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       Camp By: Joanna Howell

        A couple of  summers ago i went to my aunts camp its on a lake and is about a 2 hour drive from Atkinson. I remember siting on the dock dangling my feet into the water waves created by distant boats splashing up on the wooden dock. it was in the afternoon and I had just got done eating a cheese burger cooked by my uncle Tom. My dad came up behind me and asked me if i wanted to jump off chunk o' pork. I remember thinking that Chunk o' Pork was the weirdest name for a land mark. Chunk o' Pork is a huge rock that stands off shore in deep water. Many people from other camps would go to the huge rock and jump off into the water. Chunk o' Pork is 15 feet high and has a ladder built into the short side for people to climb up. also boats would be parked on the side of the rock. I said “yes” to my dad and we all hopped into the boat. Samantha, my dad, Ann, Tom, Brie, Brett, Linda, Caramel, and I.
        The warm breeze blew against my face as we made our way to the rock you could barely see the people jumping off the rock in to the lake. As we got closer i saw that there was 3 small girls and 2 teenage boys jumping off. Me my dad, Linda, Brie, Brett, and my sister jumped out of the boat and swam closer to the ladder. By the time I got on top of the rock Brie and Brett had already jumped off. I knew why they had jumped off so quick to it was freezing up on top. My dad asked me, Linda, and samantha if we wanted life preservers before jumping off. We all nodded and he dived off the rock and swam back toward the boat. I watched tom hand him three and he began his way to Chunk o' Pork.
         I couldn't wait any longer though my teeth were chattering and i was shaking it was way to cold. Without looking back at Linda or Samantha I ran to the high edge of the rock plugging my nose and jumped. It happened so quick that I didn't even have time to scream it felt like my stomach was going to come through my throat. Then  there was a slash and warmth quickly began returning to my body.  I waited under the water until I floated to the surface. I opened my eyes and saw Brie giving my a thumbs up and Brett was laughing. I swam out of the way as a few strangers jumped.  When I got back on top of the rock my dad handed me my life preserver

“You couldn't wait a couple more minutes?” He asked.
“No I was freezing” I replied. Samantha and Linda were waiting at the edge of the rock.
“This time we are going to jump off at the same time” Linda said.
        We jumped off about 10 more times then we got back in the boat and headed back to camp. When we were back we decided to hook the tube onto the back of the wave runner. I got on first it was really fun being pulled around on the back of a wave runner. The tube I was sitting in was triangular shaped and really big. As my aunt Ann turned sharp corners the tube swung side to side flinging me in different directions. Drops of water Splattered against my face. Then the tube slowly came to a stop and I bailed out. Then Samantha jumped into the tube and they took off. About 10 or 15 minutes later I saw them coming back to the dock and my dad got into the tube.
         I couldn't wait to go again I thought as I my eyes followed where the tube was going. Then I saw in the distance as the wave runner turned a sharp corner my dad being flung out of the tube there was a big splash. A few seconds later a head broke through the water and I saw the wave runner slowly making its way toward him. He climbed up onto the wave runner and they headed back.
“Your dad broke the tube” Said Ann.
I laughed “How did you manage to do that” I asked. He shrugged. Then we headed toward the camp. That was pretty much all of the fun stuff we had done at camp that day but I had a great time.