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Descriptive Essay-Platte Lake

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The fresh air smells like a mix of mucky water, and of hamburgers and hot dogs cooking on a grill outside. A calm breeze sweeps across the lake as soon as I step onto the dock. The view of Platte Lake is all around me when I jump on the rusty, old dock. Off to the side of the dock next to a tree sits an antique paddle boat. Old stickers cover the boat, but most have peeled off like paint chips off of an old fence. The back of the boat is spattered with dismantled cobwebs and spiders crawling nearby reconstructing their homes from every time someone uses the boat. Water from the lake seeps into the boat from the bottom, where the pedals situated. Looking back at the lake, there are boats, preferably in the one spot I call my “hot spot” which

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