Red Rocks

After a long walk I reach a large stairway. My family and I could hear the crowd saddling in while we walk up the stairs. My mom hands a person are tickets and he lets us through the gate. The amphitheater was huge! It was almost full, people were everywhere. We walk up another staircase, and we find our seats.

We could see all of Denver from our seats, and the sun was setting to the left of the city. We could see the band doing their final prep for the performance so my sister and I hurry to get some food and a drink. After five or so minutes we are back at our seats. Everyone in the crowd was chatting and meeting the people next to them. The main lights aim at the stage, it was about to begin.

The drum gives a riff and the first song starts. The music was so loud I could feel myself vibrating. The band was One Republic, so at least I like the super loud sounds. The whole crowd (including our family) was jumping up and down and screaming. I could tell this would be an amazing concert.  

 

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Prodigy

I loved this book! Prodigy is the second book of the Legend series. It is a very interesting book, and I thought the topic the book was written about was very cool. It is about the same characters that are in Legend (Day and June). They make new friends in this story and they have to go through new adventures as well. They meet up with the Patriots and wreak havoc in the Republic of America and somehow get to the Colonies of America. While you read Prodigy the author splits the book up between Day and June. This book is a very cool and futuristic book. I highly suggest reading this after you read the first one.

 

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The Wave

It was an overcast day in Tofino Canada, and we had brought our surf boards. I stepped out of the trees and onto the beach with my surf board in hand. The waves were about seven to eight foot swells rising off the water. I could see some patches of blue in the sky but it was mostly cloudy. I put my wet suit on because the water was fifty degrees. I put the Velcro strap around my ankle and charge into the water.

I jump onto the board, and the water splashes my and seeps into the wet suit. I was cold at first but I got used to it. I go about forty to fifty yards off the beach, and that’s where I road my first wave. It wasn’t big but it was a fun small one. After that fog had rolled in, and I couldn’t see the beach when I got out. I have my head on a swivel looking for a wave.

Right behind me I see a large wave, it was around eight to ten feet off the water. I lay on the board and start to paddle with my hands the wave just started to curl, and I was on it. The nose of my board was pointing down and I was going fast. I couldn’t see shore yet but I could hear my mom and dad yelling that they were filming. The wave crashes, and I go even faster. The board was shaking, but I stayed on.

When I reach the shore my parent congratulated me and so did some people who were close to them. Throughout the rest of the day I mostly surfed, but also chilled on the beach. The fog had eventually cleared, and most of the clouds vanished as well. I had a great day but that nothing beat that first wave.

 

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The Jump

My family and I were in the mountains on a hiking trail. It was a sunny day, but we were shaded by the trees. This was one of our favorite hikes, and we were full of energy. We had just reached the top of the tree line, we were hiking to a lake. We could see the lake in the distance.

When we got to the lake a found some rocks we could sit on, so we could relax and eat lunch. The lake was beautiful. The water was a little choppy, but we it wasn’t cold. I turn around to see where my sister was, and I noticed here climbing a rock. I join her. When I got to the top I saw her eating lunch.

We could see our parents, and the whole lake. The view was amazing. I look down off the rock and thought that it was about seven or eight feet off the ground. I stand up and ask my sister to film what I was about to do.

My sister gives me a thumbs up. I jump. I was soaring through the air for what seemed like forever, the wind was maneuvering around me like I was an airfoil. I had jumped up before going down so I dropped about ten feet. I hit the ground, and I landed it. My whole family saw and so did some strangers. I was so happy I landed it and my sister got the whole thing on video.

 

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The Alarm

I was watching a movie in my room waiting for dinner to come. My favorite scene comes on in my movie. A minute or two pass and in the middle of the scene the fire alarm goes off. I had an alarm in my room so it was loud. My ears were hurting because of the defining sound of the alarm. I run out of the room and jump down the stairs, then sprint out the front door. When I got outside the alarm was still going off.

My sister, my mom, and my dad were all outside and then my mom says something. “Logan, did you have your window open?” she says. “Yes I did” I reply. “Oh. I bet the smoke from the grill went through the widow” she says with a sound of relief. We all go inside and start fanning under the alarms with books and magazines. There was no fire it was just the grill.    

The alarm stops beeping after a chaotic fifteen minutes. We all went down stairs and eat the dinner my mom and made for us. We were all laughing and talking about the way we got out of the house, and how some of us fell. It was chaotic, sort of fun, and a good drill.

 

 

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Home

I put my bags in my mom’s car. My dad, my mom, and I step into the car. I notice the old empty bag of chips that I had shoved in a compartment in the car. It had been there since before I left. Once we are on our way back home from school we talk all about my class trip to Utah. I talked about all of the activities we did that trip, how much fun it was, and how it felt like I was gone forever.

 

We pull into the garage and everything looks, and smells like it was when I left. My dad takes the large sleeping bag and my bag out of the car. I grab my backpack and my mom opens the door. The dogs are waiting for me: Fenway (the little 18 pound dog), and Homer (the big 125 pound dog). Homer tackles me and licks my face. I get up, wipe the slobber off my face, and pick up Fenway, and he licks my face as well. Then I see my sister standing in front of me. “I missed you,” she says. “I missed you too, it felt like I was gone for an eternity,” I say. I show everyone the pictures of my trip.  After getting hugs, kisses, dogs licks, coming home and getting greeted by my family, and showing everyone the memories that were created and we will be able to keep, I knew I was home.

 

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The .22

I walk into my aunt’s house. She takes something off the wall, it’s black and long. It is a gun. She tells me that it is the real deal. It fired the .22 caliber. She calls my mom and my sister so we can all shoot it. Before shooting she teaches us hunter’s safety, but after that we walk down towards the river.

She set up a card board box with a target on it about 40 yards away. My cousin Forest brings a bag of ammo and a magazine. I put ten bullets in the magazine and put it in the gun. I chamber a round and aim at the target. I fire a shot and dust springs up behind the target. I knew I hit the target.

After five rounds the gun jams and I knew what to do. Forest walks over to me to show me what to do but I had already done the process. I finish off the magazine and we go check out the target. I had shot all twenty rounds into a circle about five inches wide. It was fun to shoot a .22 and I was a better shot then I thought.

 

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