Johnny - MY CAMPING TRIP
My camping trip was great in Tulloch Lake. When my uncle and my cousin Robert and my family got there, we saw lots of mountains and oak trees surrounding the lake, deer roaming the campsites- looking for food, and the hot sun was shining in my face the whole time I was there. The sunrays were hitting the water like a mirror.
The first day I was there we had to set up our campsite. We had to put up the tents, the shades, the chairs, the food, and most important, the campfire. Usually on the first day we just relax and settle in and sleep.
On the second day of camping, we got to ride my dad’s new fast blue boat. It was also my first time trying the wakeboard. I didn’t do too good on the wakeboard. I tried three times and I kept falling because I didn’t hold on right. The fun part about riding the boat was that we got to ride the water tube. We also did some fishing and caught lots of blue gill fish, but they were too small and we released them all.
On the last day we had a great breakfast and rode the boat again. This time we went swimming and jumped off rocks and dove into the water. The rocks were as high up as a house. When I was jumping I felt scared, but I did it anyways and I felt good when I landed in the water. It is so much fun. But we always have to be safe and wear our life jackets.
My camping trip was great except for one thing, there where so many flies! I mean the flies were everywhere and so every time we wanted to eat we had to be fighting and scaring the annoying flies away.
I can’t wait till the next time I go camping.
WAKEBOARDING- RIDING THE WAVE
I finally got the hang of wakeboarding after so many tries. It is harder than it looks. Wakeboarding has its tricks.
One trick is strapping the board right on to your feet because if you don’t, you fly right out of the board. Another reason to strap the wakeboard on tight and right to your feet would be because of losing the board under water. Another trick would be to lie on your back with the board floating under you and let your body float in the water. If you don’t, you could sink in and you won’t have enough balance. And you could fall when the boat pulls you.
When I started wakeboarding I could not get it, but on the second try at wakeboarding I got it! I was not expecting to get it that day, but I did. And it felt great to finally accomplish a very difficult sport. The reason I got the hang of wakeboarding was because I needed to pull myself up against the water. It was hard but I finally got it on my second try. I was excited and after that I did not know what to do once I got up on the wakeboard I was so confused then a wave was coming towards me I did not know what to do so I just let go of the rope that was attached to the boat on the other end. I was expecting to fall down, but I kept sliding without the rope and after that I started sinking. So I was lucky I landed safely.
The third time I tried I got it right. Next I thought I should try it with one hand so I did. I was holding on with one hand and waving to people with the other. After that I was riding it for a while until my dad made a turn and I hit a wave. I thought I could jump it. I fell and went flying into the water. I slipped out of the wakeboard and when I was under water I did not want to come up because I did not know where the wakeboard had gone. I was scared it would come back and hit me in the head. After a little bit I got up and I was happy. I rode the wakeboard for a good amount of time, then I got on the boat and I was excited. When I was finished wakeboarding my dad and I took the boat back to the docks to take it out of the water. We were ready to go back home after a day of wakeboarding with my family. I succeeded. I can’t wait to go back to the lake to WAKEBOARD!
One trick is strapping the board right on to your feet because if you don’t, you fly right out of the board. Another reason to strap the wakeboard on tight and right to your feet would be because of losing the board under water. Another trick would be to lie on your back with the board floating under you and let your body float in the water. If you don’t, you could sink in and you won’t have enough balance. And you could fall when the boat pulls you.
When I started wakeboarding I could not get it, but on the second try at wakeboarding I got it! I was not expecting to get it that day, but I did. And it felt great to finally accomplish a very difficult sport. The reason I got the hang of wakeboarding was because I needed to pull myself up against the water. It was hard but I finally got it on my second try. I was excited and after that I did not know what to do once I got up on the wakeboard I was so confused then a wave was coming towards me I did not know what to do so I just let go of the rope that was attached to the boat on the other end. I was expecting to fall down, but I kept sliding without the rope and after that I started sinking. So I was lucky I landed safely.
The third time I tried I got it right. Next I thought I should try it with one hand so I did. I was holding on with one hand and waving to people with the other. After that I was riding it for a while until my dad made a turn and I hit a wave. I thought I could jump it. I fell and went flying into the water. I slipped out of the wakeboard and when I was under water I did not want to come up because I did not know where the wakeboard had gone. I was scared it would come back and hit me in the head. After a little bit I got up and I was happy. I rode the wakeboard for a good amount of time, then I got on the boat and I was excited. When I was finished wakeboarding my dad and I took the boat back to the docks to take it out of the water. We were ready to go back home after a day of wakeboarding with my family. I succeeded. I can’t wait to go back to the lake to WAKEBOARD!