Personal Narrative Essay: The Joy Of Water Skiing

The first tenuous feeling is described in the first flashback, where he is on a ski trip with Sarah, and he learns that he scared of heights, “He didn’t know what was worse – the height he could see or the height he couldn’t”. This is of course not comfortable to know, and is why he resorts to swimming instead “He has always been a strong swimmer”, the feeling of being good at something gives an incentive to do

The race would start at 8:30 and we needed to be ready to help any swimmers who needed us. The event kicked off with swimmers leaving the beach at Sandy Point State Park and all the preparation culminates in the next 2-3hours of idling and adjusting position, like finding the right fishing spot, to stay where we were most needed. There are, understandably, no boats with any moving gear allowed anywhere near the swimmers, so if a swimmer needs help a kayaker tows them out to a boat. Most folks don’t need medical help, they just recognize, like a marathon runner, they won’t be finishing this year. We stay ready and vigilant, trying to stay stationary throughout the race.

So the boat was still intact after Morehouse found the Mary Celeste, because maybe the crew thought the boat would explode, the crew went into a lifeboat and drifted away from the Mary Celeste, which didn’t explode eventually. Or there could have been heavy weather and the crew would also have drifted away from the Mary

My coach has taught me to aim higher in life and to try new things you would never expect to do. Now I have different mindset towards things and enjoy challenging myself. Stage 3: The Return The return in a hero's journey, is when the hero has came back to the everyday life. The hero will be at a higher spiritual level and have all the gifts gained from the journey.

After the time spent with the Phoenicians, Odysseus made his way home as quickly as possible. Traveling in a small boat, that was a gift from King Alcinous, at the fastest speed possible, foregoing all thoughts of adventures and any other side quests that he might do on the way. The waves rocked the tiny craft back and forth, the blue water frothing against the prow. After hours of staring into the distance, a giant wave from the port side caught Odysseus’ attention. He turned the small boat towards the wave to avoid capsizing, after riding the wave for a few minutes, it dissipated and he turned back towards Ithaca and went on his way.

I was very sad because I loved it in Pennsylvania, and I just wasn’t ready to leave yet. It was a great time though, I just loved falling into the water. Yes, it was very cold and I scraped my knee on a jagged rock , but it was the best thing that had ever happened to me. I should have never smarted off to my parents though complaining that I didn’t want to wear a stupid life jacket, and that I would just look stupid in it.

Without any hesitation I told him thank you. I was excited to know I was going to see my new bike next. The moment he brought out my bike he had a big smile on his

As everyone on the platforms tenses, a sharp, resonating beep sounds. My body releases, my legs exploding from their coiled position. My head darts up, my eyes searching for the imaginary hole I am going to slide my body through. Once I find it, my head is tucked between my arms, and my hands and arms stiffen to prepare for the entry into the water. As the water recoils from the sudden intrusion, I use the momentum to launch myself forward.

I silently cheered to myself, and went onto my first ride in Lagoon and my first ever roller coaster ride in my life. I don’t remember the name, but it was right next to the pool area. Since this was my first time going on a roller coaster, I felt butterflies in my stomach, again. Ashleyn (Antonella’s little sister) told me to not be afraid. I nodded my head as Ashleyn and I went on.

I did not see any dolphins in the morning but my grandparents told me that we were going to go see some dolphins on a dolphin cruise. Because Gulf Shores is on the Gulf of Mexico dolphins like to ride the waves when boats go out. We drove to the dolphin cruise place and we got on the boat. There were lots of old people on the boat. My sisters and I were the only kids on the boat.

We arrive at the Willamette River. The boats in the water and we have a difficult time trying to start it you can smell the very strong fumes from the exhaust of the boat as it's trying to start .We get the boat started and off we go for a little ride, it was time to go wakeboarding so I strapped on my boots and jumped in the water. The water was a little choppy so it would be difficult to ride it was around 11 am and the water was still a little cold and made me shiver. I was waiting in the water for a few minutes while they were getting the wake rope attached to the boat.

“Do not give up; the beginning is always the hardest. ”-Kemmy Nola The day had finally arrived. It was the day I started my new swim team, and I could not have been more anxious.

I believe that water boarding should be used only if there are lives at stakes. This technique should not be used as a punishment or if a group or agency just wants a confession for something other than saving a life. For example, if there was a group of terrorist that hid a bomb in a city and one of them were caught who undoubtedly new the exact location for that bomb, waterboarding that person to get that location would be acceptable. That terrorist would be subjected to that interrogation technique would probably be temporarily out of commission but he/she would not be dead or permanently injured if the technique is done the right way. This should only be done to a person if the one doing it is trained and I feel there should be medical personnel present to make sure it does not permanantly hurt or kill the person in the process.

Perspective. A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something. A different perspective can change how you see the world. In Watership Down, it gives you the perspective or point of view of life from a rabbit’s eyes. Life is like a garden or a dungeon, depending on how you see it.

My First Time Tubing Behind A Speedboat The fear of falling was overpowering, it made me feel weak and scared. One Saturday my father, stepmother, little sister and I were headed out to our family's Cabin to go tubing behind Russ` speedboat on Lake May. The ride there was pretty long, but it was fine, we were talking about being behind a speedboat I was honestly very scared about it.