Summer Paradise

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SUMMER PARADISE
When I was young the thing I remember most is the summers. I remember the excitement and the thought of the fun to be had. It was an escape from the everyday. I have been lucky enough to do this my entire childhood.
When I think about our vacations to my cottage, I can almost feel its harmony and peacefulness come over me, not to say it wasn’t exciting also. After an incredibly long journey, we would come to a sandy, dirt road full of potholes and surrounded by tall dark trees. While traveling up the road, you could see a few shimmers and sparkles on the water. As you get closer you could see that the water was clean and clear. The hot and dry mid-afternoon sun would beat down on me as I peered into the cool waters that mirrored my anxious face. The sky would take a different appearance because we were so far north. It was bright light and aqua blue, speckled with a few white, fluffy clouds. The wind gently blew causing ripples on the water, and the poised bending of the branches over the lake. The captivating forests that held these trees seemed to magically entice me to venture through them, running and skipping with my cousins trying to find new places we had never been.
Some days we would go on secret adventures. These mystical forests were intriguingly different than those around our homes, and therefore sparked our curiosity. It seemed like millions of pinecones would munch under our feet as we ran and giant evergreen trees seemed to reach toward the endless sky as we stared up at them astonished at their beauty. Wild animals, which knew nothing of the danger of humans, would play scurry out in front of us. Once I watched two squirrels enthusiastically chase one and other up a white birch tree. On another occasion, from the banks of the shore, I watched a hawk swoop into the water to catch a large fish. The hawk then flew high above the treetops with the fish hanging from his mouth.
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