Parasailing Research Paper

I have had many first experiences in my life, but the most memorable was when I went parasailing(compound). I do not like heights at all, so parasailing was a definite concern for me. I wanted to avoid it at all costs, but, unfortunately, my sister wanted to, so that means the whole family had to.

My mom works for American Family Insurance and every year we go on a company trip. This year we went to Miami, Florida, and it was beautiful(compound). This was my first vacation on a beach. Even our hotel room had a view of the ocean. Though we did not spend much time in the hotel, it was very fancy, and we enjoyed looking at the architecture(compound-complex). We didn't do anything at the hotel other than sleep.

My sister had seen people parasailing

on the ocean and she really wanted to go. I was firmly against it because I don't like heights. Since she wanted to go, of course the whole family had to go as well. We walked to a super shady truck on the beach that said parasailing on the side, paid our money, and then they led us to a little boat with a motor on it. I figured this boat was awfully small for parasailing and because there was no sail. They drove us further away from the shore and onto another boat. The actual parasail boat was about the size of a bass boat. It had a big ratchet bolted to the floor and some rope tied to it. The rope was also hooked onto a big sail with seats on it. My mom and I went parasailing together because you have to go in groups of two. We put some zip line style harnesses on and then sat in the seat on the sail. We were ready to fly.
As we sat on the deck of the boat, he asked if we were ready, and without waiting for a response, the boat launched forward, the parasail picked up wind and jerked us into the air(compound-complex). For the first minute I was absolutely terrified, but after I realized I wasn't going to die, it was actually pretty fun. Just about the time I was getting comfortable the sail started to drop. I vaguely heard him yell at us to dip our feet in. We skimmed our feet across the water and as the sail picked up more wind, we were airborne again. and my mom got scared(compound-complex). As soon as we got in the air again I noticed why she was scared. A baby shark was swimming right by where we just dipped our feet in. There were lots of other cool things I noticed in the water like schools of fish and sea turtles.
In the end, even though I did not want to go parasailing I was glad I did. I had begun to conquer my fear of heights. It gave me many memories to remember and I was able to say I had done something that most people had not. At this point it was decided that I would definitely go parasailing again, and I would enjoy it just as much as I did the first time(compound).