Personal Narrative Essay On 'The Big Couloir'

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Lexi Weier 3/18/16 3rd Hour Personal Narrative Swishing, splashing, sloshing, and all the screams of kids were all you heard when you walked into the steam filled waterpark, Avalanche Bay. It was spring break of 2013. I had gone there on vacation for two days with my best friend Sarah, we had heard about a new addition that goes by the name, “The Big Couloir”. The Big Couloir was an extremely intimidating waterslide. We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into that day. When Sarah and I had finally arrived to Avalanche Bay, we headed straight towards the waterpark. As we approached the inside of the water park we noticed an enormous crowd of people standing by one water slide particular, “The Big Couloir”. This water slide was something …show more content…

Standing in line was definitely the worst part of the process. As I was standing there watching the mouth of the slide open as if it was going for another piece of food. My heart was beating so fast it felt like It was going to pound out of my chest at any second. The line grew shorter and shorter and eventually it was my turn. The lifeguard pressed the button that opened the door and then told me step in, she then told me to cross my feet and cross my arms over my chest as if I were going to do a sit up. Then the words that came out her mouth next were ones I really did not want to hear. “Are you ready”? Said the lifeguard as she pressed the button that shut the door without even acknowledging whether I said I was ready or not, and that is when I realized there was no backing out of this now. When she shut the door my face started turning red and my breathing got heavier and heavier, once the door was shut I was told to lean my head back against the wall so I wouldn’t hit it on anything once the floor dropped out from under me. I felt the cold water running through my hair and down my back like i was standing in the

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