Personal Narrative: My Journey To Florida

It all started with the fourteen hour drive there. Sleeping, listening to music, and blocking out the complaining of my brothers. “Mommm, Carissa’s foot is touching me!” This was all I heard the whole ride there. I continue to turn up my music as loud as it will go and force my eyes shut. I’m not very tired but I want to be well rested by the time we get to Florida. To help put myself in a better mood I think about all the memories I’m about to make this week. Florida is my favorite place ever so it wasn’t that hard to think of something. I remember waking up as we passed the big green sign reading, “Welcome to Florida.” My heart fluttered with happiness as we crossed the bridge over the vast blue water. I woke my brothers and told them to get up and look out the window. After eating Chick-Fil-A we checked into our condo. It looked and felt so homey. The living room had a huge glass sliding door which opened and looked out over the ocean. When you walked out there was a deck you could stand on and look out into the water. We

We rented a pontoon and drove out there. The water was so clear and only knee deep. They had inflatable obstacle courses and a giant slide. When I was ready to get into the water I took my shirt off and threw it onto the boat, or so I thought. Somehow I never saw that shirt again. It made me really sad because it was my favorite shirt and I had only paid three dollars for it. We searched for all the cool shells the little crabs were hiding in. When we were done I took my brothers over to the obstacle courses and tried them out. There were rock climbing places that felt like mountains and tracks where you could race others. I tried out the swing where you had to hold on and get over to the other side. I attempted and fell before I even got going. When we were done attempting all of the courses we decided to go down the slide. It felt like I was climbing to the moon that thing was so