Katie Wood
Cultural Heritage

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According to Wikipedia.com, Culture is defined as “The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization, or group”

My friends and being active are two important things in my culture. Whenever my friends and I hang out we are usually doing some kind of activity.

Ever since my Senior year in high school, my friends and I have been going bowling every Monday. It’s one of our many traditions. It’s a fun activity to do and it gives us a chance to catch up about our busy weeks, especially now that we all go to different schools. We always do dollar bets every game to make things interesting.

My friends and I don’t only bowl though, we go hiking, play boot hockey, volleyball, and more. One of my favorite places EVER is Willow River in Wisconsin. According to dnr.state.org, Willow River is 2,891 acres and one of the most visited parks in Wisconsin. It has one of the prettiest waterfalls I’ve ever seen. My friends and I go hiking there all the time. Another place we like to hike is the Boomsite in Stillwater. It’s a lot closer than Willow River and we can swim there also. Of course only in the summer.

In the winter, one of the most fun sports to do is play Boot Hockey. There are plenty of rinks around where I live so my friends and I will get a bunch of people and dress up in our snow gear and go to a rink and play. This is probably my favorite thing to do with my friends! It always gets really intense!

Recently we’ve been going to a place called Skyzone. It’s an indoor trampoline park with ton’s of trampolines to do tricks on. They have trampolines everywhere on the walls to on a basketball court. It also has this huge foam pit where you can flip into. When you go there you get your get own square so no one can interfere with your jumping. They also have a huge area with just trampolines where you can play dodge ball. That is one of the most fun things I have ever done. Flipping in the air literally dodging a ball feels so cool. According to livestrong.com, “10 minutes of bouncing on a trampoline provides the same level of results as 33 minutes of running.” I wouldn’t believe that fact at first but after going to Skyzone I’ve never been more exhausted than I have been there. Jumping there for even 30 minutes makes you so tired! It’s a great work out.

Overall my friends are some of the most important people in my life. And being active should be important in everyones life. There are so many more things that I want to try like bungee jumping and zip lining but for now these things are good enough! I love that these things are a big part of my culture.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/302500-is-jumping-on-a-trampoline-good-for-exercise/