Best Trip Yet
Have you ever gone hiking? My best vacation was going hiking. I went hiking in the Rocky Mountains with my mom, dad and brother. It was a very far drive from home, sweet home. We stayed for 2 days. It was the most fun 2 days. Even though my parents are awesome for taking us to Vegas, Disneyland, Legoland, Big Bear, and a bunch of other cool vacations, this hiking trip was my favorite vacation so far. Maybe the next vacation will be better than this one. We'll find out. During the trip, I got to meet new friends and we played water guns together. I let them borrow our water guns so they can play with us. I felt like I was the coolest kid in the world. We got a big water shot gun. We were playing a game where everyone teamed up against the bad boss. We made my brother the mean boss, and ganged up him. We all fired a batch of water at him, and he was totally soaked. I never got to be the boss. Do you know why? I'm too small. My smallness used to always be a problem, but that day it was finally useful. I didn't get soaked. But I did soak everyone else! There was a Christian Church nearby and they got a little mad at us for wetting the church building as we were running around wetting each other, so we had to play nicer. We stopped shooting water at each other, and started shooting water at the trees and camp fires instead. Once, I almost put out the fire with my water gun. I felt like a surviving man in the forest. The hiking trip was fun because I got to cook hot dogs and marshmallows over a real fire. I got to try something new. I never got a chance to use fire made from wood before. I always used the microwave, or someone else made my food for me. There was also a grill nearby and we used the grill to heat up food from home, like banh cuon and cha luo. I also got to sleep in a tent surrounded by darkness, cold ground, owls, and other wild animals. Once my mom left me and my brother alone in the tent during the night. My brother started crying and that woke me up. For half a second I forgot where I was. Then I remembered we were in a tent in the mountains. We went outside to find our parents. I felt like a surviving boy all over again because I was the brave one. My brother was chicken. 10 minutes after exploring in the dark, we saw my parent's car driving back. We started running back to the tent and we pretended to be asleep. I hope you can go hiking soon and experience how it's like to be alone in the forest. I wished I can go there again. I got to make friends and take care of myself and my older brother. All the feelings I felt are the reasons why that hiking trip was my favorite vacation so far.
