Journal 17

Nature is really yucky sometimes and I have never been camping in my life so I really do not get the bond the wilderness. I love the ocean and the beach which are the best places in the world the sun warming your skin and the fresh cool water that makes you feel awesome. I would love to go camping once in my life with the whole hiking in a National Park and setting up a tent. My family's idea of camping and bonding with nature is the view from the hotel window and the pool. The ocean is the best and I love visiting. You get a nice tan in one day and can lay out in the sand which is nice and warm. The salty water makes your skin feel nice the only downside to the beach is the crazy amount of sand that is stuck to your body all over and it takes forever to get rid of it all. That is the worse part of the beach the insane amount of sand that is everywhere. I love the water and another awesome bonding experience with nature would be the time we went white water rafting down the Leigh High river it was a twelve hour adventure in the water between these beautiful mountains and they were awesome. The air was warm and so was the water and it was a great day because I spent it with my family and we had a big adventure together. This makes hanging outside awesome. I can not wait for our next trip down the river in a few months we are planning to go down the river in the summer for my little sister's sixteenth birthday. Nature is cool but the rain and the cold really make the days stink and I do not like the cold cloudy days. I can not wait for the summer months because the winter stinks and I hate the cold. I can not wait for the first snow though because that is so pretty to look at.