As a child, every fall, my parents would take me and my siblings camping. Dad worked a lot, so we counted down the days of summer, until we got to be together. Every breath I took was like I was inhaling my childhood. I could hear the waves bouncing off the rocks as we sat on the patio and had lunch. The smell of the water and the warmth that touched my skin, when the sun peeked through the clouds, took me back in time to the campground.
May 21- July 31 We started upstream on the Missouri River from the St Louis area camp. We had been preparing for the expedition since fall of last year. Me and nearly four dozen other men met up with Meriwether Lewis. We started making our way up the Missouri on a fiftyfive foot long keelboat and two smaller pirogues. As we traveled, I spent most of his time on the boat, charting the course of our journey and mapping it out the river and such, while Meriwether was often ashore studying the landforms, animals, and plants.
For example, there are tons of animals born with defects and other abnormalities. Like the pink hippopotamus found in Kenya, or the pink albino bottle nose dolphin. This bottle nose dolphin was discovered in Lake Calcasieu in Louisiana in 2007 by charter boat captain Erik Rye. Rye told ESPN " It was absolutely, stunningly pink, it looks like it just came out of a paint booth." I have never seen a pink dolphin, but it is on my list of things to see.
Clark’s Background and History – Clark Little is a surfer photographer who capture inspirational & powerful images of the waves coming on shore from the ocean. Clark Little currently lives in Hawaii and captures stunning images of waves from the barrel, inside out. Born in Napa, California in 1968 to a photographer father, the family moved to the North Shore. Prior to becoming a professional photographer in 2006, Clark Little worked at Wahiawa Botanical Garden as a supervisor overseeing 17 acres native and tropical plants. His career path changed when his wife wanted a photograph for their house of some local water.
Daisy needed someone who was down to earth and had everything planned out. Unfortunately that was not Gatsby. For five years Gatsby lived across the lake from Daisy dreaming of the days when they were in love. The green light on her dock that he stared at every night shows how he longed to live in the past. He tells Nick, "'Can’t repeat the past…Why of course you can!’”(110).
They were heading for a cove 25 miles south on the Magothy River, the couple were enjoying the June evening sailing the Chesapeake Bay. Morgan, who is 26, teased her boyfriend Carlo, 32 for singing “Twinkle, Little Star”. Patricia glanced up into the sky and saw that the clouds to the north had darkened. She saw two lightning bolts crack by the boat. Patricia tried to reach for a life jacket then she got knocked over then she fell off the boat.
It will allow me to research on a more personal level rather than just through scholar sources. My inspiration for this theme came from memories as a child, on a Sunday all of my Nana’s six children, spouses and twelve grandchildren would gather at her home for Sunday dinner. The kitchen was the main attraction as we all knew we were in for an unforgettable treat, even if the menu was the same as last weeks. All the women gathered in the kitchen each designated a specific job and no matter how big or small, it was important because, without it dinner would not be the
Exercising helps as her outlet for extra stress. Tammy spends her days off work with her children and mother. Her son, daughter and mother all get together each Sunday and have dinner and movie nights. Tammy’s job only requires her to work three days a week, so she has ample free time to spend gardening, hiking and relaxing. Tammy meets many new friends through work, and enjoys spending time with co-workers outside of work on the
By the end of the day, we would have sold out of most of the vegetables and when he arrived home we all went to the garden to pick more for the next day. The garden provided us fresh fruits and vegetables, additional income, but more importantly it gave us time together. We had each other and my dad taught us the importance of family, hard work, and that there is always opportunities just around the corner you just have to look for them. Today, my dad is 88 years old and he still plants four tomato plants and four pepper plants each summer. Well, we plant them for him but he enjoys watching us do this as it was something that he had taught us as young girls.
On Saturdays we would have game night or visit my grandparents and spend time at their house. I’m so excited for our family vacation this summer because where going camping and spending time on the outdoors. My sister and I never been camping before so it would be our first time. My mom just got back from work and was going to make dinner but there wasn’t any food in the refrigerator. We drove to "Mom & Pop" Grocery Store to buy some food for dinner.