Authors Note: As you read this think about if you have ever been in a terrible storm.
The
clock on my bedside table read 6:00 a.m. I smiled to myself and almost jumped
out of bed. No matter how early it was, I was excited to be heading camping
with my aunt, uncle, and cousins. I quickly made my way down the stairs, and
into the kitchen. As I peek around the
corner I see that all my cousins have already arrived. I sprint as I make my
way upstairs to get dressed. I mutter a quick hello, chow down my breakfast,
and make my way upstairs to get dressed. As I finished getting ready I look
outside and see they have already started to pack the trailer. I sprint
downstairs and out the door. As I say goodbye to my parents, I get more and
more excited on finally being able to get on the road.
4 Hours Later
We
were finally there and had unpacked everything. As we ate dinner, I began to
notice that sky was no longer sunny and bright. It had turned a dark blue and
the clouds were a dark shade of gray. I asked my aunt if it was supposed to
rain tonight and she said it was only supposed to be a quick storm and would
pass over soon. As we got done with dinner, we all went to the bathrooms so we
didn’t have to go out in the rain while we were sitting in the tents. My aunt suggested that we take a short drive
to the bathrooms instead of risking walking and possibly getting all wet. All
10 of us loaded into the little Honda and road down the short dirt road . As
we sprinted out the car , it seemed like
the clouds were even darker. I rushed to go to the bathroom and sure enough
when I got outside, it was down pouring.
We
all squished into the car as the lightning and thunder became more frequent. My
aunt drove down the now wet dirt road in a hurry. As we got back to the camp
sight the winds were more extreme and one of the tents had already blown
over. I could see my uncle trying to
take the tents down so they wouldn’t fold over and break from the winds, but
(THE ) steaks wouldn’t come out of the ground. (FINALLY, INSTEAD OF SOON) Soon my aunt turned on the radio . We all
listened very closely so that we could hear how long this storm would last.
Moments later we got the information we needed. Apparently the storm as
supposed to last for another three hours!
We all moaned because we knew we wouldn’t be getting any sleep tonight.
Then, we heard a faint knock on the car window.
As
my aunt slid down the wet car window, a young boy appeared. While he was
shivering, he asked if we wanted to stay in his trailer with his family and
himself until the storm was done. Of course we accepted the offer. I scurried
out of the car as the little boy ran back to his trailer across the street. We
all sprinted out of the car, across the road, and into the trailer. Inside the trailer was two sitting areas, a
flat screen television, an amazing kitchen, a bathroom, two bunk beds, and
another additional bedroom. We all (WERE) very awkward , accept for my aunt,
because we didn’t know these people at all.
I sat down at one of the seating areas . Soon everybody did. The owner
of the trailer had turned on a movie for some of my younger cousins to watch ,
but apparently everybody wanted to because they knew we would be here a while.
About
two hours later my uncle came in with some news. Apparently we were to going to
stay at a motel for the night. We were all grateful, but sad that our first
night camping wasn’t going to be spent in tents. As we drove into the parking
lot it was still pouring out. My uncle started unpacking some of the blankets
from his car . Then told us the room number and that all ten of us were going
to fit into a two bed room, but none of us cared. We just wanted to this night
to be over. I ended up sleeping on the floor along with my sister. As soon as I
laid my head on my pillow, I was happy that the night was over, and soon enough
I was out like a light.
