Camping Catastrophe

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.