Narrative Essay About Road Trip

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It was 9:30 AM when my mother and I left home to go to the windy city of Chicago, where we would pick up my younger brother Evan, at the airport then drive another 45 minutes to the Great Lakes, Illinois. We would watch my older brother Christian, graduate from boot camp and spend some time with him just before we left him again two days later. The starting of the 3 hour and 15 minute trip was uneventful. The first stop of the road trip was at Walmart in town to pick up food along with some Pepsi drinks. We then proceeded down the highway, it wasn 't too long until I plugged in my iPod into the car’s audio system the car we had for this trip was a rental so I had taken full advantage of the audio system, by playing only my music. The song …show more content…

At the shop was a vinger where you could dip your french fries in and eat, I am not one to like the idea of dipping french fries in vinegar but it was pretty good. After we had finished our meals we got back on the road, I brought my favorite emoji pillow whom my best friend bought for me, so I fell asleep for a bit while my mom drove. About an hour later we had entered Gary, Indiana it looked exactly how I seen it in many videos i seen in classes. It looked like a ghost town, the sky above was dense with smog and pollution from the cars and whatever factories that were still there. While we drove past a subway station there were strands of people who were lined up like sardines in a …show more content…

It seemed like the circus was there… Seriously. I walked by a mirror which made my head bigger than it already is. There were kids getting their faces painted, clowns were being well clowns, a magician was making three linked circles into three individual rings. It had entertained me was we were walking, one clown had given me a flower in which died a day later. Once we were passed the circus tables my nose was invaded by the smell of food. I looked at the prices of the food and I quickly shut my stomach up. Pro tip while traveling the food at airports is very expensive. My mother and I finally arrived to the gate where Evan my younger brother was to arrive. We waited as one plane landed and passengers walked off of the plan, then the next group of passengers boarded the plane and soon left. It would be the next plane Evan would be on, i walked on the moving sidewalk as we waited on the plane to get in. Once the plane landed and everything settled the gates were open and Evan was the first one off of the plane. I teased him about his hair being too long and it would have to be shaved off while my mother talked to the flight

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