Add freezing and training to that and you get my training for my summer job. This past summer I worked at North Woods Rafting as a white water raft guide. Before I could officially call myself a guide I had to go through training, but this wasn’t the ordinary show up watch a video and then attend a CPR class type of training. Well, we did watch a video and take a CPR certification class, but there was much more to it. On the first day of training I arrived at 7 am on a cold May morning. Now for most
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My grandmother lived to travel and see new places. She has traveled to states such as Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Ohio, California, and many more; she has also been to another country, India. Well, last summer she decided to take both of my parents, all four brothers, one sister, and myself with her on vacation to the beautiful Smoky Mountains. We not only visited the Smoky Mountains, but also Cades Cove, Pigeon Forge, a look out peek, and some really stunning waterfalls. My most interesting
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the Lake (1941) One summer, along about 1904, my father rented a camp on a lake in Maine and took us all there for the month of August. We all got ringworm from some kittens and had to rub Pond's Extract on our arms and legs night and morning, and my father rolled over in a canoe with all his clothes on; but outside of that the vacation was a success and from then on none of us ever thought there was any place in the world like that lake in Maine. We returned summer after summer--always on August 1st
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E.B. White One summer, along about 1904, my father rented a camp on a lake in Maine and took us all there for the month of August. We all got ringworm from some kittens and had to rub Pond's Extract on our arms and legs night and morning, and my father rolled over in a canoe with all his clothes on; but outside of that the vacation was a success and from then on none of us ever thought there was any place in the world like that lake in Maine. We returned summer after summer--always on August 1st
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almost find anything. This park has been the number one park I’ve wanted to visit Yellowstone since I’ve known about Yellowstone my grandparents had visited Yellowstone national park last summer and they had brought pamphlet back and I have read all of them.They all insist of very beautiful monuments scorching geysers hot springs,cold spring all in the wilderness of Wyoming. One of the most ideal places in the world to visit during our very short lives the enormous heights and the challenging surface of
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bench and says that the first horn. Now the second horn sounds and the team breaks the huddle. The referee blows his whistle, loud due to the packed gym and the crowd had the building shaking. The ball is on the side of the court. The gym was hot! All you could hear was the balls boucing on the hardwood floors, the first shot goes up all net swoosh. Now the real fun begins. Ten minutes into shooting drills you hear a loud whistle and a buzzer sound in the gym. Coach Cooper or (Coop) as
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Lucy Edmond HIST 1040-02 Unfree labor systems were widely used for agricultural production in the period 1450 to 1750. Analyze the major similarities and differences between Caribbean Slavery and the Russian Serfdom. History has its random ways of recreating itself in which individuals themselves cannot explain why. Between the era of the 1450’s and the 1750’s, history establishes a devastating way of making the lives of certain individuals easier while making lives of others back breaking
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which leads from the castle, under the river and comes out to the next village where there was a lake. The purpose of the tunnel was to provide an escape during World War 2. It also has a summer house way up in the mountains where the family lived during long hot summers. My cousin, Kathi, has a painting of the summer house over her dining room fireplace. One of the original family’s sons fell in love with Josephine Van Albert, of the family of Prince Albert (on the tobacco can). They married against
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A few days ago I found out that I have inherited $300,000 for an ancestor. The only problem was that I couldn’t receive it. Why? Because I had to move out of the country and into another of my choice. It was a difficult decision to make. I had to sacrifice leaving my family, friends, school, and my comfort zone. Ultimately I chose to move to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. It is a very beautiful city and country. When I made the decision to move I also made the decision to bring my big brother
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Summer Lilies “Good night, sweet prince prince: And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!” I quoted Hamlet with a bitter heart as I placed the tiny body into its final resting place. My words were followed by clouded silence. The sunny, vibrant May afternoon couldn’t have contrasted more with the mood of the moment. The blissful melodies of ecstatic birds, the breeze that gently blew a wave of heat around where my sister and I stood in melancholy vigil, the whole cheer of that spring day made
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