Family Vacation

Day 1 Fri. May 28th

We left around 6 p.m. Whenever Tommy my dads friend would fall asleep he would mumble/ sleep talk and say “drop me off at the bottom this hill Danny.” He also said lots of other things. Milaya and I were going to get water, and then I realized the button we pushed said soda, and not water. Later on when we tasted it, it tasted nothing like Sprite! It was disgusting. My mom said the drink was probably just carbonated water.

On the ride to our camp I read, played with my Magnetix, listened to my MP3, and listened to whatever my parents were listening to. I also played CSI Miami on Tommy’s Ipod Nano. Milaya let me look through her binoculars, and I saw lots of things. The only animals I’ve seen so far are cows and horses. Before we went to the camp we decided to stop at Wal-Mart to get some fishing stuff, and to get some gas. Mom, dad, and Tommy, got a 3 day Fishing License. Mom ended up getting a fly rod for herself since it was on sell.

When we got to where we were going to camp, we could hardly see a thing! All the windows were fogged up really bad. Dad said he couldn’t see a thing through the blizzard, but obviously that’s not true or else we’d be dead by now. Instead of camping for the night we decided to stay at a Motel. When we got to the Motel I was almost all the way asleep. Mom woke everyone up, even though I was already awake. When we got outside I felt like I was going to turn into a Popsicle! Tommy fell asleep almost immediately after we got into the room. He layed on the bed, and he was passed out, the only problem was, he snores really loudly!

Day 2 Sat. May 29th

When I woke up in the morning from the Motel alarm, I told dad to get up. Then moms phone alarm went off. Then mom told Milaya and I to get up, and I said “I am up.” It turned out that dad and Tommy’s alarm for fishing had gone off around 5 hours ago. So I must’ve slept right through it. When I got out of be I watched T.V. for a short bit, and then got ready after Milaya got out of the shower. Around 11:04 in the morning Tommy and dad got back from fishing, they got ready, we grabbed everything we needed, and got in the car. I told mom I had grabbed the pink towel, and mom had to put it back in the room. It turned out the pink towel was the hotels. It was a different color so that people would take/ steal it. I thought it was ours because we also have a pink towel.

Then we went to 2 stores and got some things that we needed. When we got to the camp all we had to do was organize a little, because dad and Tommy had already put the tent trailer up. Once we were done I ate 2 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but I had to use rolls because we didn’t have bread.


Then we put jackets, fishing shoes, and ponchos on. Mom, dad, and Tommy put their waders on. Because we were going fishing! Moms waders were green, and black, it made her look like a deep-sea monster! She could hardly move in them is what she said. We fished right by our tent trailer. Milaya caught a baby fish around 30 sec. after she put the line in. I took the hook out of the fish because it was just barely on its mouth, then I threw it in the water. When Milaya put the line back in around 30 sec. after she thought she was snagged, but it turned out she had caught about a 16 in. sucker fish. Dad had to take the hook out of the fish, and let the fish go. Because Milaya doesn’t like to touch fish that are still alive. Dad didn’t want to put the fish back in the water, because he likes to beat up sucker fish.

Then we went fishing at the Idaho Hatchery. After that we stopped at another place and mom, dad, and Tommy fished. Milaya couldn’t because she wouldn’t touch the fish just to get the hook out of it. Milaya and I stayed in the car. I played CSI Miami on Milaya's Ipod Nano. Milaya listened to someone else’s Ipod because the Ipod hooks to a cord, and then to the stereo.

When we got back to the trailer we ate dinner. Mom, dad, Tommy, and Milaya are going fishing by some rocks while I’m doing my homework. Milaya isn’t really fishing. She’s just using a stick, some line, and something else, but she isn’t using bait, a hook, sinkers, or a bubble. Now were going to town to buy more food, get worms for fishing, and get wood. I’m going to fill up my water bottles with ice cold water at the gas station. When we got back we roasted marshmallows, and charged the tent trailer battery.

Dad and Tommy told me the story about the water babies. The story is: An Indian Tribe lived where we were camping. They only wanted to have boys, so they would dround the girls in the river. That way the boys could carry down the heritage. They killed the girls right when they were born. Supposedly at night you can hear babies crying, because they’re looking for their mom. If you go up to the water, or even just put your hands in you’ll get pulled in by the babies. They’re called water babies because they’re babies, and they can and do live in the water. They don’t mean any harm, all their doing is looking for their mom. Mom told Milaya and I that the story was fake, but I already knew it was. Dad and Tommy even said they’re was a sign that said beware of water babies.

Day 3 Sun. May 30th

When I woke up I asked if I could have some hot chocolate, mom said “yes.” Dad and Tommy were already gone, they came back around 30 min. later. I ate 2 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for breakfast. I had to use rolls instead of bread, because we didn’t have any bread. After everyone was ready we went fishing. Mom caught a 24 ½ inch rainbow fish.

We ate pizza for dinner at around 7:30 p.m. Now were going fishing again. When we got back to the campsite we ate smores. Later on I layed down to go to bed. I used my MP 3 light to do my Sudoku, and then I listened to my music. As I got tired I turned it off and fell asleep around 12:30 in the morning.

Day 4 Mon. May 31st

When I woke up I got ready. Then I helped get our tent trailer packed up, as I ate my Spaghetio’s, and drank my hot chocolate. Once everything was in the tent trailer, we started cranking it. After that I went to throw the garbage away at the dumpster, and there was no warning for water babies. When dad and Tommy got back, they hooked the trailer onto the truck.

Then we were on our way home. The truck broke down 4 times. So dad and Tommy had to do what they could to fix it. It broke down 2 times at the store, once at a different store, and once on the highway. After that we started on our way home again! Luckily our truck didn’t break down for a 5th time or even more!