Vacation In My Life

On the last day of school, my mom surprised me with a spontaneous trip to florida on the next day. We went to Del Ray Beach, Florida. This beach is on the north side of the state; so rather than waiting for sunset, we got up for sunrise! Leaving the next morning, we arrived in Florida for the first time ever that night. We arrived around 9 pm and it was 85 degrees in pitch black. Florida is so unbelievably humid and hot all around the clock. While in Florida, we shopped, drove along the coast, and went to an Alligator farm. Unlike the other trips, this one consisted of laying on the beach and relaxing all day. This trip was probably honestly my least favorite trip of the three.

“The best things in life are the people we love the places we’ve been…. And the memories we’ve made along the way.” by Unknown. 2017 started off terrible but then soon got better from a little help from God. My family found out we won a trip to Hawaii. My parents were deciding whether or not they should take us kids with, my brothers Chris was 18, Matt was 11, Nic was 8, and I was 15. Then my parents talked and the decided that it would be our last family vacation with just our family saying chris went to college the next year and probably will find a girlfriend. Hawaii I know made me look at life a different was saying everything that just happened to me.

I couldn’t help but to feel anxious and excited. It was my first time being in such a vast city and I couldn’t wait to explore it.

We went to eat for lunch at a Mexican Restaurant in Los Angeles.I ordered five tacos de pollo and and my dad and Mom got half and half of a Burrito, my big brother Steven got three tacos de asada, and my little brother got two tacos de Asada.

As I was riding in the car on the way back to the airport, I couldn’t believe THAT was how my summer vacation ended. Just one week before that my family and my cousin’s family were on our way to Minneapolis, because that was where we were flying out of. The rest of my family was all driving. We were going on our first vacation as a big family. There was about 28 of us going to Orange Beach, Alabama. The summer before that my mom and aunts were trying to find a place for all of us to go together. They finally decided on a beach house in Alabama.

This time last year, I went to the Cape Coral Coconut Festival, A festival held yearly in the large lot next to Sun Splash Family Waterpark, a local's hotspot every summer with guaranteed long lines and a densely packed lazy river. Everyone in my family was thrilled, my little brother and sister bouncing up and down on the seats of our family minivan, while my mom attempted to drive to the festival, amidst ear-piercing shrieks, constantly reminding them to calm down. I too was excited, peering up at the brightly colored lights that stretched all the way to the sky. As we pulled into the lot, the rides seemed to loom above, the thought of riding them put a knot in my throat and made my stomach do backflips. We all burst out of the car, walking hand in hand, my little brother (5), my little sister (3), my Mom, my Dad, my grandma, and I. We all rode a few rides to satisfy the little ones, the ladybug ride, and then the merry go round.

My summer vacation i weant to mexico. I visited my dad’s side of the family in a city called Tepic. I had the time of my life going to the beach, playing soccer, and bonding with codeine. I rarely visit my mom's side of the family that live in michoacan because it is so dangerous their. My mother says there was often gunshots in the street as a kid. My grandpa and one of my uncles died from a gunshot to the head. She really don’t like to talk about it.

Over the summer, my family and I flew to Europe. Here is my crazy misadventure... Two days after school ended, we packed our bags and left for the airport. I was super excited to start this trip! We got on the plane, and our flight was 9 hours long (We also flew British Airways). That means I watched a lot of movies during the flight.

She then hands me a stack of pancakes. While sitting at the table I notice a toy alligator on it. I grab the alligator and examine it. I then think in my head, Where did one of my brothers get this? One by one, each one of my family members gets up and goes to the table to eat breakfast. Everyone greets each other and says “good morning.” My family then starts to eat quickty so that we don't miss our flight. After I finish eating I put the toy alligator back on the table. After we finish breakfast we all grab our bags with our clothes inside and grab all of the essentials that we need. We then put our suitcases in the back of the car and file in the car. We drive all the way to Chicago and look at all the skyrocketing buildings. Then we go to meet with our grandparents.

Have you ever been to Las Vegas or on vacation with your family ? I have. I do not go on vacation that often the last time we went on vacation was 6 years ago so I bet you can imagine my excitement for this summer. The ride to Las Vegas was about 14 hours I think it was ok though because I enjoy long rides I didn’t sleep the whole ride.

Summer vacation. A time to relax, kick back and sleep. Well, at least for most people. My summer vacation was packed. I ended up going to five states in a total of three weeks. One whole week was spent in D.C., but that is a story for another time. I want to tell you about my trip down south with my dad’s side of the family. The trip was crazy, hectic, and full of a lot of driving; it was really fun at the same time. I hope my explanation of this trip will come close to the amount of joy this summer trip brought me.

The end of summer vacation was near and it was being capped off with a trip to Chico, California. I was ten years old at the time with a typical ten year old boy’s mind of toys, video games and my friends from school. My family and I was driving down to Chico in order to drop off my sister at the dorms of Chico State because she was accepted to California State University Chico. When we arrived at the departure we were all emotional with tears and hugs because my sister moved out. Of course I was sad too, but her departure from my family wasn’t the most memorable moment for me. When my sister hugged and said her goodbye’s to me she told me “You’re next Ricky, but I don’t want you to come to a school like this. I want you to go to a better college than a college like this”. I was dumbfounded on what my sister told me because I was amazed that she was moving out to a nice college such as Chico, but she believes I can go to a better school?

The most incredible summer that I would never forget began on June 22, 2016. It was about 4:30 in the morning when my aunt and parents woke me up so we can catch our first flight at the Richmond International Airport. This was my first time in nine years that I could go back to China to visit my relatives and grandparents. On this trip, I was going with my Aunt Ying and my grandmother because my parents were too busy with work to take me. Unfortunately, when we arrived at the Richmond International Airport, it was too late to board our flight, so we had to be rerouted to our destination. From there, we encountered more problems. For instance, the flight to Dallas Fort Worth was too full so they had to reroute us to the Chicago O’Hare Airport. When we arrived in Chicago, we luckily had just enough time to catch our flight to Beijing, which was fifteen hours! After an extensive flight, we arrived at the Beijing Capital Airport and we realized that the aircraft we came on arrived a lot later than it was scheduled so we had no time to get to our connecting flight. However, American Airlines offered us FREE hotels to spend the night and told us that our new rerouted flight will be on Air China, which would be departing the next morning.

Today I will be telling a story on my way to my first vacation! It was the summer of 2017 me and my family were going to gulf shores, alabama it was my first vacation ever and I went with my cousin so me and him could ride together, it was a 12 hour ride so we had to find something to do without getting bored the whole time on the way there. We got up at 4:00 A.M in the morning and got all of our stuff ready, then we went and picked up my grandma and her Boyfriend up and we were on our way to Alabama.

I traveled to Orlando florida on July 14, 2017 for an entire week of vacations. At the time I thought that going to visit disney world would be lame since I figured it was a place for little kids, of course I found that to be lie. Once I heard my parents,brother and his Fiance were going to be departures from Kansas City to Orlando Florida, I quickly began doing research of on many things to do in orlando, of course I found hundred of things to do.