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I was sitting on the boat ready to fly, buckling myself into the harness. Just waiting for my turn. I had butterflies so bad I thought I was going to be sick. Then it was my turn. I stepped up and the captain buckled me into the parachute. He asked if I wanted to be dipped into the water. I wanted to feel the full effect so I said yes. As I took off I felt so free. Parasailing was so smooth, gliding across the wind with my feet dangling. The boats beneath me looked liked tiny little specks. It was amazing to see all the marine life lurking beneath me. There were thousands of jellyfish, a family of sea turtles, and even a shark! As I started to come down amazed with what I was seeing, I remembered I was going to be dipped into the water. I started to freak out. It looked like I was going to be dropped right onto the top of a jellyfish, but this was the least of my worries. The only thing I could think about was that shark I had seen just a few minutes ago. As the water was nearing, I pulled my feet to my chest and closed my eyes scared of what was going to happen. Then I was in the water thankfully it only lasted a few seconds, then I was done.
When I was sitting on the beach with my family we decided to get paddled boards. At first It was hard to get the hang of it. I was nervous to stand up, so for awhile I just paddled around sitting. Then
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This sounded cool and I went. It felt like hours had passed and we hadn't seen anything. I was starting to get bored just floating around. Then the captain shouted there’s one! I was excited. I would finally get to see a dolphin up close in the wild. There were six of them and one of them was a baby! They jumped around in the wake behind the boat. It was like they were laughing with each other just having so much fun. They were extremely happy. It was one of the most amazing things to
“It was very exciting,” says Garber. “It was nerve wrecking, when I first got there we went and saw the pool and it was just scary like with all the stands and the light and everything with the pool. I never been in that atmosphere, obviously. So it was cool to be at that level too.”
When I was about 10 years old, my mom took me to a roller coaster theme park in Massachusetts. I was terribly afraid of the huge roller coaster that appeared in front of me, and while I waited in line, the anxiety of waiting to die in a roller coaster made my heart beat through my chest. The huge coaster went up and down and up and down, and even though my mom continuously asked me if I was sure that I wanted to go, I repeatedly said yes. I wanted to make it clear that I was a man, not a crying baby. Stepping onto that roller coaster was what I remember the most.
As I opened my eyes, I saw a giant cruise ship in front of my eyes.It took two whole days but we finally reached Florida where we went Rock Gliding.It’s where you have to get past a giant,rocky maze.The winner gets to cans of ice cream.Though my sister won,we all shared the ice cream.Next stop,the Bahamas!!!In the bahamas we went parasailing up 700 ft above water level,it was so much fun.The boat driver even let us touch the smooth,light blue water with our feet.Finally, we ended with a relaxing dolphin swim on the soft,delicate beach of Jamaica.
I have always been a thrill seeking person, and sky diving has been a thing I always wanted to do. When I finally got my chance, I couldn’t pass it up. My friends and I went to Florida during spring break. We were going to try something new for all of us. We were going to sky dive. It was a perfect April day for sky diving. The weather was nice and there wasn’t a cloud in sight, and no storms were going to be approaching anytime soon. We all drove down there together. Chris’s mom took us. We talked nonstop about our new task and betted each other 15 dollars if we did not follow with our plan and sky dive from 35,000 feet in the sky. The 15 hour trip took forever, but we passed the time away by listening to music, texting friends, and sleeping. When we got into Florida, we stopped and ate a small meal at Barnacles, a seafood restaurant. When we got done, we went to our hotel and then toured Tampa Bay.
I was one of the first people to jump into my inflatable duckie, but I was one of the last to get on the river. Once I launched into the river I looked all around me to see the shores covered in pointy trees that were trying to impale anyone who dared go near them. Out of nowhere I hit a rock under the waves, but it was too late and I lost all control of my boat and fell face first into the river. After hitting the water I realized really how cold and dark the water was I started to try to swim to the surface, but it felt like I had cinder blocks attached to my feet weighing me down. SPLASH, I got to the surface in time to grab my slippery oar and jumped onto my boat. I was shaking from the cold water, and had a taste of salty muggy water in my mouth, which I was desperately trying to get out. I quickly paddled in my boat to get back to the group so I wouldn’t be left behind. While paddling I was looking all around at the massive evergreen trees standing on the shore as if they were columns of a old building, the sky as a large blue ocean, and the birds chirping as if they were fans in the stadium at a football game. Breaking the tranquility of the moment was one of the people in the group with me yelping as they fell off their boat down a cold two foot drop in the
No one else except for my friend sitting next to me seemed to notice that the raft in front of us was stopped. As we got closer we heard them shouting something, but no one could understand them over the sound of the water clashing against the rocks. We kept approaching, getting closer and closer, and out of nowhere we saw something bobbing up and down in the water – all I could tell was that it was bright orange. It only took a few seconds to realize that it was someone holding onto their life jacket was latched on a rock, and right behind him was a small waterfall that was trying to suck him in. We got closer and I realized that I would be closest to him as we passed, but I would not be able to reach him with my arms. I reached out as far as I could with my paddle, yelling at him to grab it. I was not even the one in the water, and yet it was still one of the scariest moments of my life when he let go of the life jack in order to reach for my paddle. He grabbed it as tightly as he could and my friend next to me helped me pull him in. Everyone else was trying to slow down the raft so that he could get pulled in before we went down the waterfall, and thankfully, due to everyone’s straining effort, we were able to accomplish just that. The look of relief on his face said it all,
My adventure started with getting on this huge boat as big as a cruise ship. One by one of all these hundreds of people waiting to load. after finding my seat by the widow I look out and miles and miles of light blue water. The waves are moving fiercely, The Boat started it engine and went plowing through the waves. It rocked and
Growing up on the Jersey Shore, I spent a lot of my time on the water whether it was on the beach or on the Barnegat Bay. Gazing out over the water, I can see sailboats going in all different directions all while igniting my interest. The boats going by me were unique, it was a sport I had never seen before or even thought of. There were kids like me going off in their own little vessels across the water. I was captivated by the sight and knew that was something I wanted to do.
Immediately, I angled my position and went for a dead sprint toward the water. I jumped off the cliff. I never felt anything like it; the trajectory had me flying through the air for longer than I expected. A surge of adrenaline pulsed through my body, bringing a new sense of life to me. The scorching heat went away as gravity pulled my body toward the water, bringing me a pleasant breeze through my fall. Then, I finally hit the water. I didn’t stick a solid landing, as I went head first into the water. I panicked and opened my eyes under the murky water, only to see nothing but dirt and sediments float around me. I kept sinking and saw a monstrous fish swim right in front of my face. At that very moment, my body went into overdrive, and I managed to project myself back up to the surface.
As the boat got close enough the seamen let down an old rope ladder for us to climb up onto the main deck. It was the RMS Carpathia, another ship making its maiden voyage, like the Titanic. We were the first people that had boarded the boat from the lifeboats, they said they had a limited amount of rooms left. Since we were the first who were rescued I got to enjoy this cruise, after the horrors of the
The first thing I did when I got on the Titanic was that I went straight to my room to see if it was all worth it. I couldn’t believe my eyes, it was better than I thought it was! It was everything I wanted and more! It had a
Juliana and my mom got in the ocean fine, and I felt a little better about it. I had to get in the kayak first because the lightest went in the front. I was waiting for my dad to hop in when WHAM!!! Salt water goes into my mouth, a wave just crashed into me. This happened twice more until we got out into sea to join the others. Once we got on the ocean it only got a little harder. We had to constantly paddle to be moved, we had to go against the ocean and make sure we wouldn't get tipped over, I would have gotten terrified if we would have fallen over. My hand was starting to get sore so i decided to put it in the water. Once I did this I felt totally at peace, I don’t know how to explain it. The cool water was being flowed through my hand, I could see fish in the bottomless ocean, the sun was shining down on me and I could feel a cool breeze drifted. In that moment, time stopped. I realised that even in the smallest times you can find simplicity in the world if you just take time to
I remember a time in my life not too long ago when my family and I went white water rafting for the first time. We had been spending some of our summer vacation at a cabin in the Smokey Mountains, close to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The next day we would experience feelings of exhilarating excitement, with a sense of suspense and anticipation as we rafted down the Nantahala River.
We got into our lines, behind groups of excited families and happy little old men and women. As the line ascended up the ramp onto this enormous water vessel, pictures were taken of every group of passengers. Smile, laugh and look happy! Riiight. As a matter of fact, I was pretty anxious. I'd never been on a boat like this, and especially not for a whole week.
One of the most unique creatures are fish. As I am sitting here in my room, my fish are swimming about with not a care in the world. I wonder what it would feel like to be a fish.