Grand Catastrophe at the Grand Canyon

My name is Jackson Alley,  I am 14.  I like music, computers, and video games.  I currently play the guitar and the video game Destiny. Also, if you want read more about stuff that I like and do, go check out my personal blog right here. That's a little bit about me, Jackson Alley.

This is my writing for Assignment One.⬇️⬇️⬇️

Two summers ago in the year 2014, the men in my family took a road trip out west. Now there was a lot of us, so we had to get a Recreational Vehicle. Or just an RV as most people call it. We spent most of the trip driving, and driving almost brought our trip to an end. Here is that exciting story told from my perspective.

Our mishap in this clunky, bulky, machine took place in the Grand Canyon. Now to get to our campsite in the national park, we had to drive up the side of the canyon! While driving up the road, we started to hear something strange coming form the RV. Before we knew it, we were on the side of the road and everything was off. Looking over the RV we realized that our engine had died, and we could not start the car at all. Because we were on a steep hill, we were able to put the car in neutral and roll back down the road.

The closest place place from our accident was a small inn called Jacob's Lake. We were devastated from our engine failure and sitting in this inn's parking lot for the next 18 hours was pretty rough. I thought our trip was completely over. Me and my cousins were all speculating on what would happen next. Most of us thought that we would have to head home, but I still held hope during our setback.
With my grandfathers insurance, we were able to call a tow truck for the RV. The next day we were greeted by a huge semi-truck ready to take our RV to the nearest city.

We finally got back to civilization in St. George, Utah which was three hours away from the inn's parking lot. We were dropped off at a mechanic who said he could have a new engine built into the RV in three days! Everybody was overjoyed at this news and could not wait to get back on the road. But the next question we asked was, what are we going to do for three days? So while the RV was being fixed, we were able to stay in a nice hotel during our short delay. The hotel was a lot of fun and we ate fast food for every meal. We also got to go see the Grand Canyon during the three days, which was one of the most spectacular sights I've ever seen. After our luxurious hotel stay was up, we successfully got back on the road to continue our trip.

After getting back on the road, our trip was a major success. We saw lots of cool things and didn't have anymore problems for the rest of the trip. I had a great experience during our misfortune, and learned a lot about patience.