Andrew and Alex

It was Friday June 23 2006. We were going to a small town with lots of cottages to spend the weekend. My father planned it long time ago with more than 20 families, including Helen’s father, whom we had been to many trips with. It took 4 hours to get there because of traffic jam!

Boating

Finally we arrived. This was my first time being in a cottage! My brother and I immediately went to the beach nearby and played with the sand. We played there for a long time trying to catch fish before we had dinner.

The next day, we went fishing on motorboat. I drove the motorboat! This is the first time I drove a motorboat! There was a handle sticking out of the engine at the back and I held on to it. I was scared! When I pull the handle left, the boat turns right, when I turn it right, it turns left. It was easy! When I turn the handle up, the boat goes faster and when I turn it down it goes slower. When the boat was going fast, I thought it might turn over! There was a very good photographer and his son in the trip. He was in the same boat with us and took many great pictures.

We could not catch any fish so we just kept on boating around the waters. After an hour or two, we wanted to go home so my dad boated towards home. But we couldn’t find the right way back so we kept on boating around. Suddenly, a boat came towards us and we thought they will know the way back. We were saved! They wanted to go fishing so we went fishing with them and waited for them to go back. Finally, we gave up because there was only sunfish so we boated back with them and had lunch. Then I went to the beach and buried Helen’s feet in the sand with my brother.

Rowing

The next morning, I went boating with Helen’s family and we raced another boat but we were too slow. Helen and I then wanted to row the boat back so we kept on rowing and rowing but we were way too slow. Then we boated back.

Volleyball

Then we played volleyball with the adults and my team won. Then Helen borrowed a net from another family and I caught a lot of small fishes with it.

Firework

It was dark now. Helen’s father took us to the store and bought fireworks for us. We waited until it was time and then set the fireworks out and blasted them into the sky and they were beautiful! Then we went home the next day.

It was the best trip ever!