Personal Narrative: The Drive

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Around the time when I was 10 or 11 my friends invited me to come stay at their grandpa’s house in the country with them for a night. One was my younger friend Ethan, who was a year younger than I was and his sister Ashlyn who was a couple years older. It took a bit of convincing but I eventually managed to sway my mom into letting me go. The drive there was relatively boring. I remember sitting in the car watching the trees and fields go by. It was early spring so there was still a lot of snow on the ground and a bit of a chill, but it was still a fairly nice day and I recall thinking about how pretty the scenery was. During the drive I would get out my Nintendo DS and play games with Ethan. In total I think the drive took an hour …show more content…

I can’t quite recall his name, but Ethan and Ashlyn’s grandpa was waiting for us when we got there. He was pretty rough around the edges, you could tell he worked outside a lot, but he was a nice guy. Almost immediately upon our arrival we were presented with horses in which for us to ride. I spent some time relearning to ride horses before riding with my friends for the rest of the day. After the day was reaching it’s end, we all headed inside as while the day might have been nice being the time of year it was it was still going to be pretty cold out at night. I remember I wasn’t really a fan of the inside of their home because my allergies acted up from the level of pet fur everywhere. Despite that though we watched TV and played games for a little while before eating dinner, which if I recall correctly was hamburgers, I think. I also remember their grandpa telling me about a postcard he’d made with a pretty black horse on it and other interesting things. As the evening died down Ethan’s grandpa said he had something to show me outside, so I grabbed my coat and prepared to head out. He talked about how the stars out here were way brighter than out in the city and he wanted to show me. I exited the house with him, Ethan, and Ashlyn and looked up the sky. I remember just seeing all the stars and the milky way and just being astounded at how beautiful it all

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