Personal Narrative: My Trip To Arizona

When I first came to Arizona on 1/1 which is same as the start of 2015 I realized that this place is gonna be extremely hot in summer.

I’m from Tucson, Arizona; I’ve lived here my whole life. I travel to California every other year due to having family there. I have two young siblings, one is named Cole, he is one-year-old and the other is Koen, a 5-year-old. I dislike getting called on to speak in front of the class I get anxiety and feel like throwing up… My mom is a fourth grade teacher, I live with her, her boyfriend, who is a sheriff, and my two brothers. For hobbies, I listen to music, do puzzles, read, eat, play with my dogs and draw. As a student, my weaknesses are; test anxiety, time-restrictions, I procrastinate and I get distracted easily. However, last year a 504-plan was installed, so that’s taken care of. I’m inspired by Malala Yousafzai to continue school and

It was a sunny, crisp fall day in Sandpoint, Idaho. My friend Jacqueline and I followed our typical Wednesday routine. It was around 2:30 in the afternoon and that day, like every week, her mom had picked both of us up in her Volvo from our private school in a residential neighborhood. We had always driven about three long roads, meeting two traffic lights and one stop sign, before we had gotten to their house. Jacqueline and her mom lived in a two-story home in a quiet cul de sac on the south side of our hometown. The front of their home had a driveway to the left side or the house, a fenced in front yard, and a backyard that happened to morph into the largest, most lush park in town. The park had about 5 soccer fields, a biking track, a playground, community gardens, and a bike path surrounding the entity of the area.

A strong friendship does not need to talk 24/7, but when we do it is like we were always there with each other. It was a frosty December evening in Flagstaff, Arizona, my best friend, Mercy and I were having a snowball fight in the clear white snow. We were giggling at each other for our gruesome aim. That day was our tenth year friendship anniversary, so we decided to take a road trip. Now a days, we do not always receive time to hang out, since we live three hours away from each other. Nevertheless Mercy lives in Yuma, Arizona and I live in Phoenix, Arizona.

than visit a city I had not been to. I had to take a trip to Texas for my nephew’s high school graduation, so I decided to come a few days earlier to visit Austin. I chose Austin because I heard it was a very vegan-friendly city and I was also curious to experience a blue city in a red state. As a teenager, I attended high school in San Antonio, Texas for a couple of years and despised it, therefore, I hoped Austin would alter my perspective of Texas.

“We sometimes give so much that we end up losing ourselves.” These few words amounted to so much more after the week long Las Vegas trip and for that they will never be forgotten. The task of playing seven basketball games and still trying to go scope out the Strip, generated a feeling that had submerged you into a feeling of panicky, with an outcome being an anxiety attack in the lobby of the prestigious Caesars Palace.

It is February and I have just returned home from what is considered to be the greatest convention of gemstones and crystals in the world. This is at Tucson, Arizona, in the southwest part of the United States.

In the morning I was bored and I wanted to go fishing but I have to ask my dad and he said yes and we got really go to the lake to go fishing. Then we help my dad with all of the staff down from the car. After we got all of the staff we got our fishing pole out of the car and we swing our fishing pole to the lake and we waited until we fill a bite.

My family decided it would be a good idea to take us to the beach in Alabama. Once again excitement took over my body because we were going to the beach, and reuniting with our family. My parents and I hit the road, and we were headed east. When we arrived, I was greeted by a massive hotel. My whole family shared a condo, which was craziness with having all thirteen of us in one room. After we settled into the room, we headed for the beach. We boogie boarded against the crystal clear waves of the Alabama Coast, and I could not have been happier. The last day of the trip was the best day out of all because we went to a place called the Hangout. My cousin and I got matching washable tattoos and corn rows braided into our hair. Later that evening we were walking along the beach and we came across a foam party. The people asked us to join them and we danced and sang in the bubbles as we watched the sun go down. We ended our night on the balcony singing Jimmy Buffet songs. The following day was the day we all had to part ways, and we were sad that this incredible trip had to

After the train ride looking around seeing desert and sand. There was nothing, no houses to be seen the land flat and stretching for miles as far as the eye can see. I felt relieved to finally be off of the train and what I saw next took my breath away. My family and I have waited a long time to go excited to see what was waiting for us. The Grand Canyon the national park in Arizona August 2014.

I had a wonderful summer this year and can't wait to get back to school. Over the summer I went to California with my family. We visited all around Hollywood and we went to a lot of different beaches. I also moved houses over the summer. We just moved within Colorado so I didn't lose any friends. Also, over the summer I spent time with my friends and family. Summer was very fun and fast.

Every year the cross-country team has a trip up to Colorado for team building and altitude training. I have gone on these trips with my team every year and the time I spent with my team in Colorado makes up a large portion of my best memories of high school. The trip is mean to be an amalgam of challenges and fun experiences, and I feel like I can fully enjoy the entertaining parts of the trip because I know that I have also worked hard the remainder of the time. Driving in a van for hours to get to Colorado can get boring, but we usually find some way to make it fun with music and games that the team brings along. Colorado is too far to make it in one day, so after the first day of driving we stop in a valley in New Mexico for the night. That

The windows on the rusty station wagon began to shake, turning the music up to hide the laughter from the back seat. It came from Liam and Maggie, the love birds. Khloe and I sat in the front, I drove while she uses the worn out GPS. We made a good team. This was a beginning of a long road trip filled with amusing jokes and lots of laughs. We are headed to Arizona for the weekend to stay at my grandma's house. She only lives there in the winter to get away from the frost and snowy weather up in Minnesota. Liam, Maggie, Khloe and I just graduated from high school this spring and decided to go on a road trip together. We have all been really good friends all four years of school. We only have two more hours until we arrive in Phoenix, Arizona. If one more person complains about being hungry or asks “If we are there yet” I’m going to lose it.

Once we got the car, we made our way to Lake Havasu City, Arizona. It was about a 3 hour drive, so I was out in the back seat right when I got in the car. Once we got to the condo, we just chilled there for the rest of the day. We were there for about 9 more days, so we did a lot. We went and saw the London Bridge and walked around down there, that was my favorite part. We went shopping a few times at the mall, and went to In n’ Out many times. I spent most of the time at the pool, but also had to spend a lot of time doing all my homework. I had over 20 different assignments, it was not fun. On about the third day, we went to Phoenix and went to a Cleveland Indians vs. Cincinnati Reds Spring Training baseball game. It was over 80 degrees, so I got super burnt. The game was super fun, we even got autographs from some of the players. After the 8 more days were up, we had to make our way back to Vegas and fly home. I couldn’t have asked for a better

It was June of 2016. My family had decided to shake up our annual summer vacation by heading out west. Sedona, Arizona to be more specific. Let me tell you, this place is truly magical. If you've never heard of Sedona, I’ll give you some background real quick. The whole city, a desert city to specify, is centered within red rock, which is just what it sounds to be: red rock. All around you are mountains made of this fiery earth, which does not suffice to only look at from a distance. So during our stay there we hiked along many trails through the red rock to almost every tourist spot, some of which gave you a panoramic view of the mountains. Truly breathtaking. Yes, I could go on and on about the beauty of this city, but that's not quite what this