Writing exercise 9 Building Blocks

(using 2 mens names, 1last name, age, setting and body of water, write a story)

The Last Time I… was in a canoe I was probably 18 years old. We canoed down the Au Sable River one nice and sunny day. We canoed with brothers Tyler and Wyatt and one of Wyatt’s friends. Neither myself or my friend Roberta had canoed in a long time. She mostly sat in the middle while Tyler and I paddled the one canoe. The funniest part of the trip was when Wyatt and his friend flipped their canoe over. The scariest part was when Wyatt decided to jump from a railroad track going over the water. He climbed up the beams of the bridge and I thought he was going to break his neck! He wasn’t scared of anything. And the most entertaining of the trip was when we got stuck on a sand bar and Tyler had to jump out and push us, he acted like it was a motor boat and even when we were free he kept on pushing. But then the sun started to go down and we knew Tyler had to get home or he’d be in trouble with his mom. But it was the age where you had to try to act tough and “cool” and he pretended that he didn’t care, “I’m Tyler-fucking-Perry I can do whatever I want, I don’t answer to No-body.” Ok Mr. Perry, we know you don’t care, but you won’t be able to hang out with us anymore if you don’t go  now, so we should get you home, pronto. Who knew that canoing would take so long and that you couldn’t just go back when you were tired. You actually had to make the whole journey down the river because, there is no turning back with the current and no pulling over until you reach the destination.  Who knew taking the 5 hr canoe ride would be so tiring, yet so fun at the same time.