A Day I Will Never Forget Essay

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A Day I’ll Never Forget In a lifetime a person should experience a family camping trip. Now, a Canadian Boundary Waters camping trip, that’s one most people will never experience in a lifetime. Every year my family and I take a camping trip to the Canadian Boundary Waters, but the 2017 year trip I’ll never forget. Three canoes, nine people, a camping trip to remember. The rain just stopped when we reached the campsite. The sun shined across the vast expanse of open water, which reflected the Canadian Wilderness. That great white pine still caught my eye as it towered over the campsite. The same bald eagle sits upon the crooked spruce tree awaiting the carcass of our catch. Fresh poplar litters the waterfront as a beaver trail disappears into the thick…show more content…
As we settled in, I managed to grab the good hammock spot, one string on the massive white pine and the other on the same old tree covered in holes from the woodpeckers in search of their next meal. The campsite had not changed a bit, and by the looks, it did not plan on it anytime soon. As stomachs began to rumble we started to rig rods and reels for the evening dinner. As I cut the line from the first eye the excitement inside me reached the maximum capacity, so immense that my sense of concentration halted. As I examined my rod I noticed the Scheels Tournament Series was in peak condition ready for a fight. As I tied my 20-pound leader on to my line, I pondered on what Rapala I should use. Once finished with the double loop fisherman's knot, I had come to a decision. My Tiger Colored Shad Dancer would do the trick the Rapala I trusted to meet my standards. As I ran to grab my life jacket from where it was hung to dry under the large white pine, the excitement inside me now overflowing revealed itself upon my face. I am ready to cast my Shad Dancer in to the mighty north’s transparent waters hoping for a fight of a lifetime. As I hopped into the canoe, the water rippled away from

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