Today when I got up, I saw it was dark. I was a bit surprised at how comfortable the bed was. I slept very easily on the bed, it was pretty comfortable. Today was going to be the first time I would have a meal on the RV! I got to choose what to have for breakfast. I had store-bought pancakes with butter and maple syrup. It had been a long time since I ate pancakes and they tasted really good, but eating on the RV for the first time made the meal extra-special! I gobbled them down hastily, wanting to begin the day early so we could have more fun done. I ate a fried egg that my grandma cooked which was really good (all of the eggs she cooks are good) and we were ready to move.
About three hours later it was lunchtime. It was a perfect lunchtime, because we reached the campground and the entrance the Grand Teton National Park! We had sandwiches and wraps to eat. After we were done eating in the RV we were ready to take a two mile stroll around Jackson Lake. The water was freezing cold, but I decided to trick my mom and tell her it was swimming temperature. She actually believed me. My mom and I started walking first, so of course we ended up way ahead of Jasmine, my dad, and my grandma. My mom and I walked to a clearing where there were two paths. On the left was a lake and trees with an island. I called it the Bahamas path. The other way had snowcapped mountains that were huge. Alaska was what I called it. I asked my mom which way to go, and she said Alaska. Apparently she forgot about my dad, Jasmine, and my grandma. So we walked to Alaska. About twenty minutes later she comes up with the question, “Where’s Jasmine?” So she asks someone along the road if they have seen my dad. The answer is yes, they went that way. So we walk and walk and walk and speed walk. Finally, after it feels like my legs are going to fall off and after my mouth hurts from complaining, we see them. Just sitting there staring at the lake. We huff and puff as they see as. And the question they ask is, “Where were you guys?” And the whole time we were looking for them! So we rest on the rocky shore telling them about our tiring adventure. When we are all refreshed, we get ready to go to a lookout to see wildlife.
Elk! Oh marvelous fabulous elk! We were at a lookout when there was a thunderstorm. So we waited, and waited until the lightning was gone. It was still pouring when a herd of elk walked out. Most of the group was adult elk. But then some were little elk. There were about six or seven of them. The really odd thing was that there was a single male deer outside of the group. He was swinging his head from side to side as if looking out for predators. It was really cool seeing the elk even if it was from far away through binoculars. They were so cute! And it was so exciting to see wildlife finally on our trip! Even a few cliff swallows flew around the plain. It was nice knowing that the national park saved these poor animals from losing their habitat. This is one of the reasons I love national parks!
It was time to go to the campsite so we drove to our spot. Jasmine started asking when we could roast marshmallows. My mom was really agitated so she took a walk outside with my dad to find a fire we could borrow to roast marshmallows. When they finally came back, they said they found someone nice enough to lend us the campfire.
Jasmine and I rushed to the campfire, very ready to start. Jasmine handed out sticks to everyone and my mom put marshmallows on them. I started roasting but when I looked over at Jasmine, she was staring at me. She didn’t know how to roast marshmallows. So I told her to just stick it in the fire and let it burn. I showed her by sticking it very close to the fire. I had to sit there for a while, it took a while. But then my mom and Jasmine started screaming at me. I looked down at the marshmallow and saw that it caught on fire. I laughed and called them scaredy-cats and told them that it was supposed to burn. It took me a couple breaths to blow away the fire, but then it was fine. Well, not exactly to Jasmine, who was screaming, “It turned black! Ewww! Are you going to eat that? It is burnt!” I nodded, and pretending to make a big deal out of it, I took a huge bite slowly. The inside was sweet and sticky. But then it started sliding down my stick. “Oops,” I giggled and took the whole marshmallow off and stuffed it in my mouth. It was delicious. I watched as Jasmine stared at hers, which had caught on fire. I sighed and walked over and blew her fire out. Slowly, as if it were poisoned, she started eating it. Finally, after she was done she told me she didn’t like it burnt and asked if she had to burn it. Jasmine was stubborn sometimes so I said no, do it any way you want.
My mom said she wanted to try one, and I was more than glad to make her one, so I rushed to the fire with my stick. I stuck a marshmallow carefully onto the stick and walked over to the fire. I did my special way; I let it catch on fire, and then waited for the whole marshmallow to burn before blowing out the fire. My mom said it smelled really good, and the burnt part was really good. We roasted marshmallows for a while, then Jasmine and I got bored and we found sticks to throw in the fire. That kept us busy until we had to go. We were sad to go, but glad to have such a fun experience. It was a great ending to our fantastical day!
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