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Personal Narrative: My Trip To Florida

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5 weeks ago, me, my grandfather, my brother and our friend Mikey went on a trip up to Tennessee. Florida is no fun at all. I, being the always self-centered, ‘go big or don’t bother’ girl, decided that adding over 400 miles just to visit a museum and gravesite would be a great idea! It was. Though I could have lived without ever being in a car that long. This stop also resulted in a huge fight between my grandfather and my brother over an Xbox and a toilet plunger. Really? Yes. Have you ever seen pollen cloud up around an Xbox as it is being smased to pieces on the cement? Quite a sight (the damned thing still worked after all that, too!). Anyway, the sole purpose of this stop was for the Ava Gardner Museum. Now, I haven’t been a fan for very …show more content…

We couldn’t find my brother so we just walked to the many places near our hotel. We went to a few places but I wasn’t hungry and I really wanted to walk the mile to DownTown Smithfield to see what it looked like at night. Gpa called before we could start our journey and we had to trudge back to the hotel. We got lost. Not really lost, just on the other side of a wide, muddy trench. Not good when you’re next to the woods with God knows what. We’re not very bright and ended up basically RUNNING back to the highway and walking around the muddy pit to get back to our nice …show more content…

It turned out to be a good idea. We walked the length of the town, somehow COMPLETELY missing the old theater. Stupid. I then got the wonderful idea to visit the cemetery again. Hey, I was with a 15 year old pansy who freaked at the mention and a 65 year old who watches too many horror films. I was with great company for a night like this. And we were in luck! They don’t lock the cemetery! Score! We drove in and parked and looked around. We got to Ava’s and I was more peaceful than sad this time. Maybe it was because we were in a quiet place without creepy forest monsters. Maybe it was because we were there a few hours eariler. Whatever the reason, we said 'goodnight’ and left. The rest of the night was spent with Mikey and I watching numerous episodes of “Weeds”. The next day we went to the museum; it was very cheap and very nice. A couple was there with their child and we were told by the woman at the desk that the the little 6 year old boy was the fan! It wasn’t big but there was plenty to look at. Mikey and Alex(brother) spent their time inspecting the paintings in the library and trying to find the odd things hid in the images. I was in awe and very happy that I was finally here. We spent an hour there looking and studying and reading about her life. I bought some things from the merchandise section of the room (I didn’t get enough haha) then we

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