Personal Narrative: Going To Alaska
Going to Alaska is an awesome experience for me. I went to Alaska during the summer of 2015 on a cruise for 2 weeks to explore the area. One of the stops was at Juneau. My family and I had waited for Juneau because we knew that we were going to go canoeing. Before we did the fun activities, we decided to go take a look at the city and to take a bus ride to an area around 12 miles out. We stopped at the launching point of the canoeing trip. I was very exhilarated as I always wanted to come to Alaska and go canoeing. The launching site was at Mendenhall Lake. This area was famous because of all the animals and Mendenhall Glacier. Many glaciers including Mendenhall are parts of the little ice age that happened around 3000 years ago. Before we started and got into the freezing water. I had to put on safety gear to keep me as warm and safe as possible. When we left, there were already jaw-dropping sites. There were also many animals including bald eagles and orcas. The bald eagles were a sight to be seen. These animals were catching fish by diving at incredible speeds. As we were passing a little iceberg, a bald eagle landed a few feet away from us on it and watched us as we passed by. As we were taking pictures of the eagles, a pod of orcas emerged from the depths of the lake. After we passed all the animals, we passed right by Mendenhall Glacier. It was a was a great view as we also got to see some of the ice fall off in a magnificent crack. There was also a waterfall that we passed by. While we were about to pass by the waterfall, my cousin thought that it was a great idea to lead us into instead of around it. All I could remember was that it was
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If we could we would definitely come back to Juneau to go canoeing. Even though we had passed Juneau, we still knew we were going to have a lot of fun with all the stops that were soon to
If we could we would definitely come back to Juneau to go canoeing. Even though we had passed Juneau, we still knew we were going to have a lot of fun with all the stops that were soon to