Camping On The Wisconsin River-Personal Narrative Analysis

My youth group leader pulled out of the parking lot at 5 a.m. loaded with 15 tired teenagers including myself. We were finally heading for the Wisconsin River. The anticipation was building up for months now, the worries on the affordability of the trip were finally gone.

Camping on the Wisconsin River, with my youth group, ended up turning into one of the most impactful experiences in my life. The long 6-hour journey began. We all had assigned seats, but no one seemed where they were supposed to be. I sat next to a couple of my life-long friends, Timmy & Jake. We were actually going up to Jakes family's cabin, which was about 100 ft. away from the actual river. On the way there a lot of people fell asleep, but I couldn't. I was way too excited, I've never been camping before. Timmy, Jake and I all kept quiet, we didn't want to disturb the rest of the group while they were sleeping. I watched the sunset, which was bursting with colors of pink, red and orange. The sunset turned into day, and all of the sudden we were off the highway and into the woods. By this time, I

This entire trip was going be "unplugged." No phones, no electricity, nothing. It was a break from our everyday lives and a quick change of pace. We quickly unloaded our bags and had a quick rundown of the rules and such. I helped Timmy and Jake set up our tent and then we loaded all our gear into it. After we finished that we met with the entire group next to the fire pit, which became HQ for the next couple days and we prayed. We talked about the whole point of this trip, which was to be away from the world, to grow stronger in our relationship with the Lord. After we prayed the youth group leaders gave us a tour of the property. We then broke up into small groups, where we would go study & read scripture. This is what the majority of the trip was, but there was one day that stood out amongst the