Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Dragons Day 3: Nojoqui...Solvang...Los Olivos...Dunn


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Today we slay the dragon I thought to my self. Today we shall slay the biggest dragon of all. My mind tried to wrap around the whole idea of our next feat. I didn’t know what to expect. Except the fact that our dragon would be made out of crunchy dough Filled with creamy custard and maybe even sugar coated! The next step into our trip was going to be amazing. Wasn’t it?


My gloves grip the slick handlebars while a black paved hill emerged in front of us and blocked our view of the “dragon”. This motivated me even more. I hopped on my bike and I sped off leaving John in the distance, taking his time. My inducement grew bigger and just like that my face was red, but I had made it up that hill and there it was. My mouth watered and my lip was numb, the dragon I was waiting for all day had finally arrived and definitely bearing snacks.

My stomach felt like it was going to explode. My heart was beating a hundred times per second and my shared dessert with everyone at the table was not even half way eaten. I take one look at the napoleon and my taste buds start to tremble, I must have more I complained. How is this conquering the dragon? How is this my way of succeeding? I think about it for another minute and realize, it isn’t. My way is defeating the enemy. I wasn’t looking too good, I scrambled to find my knife and fork, this is no day to lose I said in a competitive tone. I will finish this!

My stomach took on a big challenge but settled down once we started slowly rolling into camp. Our shortest ride by far took the longest to complete, defeat, and finish. I was very happy with our results because tonight I would sit down at the fire and get a lecture about our slow pace and how we could have made a faster arrival. I will be laughing at their judgment. Because why should I care? Stories where told and relationships where started. That’s our main idea of a middle school trip.

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