Personal Narrative: My Trip To California, Oregon, Washington, And Washington

California has always held a special place in my heart for many different reasons. I was born and raised in this state and although there has been many drawbacks to being Californian, it has always been a place of comfort for me. California has played a huge role when it comes to the person I am today and why I have such an open mind, love for different cultures, and my willingness to work hard for the so called “California Dream.”

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 remember about a year ago, going to Washington state with my family. I remember as soon as the plane landed, the cool and fresh air that was blowing. I remember looking all around me and seeing mountains and forests all around me, I absolutely loved it. I remember the day that we went on the trails through Mt. Rainer and being surrounded by nothing but rock and forest. The view was like nothing I have ever seen before, I remember looking down from a ledge in the forest and thinking how amazing it was. It was amazing being there at such a high altitude and just having fun walking through the woods. I remember finding a creek near a bridge and going into it, I still remember the cold water hitting my skin and the breeze passing by. Growing

My names Linn and i’m 24 years old, this morning my husband gave me some horrible and good news. The bad news is that our family is going on the Oregon trail and that means we're leaving Illinois, where I grew up my whole life and our family dog, but the good news he said about going on the Oregon trail is that when we get to our destination we're gonna have a lot more farm land. Today we're gonna try and find a wagon. We went to our friends house to see if the have a wagon we can use and it happens that the do it's a Prairie Schooner and they gave it to us for a lower price than what they wanted it for. We hooked our horse up to the wagon and we were on our way back home. When we got home, we automatically started to pack. My husband James, who is 25 years old

Riding along the Oregon Trail can be treacherous, risky, and at times perilous. Some aspects that make it so dangerous are: hunger, disease, suicide, a broken wagon, falling out of the wagon and getting run over by the wheels, Indians attacking, and … storms. Believe it or not , storms cause substantial amounts of trouble. I am fortunate enough to say, I, Dahlia Clark, lived to tell about it.

It was mid-winter of 1848, I was doing my daily chores when my neighbor brought news that two days earlier, on January 24, James W. Marshall made a discovery of gold on his piece of land in California. At first, I didn’t think that this would affect me in any way, but then I realized I could start a new life in California filled with gold and fortune, away from my small farm in Missouri. I decided to pack up my things and start on my long journey to California, I packed enough food, water, and supplies to last me a few months. The next morning I was surprised to see that not many others from my town were seeking gold, I knew it was unsafe for me to travel alone, but I was sure I’d meet others along the way.

This summer I went to Maryland for the first time and met my family that is over there.

A white bunny bounced and pranced along the grass of the warm meadow the sky was a yellow orange color. I pressed my nose on the glass of the backseat in my dad’s truck.

James has decided that he is sick of not having enough farmland and that we will start moving our family west to Oregon. We have been farming so close to people, they have basically been on our property. He heard that when we go to Oregon we get 640 acres of land when we start our new life, as long as we have a house built and farming started after a year of being there. After one short year of Matthew getting to know his grandparents and Hope only for three, we are sorrowfully saying that we will never be able to live with them again. My in-laws, James’ parents, already traveled and have sent back letters saying that their wagon train had a mass of hardships along the way, but that Oregon is beautiful and it is really spacious for farming.

Ever since I found out my softball team could make it to California for Nationals I knew this would be our goal for the summer. Now here is where the challenging part came in, we only had three chances to make it to California. We made it, we were lucky enough to make our goal in the third chance.

My family and I went to Colorado Spring for christmas break. We packed up all of our stuff then we put it all in the car. When we got done putting all of our stuff in the car we left we got on the highway. As soon as we got on the highway I took a nap. I woke up when we were in Colorado we were almost there. I was talking to my parents until we stop to get gas. I sat in the car until my dad got done filling the car up. We drove for a little bit and we were in Colorado Springs. We drove to my Aunt's house when we got there I took my stuff in the room I stay in. My cousin came from downstairs and said “Hi ” then he went back downstairs. My aunt put on a movie to all watch together. My grandma was cooking something for all of to eat when the movies was over I went to the kitchen to eat. I went to the kitchen table to talk to my dad. When my dad got done eating We heard a knock on the door we answered it and it was on of my uncles and aunts then my cousins walked in.

When I was in the 12th grade I got the opportunity of a life time to go all the way to San Diego California with my FCCLA student organization. Coming all the way from hot a humid city filled Atlanta Ga, to beautiful sunny, beach covered California sounded like a dream.

I am a pioneer traveling west along the Oregon Trail facing strenuous challenges along with some success. Although my successes were somewhat beneficial, I cannot express the harsh journey I had to endure through. First of all, I had to sell my land just to gather supplies that I would need along the journey. On the journey, we even lost some of the supplies, making my sacrifice useless. The difficulty before the trip was hard, but what came after that and in the journey was dreadful. One major challenge during the journey was the climate. We would face through thunderstorms, hailstorms, and cold mountain nights. The climate had such a huge impact that many people even died. The severity of the weather was one of the struggles we had to encounter.

Suitcase, so much clothes, clutter, packed van load, yelling, 18 hour ride….I have been to Colorado almost 3 times in a row! I’m going again next year that's why I said almost. My family loves Colorado and Wyoming we have been over there for 3 years straight! This year we broke the record and went to Michigan. I have gone to Michigan 3 times this year.

Whoosh whoosh, bang bang. That was the first and foremost thing I heard on the way to Honolulu, Hawaii. The plane ride to Hawaii was 10 hours and 25 minutes of doing nothing at all, therefore it was by far the worst part of the trip. Furthermore, there were also many things to entertain me during the flight such as, the TV built into the seat, being in first class with unlimited drinks, and many more.