Status Quo - Original Writing

    When I was around 6 or 7 years old, my family decided to go to Yosemite National Park over the summer. We went on Saturday and during the morning so we could get there early. After about 30 minutes on the road, we stopped at a resting area. We ate there for about 15 minutes and used the restroom. My dad told us that if we wanted to get there early, we had to go right then. My family and I were back on the road and arrived there in 2 hours. I slept the whole way so I couldn't watch the environment as we passed by. When we got there, we entered the park and ate. I was so excited that I ran ahead of my family. I could feel the cool breeze and smell the fresh tree like scent as I ran. My brother asked if we could split into groups and my dad agreed. We split into groups and we started our adventure. I was with my grandma and my sister. The other group was my dad, my mom, and my brother. We also decided to meet at the a certain point at sunset.

It was a beautiful sunny day and my family and I were driving on the expressway. We were in my Dad’s blue truck with the fifth wheel behind us. We had the windows down in the amazing 80 degree weather. We were around our exit, Myrtle Beach! I was so excited for the trip and couldn’t wait to put my foot in the blue, cold, salt water. After the like 15 hour drive we had just suffered through I was expecting a pretty great trip.

My mom, Kailli and I were spending our first week of summer in the hot dry sun of Palm Desert. As we were planning out our agenda for the next day, we came across a brochure for the Taquitz falls three miles deep into the hot Palm springs desert. We had to see it with our own eyes to believe it. A waterfall in the middle of the desert seemed bizarre, so the next morning we set off for our hike at six in the morning. After a couple bumps in the road we finally began our hike

It happened when I was a first-semester senior in high school. I do not remember the exact day, time, or what the weather was like, but I remember the moment.

We were at Hawaii for a week, on Friday we went zip lining. We got there, but no one was there except for the workers, we got there early. My parents started to chat with the workers and a couple minutes later everyone came and we all put our gear and helmets on.

I can remember when I was riding the bus home from school. I lived on a dirt road and it had poured down raining that day. I was sitting behind the bus driver. The road

My family, and I were going on vacation to Galveston Island. When we got there it was super pretty. My sister and I decided to go the the beach/ocean. My mom and brother stayed at the hotel to unpack all their stuff. When I got to the beach I started to swim for about 2 hours. After that I got sorta tired and I got out of the water to sit down where my sister, Chandler was When my brother, Tucker came he said that “I have Two blow up surf boards”. You couldn't really stand on them so you had to lay down, but they were still fun. So we went in the water and started surfing with them.

I was about ten years old and we were in Orange Beach. After walking up the neverending flights of stairs, my cousin and I finally reached the top. We were ziplining about 70 feet in the air and over a lake. I was nervous, but realized the only way

I was in sixth grade heading towards a local sandwich shop trying to find the quickest way. I was going down a hill I had never seen before. The speed began to quicken. The rawr of the wheels got louder and inexperience made it hard to find a way off before it was too late. I hit a patch of gravel that guarded a deep pothole.

David Bushnell is on a whale boat and they are by the turtles. Hes not suppose to be there and he's trying to keep away from the enemys so they dont see him. So he goes under water because he thinks it will be safer but then the boats start and the one that David is on is gonna take off. But then they take off pass the island there saft at last and then they look for the turtle. Then they found the turtle and left to the bay until they seen the lights from the fleet grow near them. He went across the new york bay and gets into the turtles cast off and left it alone. He has rubber in his hand and his feet upon his oars, he pursues his way.

It happened in P.E. We had class outdoors, enjoying the last few days of summer weather. I was standing on the football field watching the rest of the team race. Half of them had another player on their shoulders. Other students sat on the bleachers and under the shade of nearby trees. It was the last class of the day, and the coach let us chill out.

Before you know it it was 4 that morning and Crab and Turtle was back at it again.

In fifth grade I saved my brother from drowning. My family went up to visit my mom's parents where they lived by a lake that we would to go when we visited. My little brother, Joey was about six at the time and he wasn't the best swimmer, I took him out in the big yellow inner tube that we used when we went to the lake. And he kept saying to go deeper, and deeper. Then Joey said that he wanted to get out and swim and as I started to turn around I said okay, and a few seconds later as I was pulling him back to the shallow water, I suddenly heard a splash. I turned to see my little brother had jumped out of the inner tube and into the cool deep water. He had never swam in a deep end before and didn't know how to tread water. After he jumped I watched as his head slipped under the water and he had a look of utter terror. Just a second after he went under the water I reached for him. And I swear my heart stopped, but I didn't have time to freak out. And he latched his cold, shaking little hand on to my arm. I felt my lungs expand as both of us gasped for air. The amount of relief that washed

“ Ouch!,” I shrieked, as the hard metal speaking device hit me smack in the face. That’s what I get for dozing off while scrolling through my twitter feed. I put away my cell phone and pull up my floral duvet covers and I am now completely awake. Every time I turn off the lights and my head hits my pillow, I start thinking and remembering. What happens when we die? What is my purpose on Earth? Do I actually have to go to school tomorrow? How rude of me, I haven’t even introduced myself yet. I am Iris and no, it’s not short for anything. Oh my gosh! I have to tell you what happened on Friday!

My mom, dad, brother, and I were all putting sunscreen on, head to toe like we showered in it while we were waiting for the cab to pick us up to go pick up the ATV's. Once the cab got to the hotel, we all had to stuff ourselves and our belongings in it because it was one of those mini cars that only had room for three people, but we were four people not including the driver. At the ATV Rental place, we got sized for helmets and the ATV. My brother and I were not old enough to drive the ATV so my brother and my father went together while my mother and I went together. Before you know it, we were out and about zooming through the streets of Aruba to get the California Lighthouse which