Parasailing

Russia
Alexy
Aljona
Arina
Artyom
Dasha M.
Dasha S.
Dima
Dima Zh.
Irina
Ksusha
Kristina
Margarita
Misha
Nastya
Nikita
Olga
Ruslan
Sasha
Zhenya
Zhenya B

Japan
Ayane
Mako
Mao
Midori
Misato
Makoto

Every year since I was one my mom, sister and I go to Door County. Every year we do new and old things. My favorite new thing was probably when I was ten. When I was ten we went parasailing.

There was a little shack on Lake Michigan in Ephraim called Parasail Door County. We paid and chose a time later that day. We played mini golf and then drove back to the parasailing place.

We had a group of about 10 or 12 people. I grabbed a life jacket and hopped on the boat. After about 20 minutes it was my turn. My legs were really wobbly as I walked to the launching pad. I sat down and they clipped me in to the seat which was connected to the parachute.

drawing of parasail in the air

The boat accelerated and I shot up in the air. The wind rushed through my ears as I looked around. The view was amazing, I could see all the way to Michigan (the tour guy said.) The boat was puny when I looked down. Then they started reeling me in. I remembered what I really wanted to do. I took a deep breath in leaned over and spat. The spit seemed to go in slow motion as it reached the surface. Then in plopped in the water with a splash about the size of a small rock. When I got back I was totally out of breath. I slowly walked back to my seat on the boat. I would love to parasail again it was a great experience.


Text: Milo S. USA
Drawing: Arina, Russia
Background: Mako, Japan

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