Personal Narrative: My Trip To NASA

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Have you ever had a perfect day and in the blink of an eye it turns to the worst day ever? Well I had that happen to me this summer. It all started as we were getting off the ship and took a rental car to NASA. It was my first time ever going to NASA and I was really excited. When we arrived it was about twelve o’clock. When we finally got in I could see parts of spaceships that were over two-hundred feet tall. I learned all about all the different missions and what happened on them. When we were all done it was about five o’clock. We got in the car and headed to some shops that Emily wanted to go to. One of the shops were Ron Jon Surf Shop. When we finally arrived it was about five-fifteen. When we came out of the shop it was about five-forty

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