Rick Coleman Jon Frederick English 101 30 October 2012 Thoughts on “Greasy Lake” While not being my favorite genre of reading material, “Greasy Lake” was a very descriptive and well thought out story. One that keeps the reader drawn in with events that are very slow to climax. The reader is told in the first paragraph about the character of the adolescence of the era, the clothes they wore, the cocktails of choice and even the preferred authors of the day. We are told in great detail of how they entertain themselves and of the things they like to do. Things such as cruising to their favorite parking spot called “Greasy Lake”.
People are stationed at the nearby military base that traveled over an hour to get there and the local folks that live less than one mile. The best part is no matter what you look like or how you talk, everyone has a common interest. It is very easy to start a conversation when it comes to something you enjoy doing. The area also has an abundance of other wild life such as beaver’s, snakes, crayfish, and stray cats. These animals are attracted to the area because of the items left behind from the humans.
Fly fishing is a very attractive sport to some. However to others, it’s a complete brainless waist of time. Although I don’t fish, I was able to catch a lot of the subtle analogies in the book and later in the movie about where life meets fly fishing. It appears to be that in any group, be it a family, friends, work group, or whatever; there will or should always be that one thing that unites everybody. For the McCleanes, it was driving into the backwoods of the Black Forest early in the morning, hiking to their favorite fishing spot and letting the morning pass by in silent relaxing competition.
Choosing the best time to visit depends mostly on whether you have come for hiking, viewing waterfalls or winter activities. Summer is generally fairly hot and dry, while spring and fall are more variable with comfortable temperatures. Winter means snowy trails and frozen waterfalls. The park is busiest in July and August, when the days are warm, nights are starry, rivers and lakes are just warm enough for swimming and most hikes are clear of snow. Yosemite receives 3.9 million visitors a year.
Mojgan Sharafedin Amir Sharife English A-X OCT, 18, 2011 Shrine Lake The Lake Shrine is at 17190 Sunset Boulevards, Pacific Palisades, CA .Words cannot do justice to the immense beauty of this place, and this is why I encourage everyone to visit Lake Shrine. Parking and entrance is free, however there is a drop box for donations. But the parking is so small, and if you go on the weekend, maybe you have problem for finding any parking space. There is encircled by a foot path around the lake, and it has many benches, pavilions, and alcoves that inviting you stop and smell the abundant roses. You can see the colorful flowers in the two sides of path; it makes you so cheerful.
It is a very different atmosphere than some of the popular islands where tourism has saturated their beauty. My family is native hawaiian in origin and Molokai is the island that we call home. I have always loved the fact that tourism has not touched this island. The island is not much different than it was 50 years ago. The people of Molokai
It looked very alive with all the colorful leaves. I learned that Armstrong County is full of activities to do. Since there are a lot of trails and lakes, it is a great place to go if you are an outdoor kind of person. If I had the opportunity to go to this county, I would not pass up the chance. I would love to walk on the trails of the parks and go fishing and boating in the lakes.
Save the Trestles Some of the rarest habitat in the world exists in South Orange County and North San Diego County. This open space is headwaters for one of Southern California’s cleanest remaining watersheds and harbors numerous endangered and threatened species. One of California’s greatest surfing beaches, Trestles, depends on unspoiled the San Mateo Creek. San Onofre State Beach, one of California’s most popular state parks, provides affordable camping within walking distance of Trestles beach. The communities of San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano and Dana Point enjoy the amenities and economic benefits provided by this open space, including clean beaches and clean air.
Palouse Falls The Palouse Falls is historical since is apart of the Lyons State Park. It stands at 198 feet an is known to be the only one that remains today and the most spectacular. The Palouse falls is a wonderful place for a family to take a trip so that they can enjoy many of activities such as hiking, swimming, or even sight seeing. According to Spokane outdoors.com it is one of the most amazing sight when the water hit’s the green pool and creates a most spectacular natural sights in the state. The river used to flow into south central Washington from that its discharge forced the Missoula floods which had gone through Spokane.
I honestly loved it and I’m not outside person but it was amazing trip. the people that went with me was Chief Erin, Chief Tricia, Chief Tim, Chief Kristin, Cherish, Kate, Mallory, Makayla, Ally, Faith, Heaven, Katlyne, Chantell, and Alex. First, One of our canoes tipped so we had to lift it up. And then we put the canoes on the rocks. So after we put it on the rock’s we had to put all the stuff back in our canoe and we got lucky because a little bit of are stuff got wet that was all.