had never snowed in Chipiona. Once we got to the airport, I remember getting on a bus as the sun was beginning to set. At the end of our ride, we reached a colossal, gray plane with an air stair that seemed to reach the heavens. I stood there astonished, never had I seen anything so enormous in my life. However, my family members, that seemed unfazed by it, continued to grab their thing and prepare for the ride. When we reached Delaware we got into a car and went to a small town named Groton, Connecticut. From the moment we left the airport, everything was different. These tremendous trees that looked like giants were everywhere and there was so much greenery. The houses had massive yards. In Spain, houses were squished together and concrete covered everything. Summer was just ending, and the cold, windy days had begun. Everything was so strange for the first time I had experienced watching the orange and yellow leaves fall

I walked out of my house on Sunday, telling my parents I was going for a drive. I got in my silver 2007 Chevrolet Aveo. I plugged my phone into the auxiliary cord, and scrolled down my music library, stopping on Frank Sinatra. I clicked the album Ultimate Sinatra, and played “That’s Life”. I put my car in drive and pulled out of my driveway. I drove all over Kansas City that morning.

It was the evening of a warm March day, and it started like any other normal day, but ended up being one of the most terrifying days of my life, because I had decided to take a different route than usual. I was going home from feeding my pony Kistol who was boarded at Warm Springs and emden area. I was riding my blue Sunny moped, and I had just passed Mahlon Brown Junior High School when I had to stop at the stop sign on emden and Warm Springs. I remember stopping and thinking to myself, I should turn here so I can get home quicker because I was almost home.

I had just gotten out of school for winter break at Greensburg Public School in Greensburg, Kentucky. We had a four day weekend to do whatever my family and I wanted to do. The three of us decided that we would take the time off to go visit my sickly grandmother who lived at a nursing home in Louisville about two hours away. So we packed our bags and left for Louisville. It was a cold, rainy mid February day in rural Kentucky. I was riding in the back seat of my parents car. My dad was driving and my mom was reading a book in the passenger seat. We were only about thirty miles out of Louisville, Kentucky when the joy of visiting my sick grandmother was replaced with fear for our own lives. We were totally blindsided when the semi-truck

It was a rainy Saturday night at the State Fair grounds. It was race night and it was one of the biggest races in the state. We packed up our soda, chips, and popcorn to head to the big race. I was so excited to see this race that I couldn’t sleep the night before. When we got there I say lots of people with jean jackets and jeans your typical racing attire. When we found our seats it was about race time and I was so excited I could hear my heartbeat.

On the way home, I laughed and said, "I can't believe you were asleep and snoring!"

It was an early April morning, there was still dewdrops on the tulips in our front yard from the storm that rolled through the night before. My family and I all pile into the our gray mini van. We are all dressed in our nicest shoes and combed out our messy hair. We had to wear dresses because pants aren’t “ladylike”. My mom passing us little mints to suck on while we rush down the freeway.

When we finally made it to Monroe, we were energetic and hype because how fast everyone was driving. Everyone had made it to the Trampoline Park except us because my sister

The next day we wanted to head out early so we could make it to Colorado and have time to see some sites and visit my aunt and uncle. After we said thanks for letting us stay with my Aunt Alks and Uncle Pinakin's house, we were on our way. I wasn't really looking forward to the drive ahead because I remember how long it was the first time I had to make the trip, and it gets uncomfortable. The only thing I like when we go to Colorado is that we lose an hour. This was probably the most boring trip on our journey because most of the land we traveled was in Nebraska and it was flat and plain. There was nothing really significant about this trip until we got to Colorado. Flat land changed into mountains and country turned into city. That part of it was really interesting because it was like we could see the invisible line separating Colorado and Nebraska. It took us a little while to find my aunt in Golden, Colorado because the directions were a little hard to follow. I guess no one wanted to see anything because almost as soon as we were

When we woke up sometimes we would go to prelims and watch some people swim, or we would just go to get some breakfast. When we finished breakfast or when prelims were over we would go do something for the rest of the day before we had to go back for finals. Once we walked around and went shopping and just looking at Omaha. My sister and I do not really like to shop, but Shelby and Nancy did so we went to a lot of stores, and let’s just say there was lots of things bought. After we went shopping we went to go get some cupcakes, Shelby had been constantly eating sweets ever since she had started going to college, so she ate two giant cupcakes and all of the icing of my cupcake. When we finish our delicious cupcakes we wanted to see some more of Omaha. We walked around and there was a big lake and they had stepping stones to cross it. There were also sculptures everywhere, and everything had something to do with Omaha’s history. We walked around and then returned to the hotel. During another one of the days we went down to go rent bikes so we could cross the state line and we could be in two places at once. As we rode our bikes we stumbled on a scavenger hunt for Michael Phelps