Personal Narrative: A Day At A Lake In Michigan

When Roger Woodward was 7 years old he went on a boat for the first time in his  life. His family was celebrating his 17 year old sister’s birthday with a tour of niagara falls by boat. Rogers mother’s one condition about this trip was that he wore a life jacket because roger did not know how to swim. In not long roger would be falling down the falls. The day was perfect for boating it was warm and  the waters were calm. The owner of the boat jim honeycutt let roger steer the boat. They were heading toward sandbar and on the way there the mortar of the boat hit a rock. Honeycutt cut the engine after hitting the rock. They were drifting toward the falls. For some reason Honeycutt had no anchor so he was trying to paddle the other way but the

Kenny decides he wants to go swimming there anyway and ends up almost drowning, but Byron rescued Kenny and saved his life: Byron grabbed me and put his arm around my neck and it felt like he was trying to choke me. As soon as he got me on the shore and turned me upside down, I felt like I was going to die! I started throwing up a ton of water and food. . . he just wrapped me up, his arms around my shoulders real tight and put his mouth right on top of my head! Byron was shaking like he was getting electrocuted, crying like a baby and kissing the top of my head.

The Carolina Day Key Middle School had an overnight in September 2015 at a place called Camp Timberlake for Boys so everyone would get to know each other better. On our last day we went on a canoeing trip in the French Broad River and some of our canoes flipped over! One of them was Lacy, Aubrey and Mr. Flamini’s canoe. Lacy and Aubrey were in the canoe, and then Mr. Flamini tried to get in….. and the whole thing flipped. They haven’t even started! Then, about ¾ the way into the ride, Nick, Mac, and Michael's canoe flipped over as well, and they were in one of the most calm parts of the river. The guide had to canoe all the way back up, against the current, and help them get it back right side up. I was in front of mostly everyone except for

It was a hot summer day on Lake Logan Martin, perfect for taking out the jet skis with my best friend Jake. We were showing off and trying to impress some hot girls on a pontoon when all the sudden, Jakes jet ski went flying upside down through the air like a drunk pelican. Before I knew it, all I could see was the bright orange and yellow colors of his jet ski zooming by my head, and Jake hit the water head first causing water to splash all over my face. I rushed over to where his jet ski landed and I was sure he was dead. I dove into the lake and grabbed him, he felt lifeless as I drug him to the surface. A patrol boat sped up to us and helped pull him on the boat. Thankfully he just suffered from a broken clavicle and a broken arm but it

Some Michigan Heroes can be people that helped you in life or helped you succeed in life. My Michigan Hero is someone that raised me, taught me everything I know in life today. This person is my idol, that gave me a hand when I needed one, or told me to keep my head up and never look down. I wouldn’t know what to do in life if this person wasn’t in it.

I have been in the now disturbing Quetico lake for the last 12 years of my life. I can’t take this. I have one way out, and that is to get someone in, trapped. I am captured in the deepest part of the Quetico lake, 300 feet below, I have gone mental. Around every month someone passes and I restrain myself from knocking, pleading for help. The only way I can get out is if I knock on a boat that passes and put them in my place. I never wanted too, for twelve years I haven’t. I know they will be trapped with a terrible way to escape. It will mess with their mind, but I could not take the pain of going insane. I was stuck...until now.

Actively participating in the betterment of my community is a trait that my family has instilled in me. It not only makes the lives of others better but makes me feel satisfied in providing them that service, that being said I try to help whenever I can and wish to continue doing so for the rest of my life.

I was bored. The car ride was long. I thought the trip to my grandpa's boat lake Michigan would be short, but I was wrong. We hit every red light and I was losing my patience. We finally get there, the weather is bad, it’s raining, I had a sniffle, and we catch nothing. “Patience” grandpa said. A few weeks later we go out again, still nothing, but at least it wasn’t raining that day. I’d never fished before so when my hook caught pieces of seaweed I thought it was a fish. My grandpa reminded me that you must be patient. Then I reminded him that he “guaranteed” me that I would catch a fish by the end of the summer. I told him that we would catch fish if we went out into the lake instead of just fishing off of the back of this boat on the

Clarke was taking off her shoes and socks. She also rolled up her pants. Clarke stepped slowly and softly in to the small stream. She waited till fish slowly came to her. They swam around her feet a little and some of the tiny ones picked at her. Clarke waited till one of the bigger fish got closer to her feet then she jabbed into the water trying to stand the fish but I didn't work. She tried again with a different fish. She tried again and again and again. After a while Clarke got so frustrated she just jabbed at the water she was lucky she didn't hit her feet.

was a hot day in the summer. I was waiting for my tube to get blown up with air. My mom and stepdad's friends were there. My mom's friends had an air pump to blow all of our tubes up with air. They plugged the air pump into their car cigarette lighter. Then we all got our tubes out and brought them over to their car. Then they turned on the air pump grabbed one of the tubes and started filling it up with air. After one to two minutes the tube was all the way filled up with air. Then they

Four years ago my father and I went to a place in northern Minnesota called Boundary Water Canoe Area (BWCA). In this place of pure nature and serenity my mind flourished with the thoughts of how much humanity had an impact on this world. Instead of tall trees, marshes, lakes, and meadows humans cleared, drained, and burnt thousand upon thousands of square miles of this beautiful earth in all corners of the globe. Humans did this to better the lives of all, but at what cost? Does it really better the lives for all to have gargantuan skyscrapers or thousands of acres of infertile fields of dirt? I feel like everyone could learn something if they visited a place like this and really thought about human interaction of the world, but unfortunately there are few places like this left.

However, the tone changes slightly, as he says ‘what have we but each other?’ as Lawrence realises that ‘the boat has gone.’

“Well, the water must be down and there must not be a current. Just keep paddling until you see me.”

Thinking back to the day my relationship ended, I recalled a weighted feeling of fear that swept over me, and I was drowning. The only way to get through this train wreck of a situation was think of somewhere peaceful, although closing my eyes only brought me to the day on the small fishing boat, and catching that monster of a fish. As a rush of calmness raced through my veins I suddenly felt set free. Washed of the boy who felt like he released me, just to throw me back in the lake of life. How you view a situation changes you, not the situation

is the boat where's my mom where's my dad how did a get on this raft. I started calm