A Winter Adventure

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Josh Brooks English 1010 Robert Alfonzo 9/16/10 A Winter Adventure It all started the night before. I am so excited about getting to go skiing in the morning. I have to wake up at 5:00 a.m. in the morning though, but this is alright with me because I am about to go skiing. I wake up in the morning bright and early and go and wake my father up. Then he drives me to Ingles, where I am meeting my friends from scouts. On our way there He says, “Be careful and please don’t get hurt and be sure to have fun.” “Ok Dad, I will try my best. See you later.” And I slam the door. Now I am waiting on the rest of my friends from scouts to get there. While I wait I talk to my friend Ed, he is just as excited as I am to go skiing. Everyone arrives and Ed and I jump in to our leader’s Subaru and we are on our way. It took us about an hour to get there, but being a kid it felt like five. On the ride up I say to Ed, “Dude, I bet you can’t beat me down in a race.” “Yea right dude. I am legit.” “Whatever dude. I guess we will just have to wait and find out.” “Yea I guess so.” We finally arrive to the ski lodge, and now we have to ride the ski tram to the top of the mountain. It was about a twenty minutes ride up. At the highest point on it you could see the entire city below beginning to wake up for a day’s work. We finally get to the top of the mountain. We are the first group to be there for the day, so that means two things: first, fresh powder, and second, no one is on the slopes. There is another good thing about today: I did not have to take ski lessons, which means more time for me to ski. Now that we had gone and gotten our skis we could go outside and start skiing, in the freezing cold. Ed and I ski around the bottom of the slopes for a little to get comfortable with our skis again. Then we decide to have our race. We go and get on the ski lift. I nearly
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