Personal Narrative: How Holland Lake Changed My Life

It was a beautiful July day in 2014 when my family and I were camping at Holland Lake with our family friends Kinsey and Lauren. There wasn't a cloud in sight and the sun reflected off the bluish greenish water. The air smelt of smoke and fresh trees. Early in the morning when the campground is quiet you can even hear the waterfall. Holland Lake is a very busy lake with boaters, tubers, water skiers, ect. Since that day was so nice there were a bunch of boats on the lake the waves were huge. Kinsey, Lauren, Alex and I were all pretty close in age but Alex and Lauren were taller so they get the outside of the tube. When we all finished breakfast I changed into my swimming suit speedy fast and rode my bike as fast as I could to my cousins camper, Alex. I had to wait what felt like 5 hours for her to change. Once she was done we waited for Kinsey and Lauren at ¨The Beach¨. Alex and I killed time by talking about how much fun we were going to have
Big Mable is a red and yellow tube that can hold up to 4 people, we can fit 5 little kids on it though. It is like a chair with a backrest and a bunch of handles. Not easy to flip and has never been flipped before this camping trip. We all hopped on the tube, our order from left to right was Alex, me, Kinsey and Lauren. After we got our life jackets on over our 2 piece swimming suits we kicked our sandals off and hopped on the tube. When the water got deep enough we stuck our thumbs in the air and leaned back and waited for Don to gun it. Before we knew it we were on our way clueless about what we had in store. Everything was going fine and we were all screaming at every little turn to make everything more fun. Then, I made a mistake, I did waves with my hand for the watcher to tell the driver I wanted bumps. He just laughed and told the driver to hit