Vacations

I am so excited for summer. We have these friends that live in Brookfield, and they are a family of 6. We have traveled with them every year since I was in 3rd grade. They have 4 children. Billy(one year older than me), Emma,(one year younger than me), Kiely, ( 6th grade), and Maddie,( 3rd grade). We started out going to the Polynesian which is a water park in The Dells. This water park had lots of rides for little kids so it was good for us until we got too old. We enjoyed this for quite some time until we got bored with doing the same exact thing every year. So then we moved on to Mt. Olympus. This was also in The Dells. It was an amusement park based on Greek mythology. Each rollercoaster is named after a Greek god. There was Pegasus, Cyclops, Zeus, and Hades. Hades is this really tall wooden rollercoaster that goes up and down under the earth. That was my favorite ride there but there was always a long line, so we got there early in the morning. The only bad part was is that we would have hurt heads and backs when we were done because they were wooden. Otherwise it was a really fun vacation, but as always we got bored after a couple of years. Lastly we went to Cedar Point. Both of our families have a love for rollercoaster’s so Billy looked up the biggest rollercoaster in the United States and came up with Top Thrill Dragster. This ride is 400 ft. tall. It goes so fast, it’s like you were never on it. I absolutely love this park. If I could I would live there. I love all of the roller coasters especially Millennium Force. I think we are going back this year for the 3rd time but I am not sure. We might go somewhere else. You never know with our families. I think it would be really cool to go to Japan for rollercoaster’s but my mom says no. All in all I love to vacation with this family and would never give it up.

Short Story.

A wisp of wind blew across Kelsey’s face as she was driving. She lifted her hand to block her face from the icy wind. The chilled air pierced her warm flesh as it hit her cheek. She looked around to find a logical explanation. Her windows were closed, and her air was off in the car. It was the middle of the summer, so how could this be? She looked to the side of her to check if her best friend, April had made the cool breeze while reaching for something or moving. But she was fast asleep. There was no explanation, what so ever. Kelsey tugged on the edge of April’s shirt. Slowly, April yawned and opened her eyes.

“What do you want?” she said stretching her arms as far as they would go.

“Did you feel a breeze?” she said with a shaky voice.

“No. What are you talking about Kels. Are you ok?”

“I have to tell you something.”

“What is it?”

“Well…” Kelsey’s head whipped back to the road, but by the time her foot hit the break their car slid across the road. The car flipped on its side and Kelsey could hear the noise of the metal scraping against the cement. It was a red light they were running through, with all of the traffic coming towards them. April looked at her with a look she had never seen before. It was a look of pure terror. They held their gaze until they heard a loud honk. It was a huge semi truck headed towards them. It all happened so fast. Kelsey tried to step on the breaks as fast as she could but they didn’t work. The semi truck hit the side of the car where April was sitting. There was a crunch and Kelsey saw splotches of blood spurting from Aprils side. She assumed the crunching noise she heard was the sound of April’s bones being crushed by the huge amount of weight the truck carried. Everything went black. When Kelsey woke up in the hospital all she could think of was that she never got to tell her best friend one of the most important things in her life… to be continued

Spring

Beautiful flowers everywhere,

Their soft, sweet smell drifting through the air

Flower buds blooming all around

Robins chirping that memorable sound

Breezy wind blowing at your face

Now your hair is all misplaced

Naked trees growing leaves

Children screaming with ease

Spring is coming, it is here

This means summer is very near!