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My Most Memorable Experience

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When we could get everyone rounded up and on the same schedule, my parents, brothers and I would pack up and go on our one “big” vacation of the summer. When I was8 one, we went to Mount Rushmore and witnessed the fireworks display. At the age of two, we were at the “grandaddy” of them all, Cheyenne Frontier Days. In 2003, I was three, we went spelunking in caves to explore Ruby Fall, Tennesse. I remember nothing about these vacations, except what I was told years later about them. However, when I was the ripe young age of four, my family went on vacation to Upper Peninsula Michigan. That vacation is, to this day, my favorite one we ever took. This is probably due to it being the very first vacation that I can actually remember. Over the years we have traveled to many different places, but the vacation to Michigan is by far my most memorable experience. The events that occurred on this trip instilled a sense of adventure and curiosity into me. When we traveled, we did not fly, go by train, or stay in a fancy hotel. Nope, not my family. We drove everywhere, even all the way up to Michigan. We were in a truck that seated exactly six people, not necessarily a comfortable experience. In addition to all of that, we stayed in our camper for the whole vacation, practically living on top of each other. Good thing that we really love each other, huh? The trip was during the first week of July, so on the Fourth of July my parents decided that we would go to the Soo Locks in Sault

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