The extremely eventful camping trip
by Amanda D.

It was in the dog days of summer and I was going camping with my family and a couple of my friends. We drove for about five hours in the car because my dad wanted to go to the campground that he always went to when he was younger. He called it the apple of his eye. My dad was really exited to get away from his office and have a relaxing time because he was as busy as a bee at work. When we finaly arrived at Crystal lake campground and when we got out of the car everyone had ants in there pants, because we had been in the car for so long. We set up campsite quick as a flash, then we all threw on our swimsuits and headed to the lake. On the way my little brother kept on bugging me about how his shoes were too tight. I finaly told him to bug off and leave me alone in a loud,  mean voice . He got as angry as a bull and threw his sandles in the bushes. My mom asked what was wrong and he lied low. My mom believed his little lie and told me that I had to sit out for ten minutes while everyone else went swimming. I was really in hot water so I buried my head in the sand, and was as quiet as a mouse. My sister is always bugging me and said ‘’what’s wrong cats got your tongue?. I got really mad and threw a rock at her, it hit her in the arm and she started to bleed. My mom saw me do it and she blew her top. She told me that I had to stay on the boulder for an extra five minutes. When I could finaly get up everyone was ready to leave so I didn’t get to. The hike back to the campsite seemed like it was big time. When we got back we roasted hot dogs over the fire , then my friends and I went for a walk around the campground, everybody looked like they were in seventh heaven sitting around their campfires relaxing and telling stories. When we got back we got in our pajamas and snuggled up in our sleeping bags and told scary stories. Then my mom came in and said sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite. After that we zipped up the tent and slept like babies. The next morning we woke up to the smell of bacon. Whenever we went ca ping my mom made bacon. My one friend Natalie seamed like she was half awake so I said “wake up and smell the coffee.” She acted like she didn’t hear me, sat down on the picnic table and laid her head on her sweatshirt.  We t hen got dressed and headed to the lake where the boat shack was to rent a boat. My mom asked my dad if we should rent a kayak or a canoe and my da said”whatever floats your boat.” So she decided on a kayak.