The road to Miami was quite fast, only 20 hours. Gerry took some breaks in those hours but arrived in Miami at last. They arrived in the night, when the city was bright in the nightlights and everyone else but Justin were sleeping. Nobody knew why dad had picked Miami out of all places as Justin asked: “Dad, why Miami?” “I bought a house here about three years ago, thought we would come here on vacations… but well it never happened. So I decided to keep it in case we get into trouble.” He smiled at Justin and looked back at the road. Arriving at their new home and lives, Justin was the first one to walk through those doors. He gasped as he entered their home, the house was quite big. Finally Brian and Jason walked in. The boys walked around
Road trips are known to be fun adventures. When someone says they are going on a road trip people expect them to go and see amazing places and then come back. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck and On the Road by Jack Kerouac are about road trips but these trips are not about the adventure. Duke from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Sal from On the Road and Steinbeck from Travels with Charley all go on road trips because of the American drive. I am also on the road and even thought it is not road trips I am moving around and it is because of the American drive. The American drive is the need to go and to be on the move and it started because people were not happy about their current lives and they wanted to do more. They went on the journey to find happiness and success.
Scientists have always made predictions about climate change causing major disasters around the world. Florida is one of the areas being affected by climate change at this exact moment. It is experiencing a huge amount of severe flooding throughout the whole the state, but especially near the coast. The climate change is affecting the sea level in Florida to rise higher than it was before. Even with the flooding and sea level rising being a major issues in Florida, state officials are not taking any type of action because they fear that if they do, they will show that they can’t control it or find a solution. In the article “The Siege of Miami,” by Elizabeth Kolbert, she talks about her trip down to Florida. While Kolbert is in Florida, she meets with the University of Miami’s chairman of the geological science department, Hal Walness to talk about climate change and how it may or may
To any one wondering what it’s like to live in Miami, the simple answer would have to be marvelous. Needless to say, it’s impossible to describe what it’s like to live in such an eminent city with just one word. Miami is famous for its beautiful beaches and its Art Deco architecture but most importantly it considered the melting pot of the United States. Living in such a diverse and illustrious city certainly has its perks. The atmosphere is vibrant. The weather is wonderful year round. The city is alive while the suburbs are roaring and growing.
Later that day, Mac and Dennis got home. Mac’s parents couldn’t even talk cause they were vomiting. Mac immediately said “ we need to take you guys to the hospital” . In the other hand Dennis's parents had headaches so he gave them advil to calm it down. As Mac took his parent to the hospital, Dennis help calm his parents
The story is about a family that doesn’t get along very well. The Father, Bailey, decides he wants to take the family on a vacation. Of course there’s a disagreement about where they want to go. Bailey wants to take his family to Florida which includes, his wife, two children, and his mom, also...
Located on the lower east coast of Florida the city of Miami is bordered by the Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Going east from the city the islands of Key Biscayne and Miami Beach help shelter the bay from the Atlantic Ocean, giving Miami a naturally protected harbor. The elevation of the city never rises above 40 feet and within most neighborhoods the elevation stays under 10 feet. The highest undulations are the Miami rock ridge which is found along the coast. A majority of the city lies on the shores of Biscayne Bay which contains hundreds of natural and artificially created islands, the largest being Miami Beach and South Beach.
Arriving at Lacey’s house I walk to the backdoor letting myself into the house. Lacey was putting on tanning lotion in the kitchen, “Lacey,” I called to her, “my mom wants me to pick up snacks for the beach, do you want to go into town with me?”, “Sure,” she replied, “do you mind if my cousin comes with us?”, “Of course I don’t mind,“ I answered, “but we have to get moving, my dad only left me the car to use ‘til noon.”
Joe didn't live far from school so we would walk together. I spent most of my time with him and his family. They lived in a rented 3-bedroom home. Joe lived in the basement so his younger brothers each had their own room. A few years early their home had flooded. The basement was musky and half of it was unused because of the water damage. He slept on an old sofa and kept most of...
Little Ann opened the door to Billy and Billy walked through it with no fear. Then,
The longest I’ve ever lived in one place was the nine years that my family and I lived in
Gerry’s father decides to send Gerry to London with the hopes of him getting a job and staying away from the Troubles in Belfast. On the boat to London Gerry meets his friend Paul. When arriving to London, the two boys find the house of their hippie friend Patrick Armstrong. One of the other hippies in the house, Jim, is being hostile towards Ger...
They each walked back to there own house. Never seeing each other again for a week. Grateful walked to the library and studied for hours. He was finally ready to make Greedy grateful.
I remember traveling to Miami in the summer of 2017. We visited many areas near and in the city, such as a large garden, the Perez art museum, Key West, the waterfront, and much more. Millions of people every year visit big cities like Miami. Many of these cities share common characteristics which make them popular destinations to visit. All great cities to visit should have certain characteristics in order to be popular destinations to visit, such as size, beauty, and age.
At 4 o'clock they left there hometown of Andersonville. They were only traveling about an hour to there neighboring city of Louisville. Little did they know that this trip would be an adventure just waiting to happen. Their first stop needed to be the local gas station. They waited in line for 30 minutes only to find out that the gas station was out of gas. Andersonville was a very small city, about 7,000 people and obviously everyone was leaving to go out of town all at the same time. They knew that only a couple miles up the road was a gas station so they thought, “why not, its not too far up
The family would be passing through New Mexico and Arizona to get to California. Baby Trinity started to get cranky. Something was bothering her but no one could figure out what it was. Trinity was crying so loud she woke up the roosters. Joey tried, unsuccessfully to calm her down. He was making funny and goofy faces and to no prevail, Trinity would not stop. Mr. Parks stopped at the nearest gas station to calm Trinity down. It was so hot and humid that the family did not want to get out of the car. They felt like butter melting in the sun as soon as they stepped out of the car. As soon as they entered the diner, that was part of the gas station, it felt like they were in an ice cooler. Anything was better than being outside in the smoldering weather. The