By Keegan
When I’m coming across the bridge,
from the main land to the island, you feel like you’re on top of the
world.The view is breathtaking
and it shows all of the island and the beach.You can see all the boats fishing and all people relaxing.On the island there are only beach
houses, no hotels or high-rises. When you step on the beach the sand soothes
your feet and you just want to relax.The sand is smooth and fine and the Atlantic Ocean is warm and relaxing.The waves are perfect for body surfing
and boogie boarding.
Every summer I go to Holden Beach,
North Carolina. We rendezvous with my mother’s side of the family (my
grandparents, cousins and my aunts and uncles.)We have been
going to the North Carolina beaches ever since I was one year old.The reason we go there is because it is
a tradition in my mother’s family. Her family has been going to the beach since she was a little
girl.
Holden Beach, is a barrier island
off the coast of North Carolina, and is relatively close to South Carolina. It is also a turtle sanctuary.Volunteers mark where turtles have laid
their eggs, which are guarded by fences.Around the whole beach, turtle patrol people with red t-shirts monitor
the turtle’s habitat.Every
Wednesday night, the turtle patrol hosts an educational program for the public
about saving the Sea turtles and their environment.One year there was a turtle nesting in front of our
rental beach house.It was so
amazing, and we stayed up late at night to see if they would hatch.But sadly, the eggs didn’t hatch.
Here is a typical day.You wake up in the midmorning and go
build sandcastles, then you would swim until lunch.At lunch, we usually have sandwiches and Yoo-hoos out on the
deck, but not on the sandy beach.Yoo-hoos are a sweet chocolate milk drink that is really good!After lunch we hit the waves again,
build sand castles, body surf and relax.Once we take showers after we are done with the beach, we eat dinner and
go to the main land to have fun!We usually play putt-putt golf; eat ice cream and race go-carts.It’s a blast and my mom always wins at
putt-putt golf.After all the fun,
we go to back to the beach house, watch movies, play games, stay up late and go
crab hunting on the beach. It is so fun!One of my favorite things is when my cousins and I walk to the pier and
eat ice cream or smoothies.After
we are done eating our ice cream, we have competitions seeing who can run back
to the house the fastest.My
cousin Clark, who is three years older than me, always beats us back.It is super fun and every so often we
trip in sand castle holes and fall to the ground.It is really funny to see it happen, but it hurts when you
fall!
The one thing I hate about North Carolina is leaving.I hate saying goodbye to my cousins, and being left with my parents for an extra day all by my lonesome self.I hate leaving the coast, the beach, all of the fun games, the warm weather, the smooth sand and most importantly the Ocean.I love swimming in the Atlantic and playing in the sand.My sadness goes away when I get home and see my friends.When my friends ask me how I was, I get sad that I’m not there, but I always think “This time next year, I’ll be at the beach relaxing.”
griff (unauthenticated)
Mar 9, 2010 1:00 PM
that was a great story i like the beggining it was very discriptive. i also like the part about the sea turles.
griff
henry (unauthenticated)
Mar 9, 2010 1:01 PM
I like the disciption i also like the beinning when you descibed the beach
nico (unauthenticated)
Mar 9, 2010 1:02 PM
it sounds like you have a lot of fun at the beach and north carolina sounds like the phillipines which is basically the same thing. anyway you had a go story keep it up.
griff (unauthenticated)
Mar 9, 2010 1:08 PM
kegan, that was a great story. sea turtles are awesome. i liked the way you discribed them. yoo-hoos are good
Garrett Rawlings (unauthenticated)
Mar 9, 2010 2:38 PM
Keegan, that was a great story. you did a good job describing everything espicily the turtles. At the start it was kind of confusing because you went back and forth between 1st person and 2nd. other than that it was great.
-Garrett
Olivia (unauthenticated)
Mar 9, 2010 3:09 PM
Hi Keegan,
I really liked your story. You really described everything really well and I like the way you started the story. One thing I think you could do is try to convey your feelings in the story. You wrote about everything you did but not really how you felt doing it. I really like the way you write. I could totally see you and your cousins racing back to the house. Keep up the awesome work, Keegan!
-Olivia
Ryan (unauthenticated)
Mar 9, 2010 3:38 PM
Keegan-
That was a very good story. It sounded like you had a lot of by the way you described. You let me how it was really like to go on vacation there. My favorite part was when you described the beach in the beginning. It was almost like I was there. Great job. Keep it up.
-Ryan
Keegan Whitelaw (unauthenticated)
Mar 9, 2010 4:35 PM
Thank-you all for the great comments!
-Keegan
Eliza (unauthenticated)
Mar 9, 2010 5:50 PM
Keegan, That was really good. Your first line really drew me into the story. I like how you explained a typical day in North Carolina. Keep up the good work!
Eliza
Parker Jones (unauthenticated)
Mar 9, 2010 9:06 PM
Keegan great story I love the Yoo-Hoo part of the story and when you race back to the house. ounce again great story
Max Tanous (unauthenticated)
Mar 10, 2010 5:15 PM
Great story Keegan. I thought you described everything very well from the ocean to the sea turtles great story Keegan
Hannah (unauthenticated)
Mar 10, 2010 6:11 PM
Keegan
Your story was totally awesome! I loved how you described the turtle sanctuary, and I remember when you sent me a postcard from Holden beach with a turtle on it! I loved the part when you said "All by my lonesome self,". That was really funny. I love the beach but I don't get to go very often so I think it is really special that you get to go every year. I hope you continue going and having a great time!
Your Sista
Lexi who is NOT (unauthenticated)
Mar 10, 2010 6:19 PM
great story Keegan! i can tell you really love this place. after i read it, i can understand why! that was really discriptive and fun to read, and i love the pictures.
Blair (unauthenticated)
Mar 10, 2010 6:53 PM
Keegan,
That was a really good story! It makes me want to go there!
Blair
Pierson (unauthenticated)
Mar 10, 2010 7:53 PM
Great story Keegan I love skim baording down in florida. That must be so exciting to meet with your family down there.
Great story, Nighthawk
Thomas (the kiwi) Gillespie (unauthenticated)
Mar 10, 2010 11:39 PM
kego
that was a great story it had a gret flow and the beach is alwase fun to visit! the spot you were in looks like Duck were i go in North Carolina! sound like a lot of fun!!!!
Thomas Gillespie
6th Grade
Mar 11, 2010 10:23 AM
kegan, that was a great story. sea turtles are awesome. i liked the way you discribed them. yoo-hoos are good. can you copy and paste to the blog under my name. thanks griff
I like the disciption I also liked how you explaind the beach Henry
from nico,
It sounds like you have a lot of fun on the beach and that north carolina looks and sounds a lot like the phillipines anyway good job and keep it up.
loved it. yoo-hoos are good
i love the turtals
carson
Emily (unauthenticated)
Mar 11, 2010 1:10 PM
Kegan that reminds me of cape code i miss it so much because the discrishan is so goood that it was like i was back at the beach. It sounds so fun. I love your story
Hope Perkins (unauthenticated)
Mar 11, 2010 1:24 PM
great story keegan! I really hate leaving any place that is peaceful. I can see that you would miss with all your cousins being there. I thought you really worked hard on it. Great story keegs!
-Hope
Darby (unauthenticated)
Mar 11, 2010 3:31 PM
Hi Keegan,
That story was great! The trip sounds really fun too. You are very lucky to get to go there every summer. I agree with you on the fact that i can't stand having to leave a place when you are having so much fun! I also like that they have a turtle sanctuary. You used a lot of description so it felt like I was there on the beach with you. Keep up the good work!
-Darby
Evan Rocks!!!:) (unauthenticated)
Mar 11, 2010 4:50 PM
it sounds like you loved Holden beach! Like hope, i hate leaving any place that is peaceful. You made the story so deatailed that i could see the beach in my head! keep up the good work!
Colby (unauthenticated)
Mar 28, 2010 7:58 PM
Keegan,
I liked your details and your trip sounded like a lot of fun!
Your pal,
Batman
dane (unauthenticated)
Mar 29, 2010 2:58 PM
I liked how you used some words other people wouldnt use.
Waverly (unauthenticated)
Mar 29, 2010 6:37 PM
Keegan,
You used alot of detals and I liked the part about the turtles.
Jay (unauthenticated)
Mar 29, 2010 6:42 PM
Keegan,
I really liked all of the details that you used,it sounded like so much fun and also very very peaceful.
Your story was very good.
Tripp (unauthenticated)
Mar 30, 2010 8:35 AM
awesome story keegan i felt like i was actually on the beach building sandcastles and stuff. everything was described really well and you really did a great job.
Lilly (unauthenticated)
Mar 30, 2010 6:37 PM
Keegan-
That is an awesome story!. You had lots of details on how it felt and how much you loved it. It seems that you have a lot of stuff to do all day so you never get bored. I liked how the first paragraph you talked about getting there and why you go then and then the last one about leaving.
Lilly
(unauthenticated)
Mar 31, 2010 9:00 AM
that was a awesome story. the skim boarding must have been so much fun. you had a lot of good details i really liked the paragraph about skim boarding.
good job
lukas
Alex (unauthenticated)
Mar 31, 2010 3:15 PM
Keegan,
Nice story! You had a ton of details on how much you liked it and what you did!
A;ex
Braden (unauthenticated)
Apr 1, 2010 8:55 PM
Keegan,
Cool story! I lked the part about skim boarding. That would be fun, nice detail. Keep up the good work!
-Braden
kristian (unauthenticated)
Apr 1, 2010 9:03 PM
keegan, did you go fishing or surfing while you were there??? Those ya hoos looked really seemed really good and because i love sweat stuff. you are nise and tand any way good job it was really good
jackie (unauthenticated)
Apr 2, 2010 8:14 AM
i hate leaving beaches to its so sad. i loved your story it was really discriptive.
Sarah (unauthenticated)
Apr 5, 2010 6:17 PM
I agree with jackie its sad to leave the beach...good detail it must have been fun to go skim boarding good job!!
sean (unauthenticated)
Apr 6, 2010 8:53 AM
that was cool and detailed story
great gob
Jack Goodwin (unauthenticated)
Apr 7, 2010 10:44 AM
Keegan,
great job, it had great discription, i liked the skim boarding part that must of been fun..
nice, jack
samie (unauthenticated)
Apr 15, 2010 8:15 PM
keegan,
good job!!!
You put in alot of great deatails and made sound really fun!