“ What” I heard myself say, trying not to believe my ears.
“We are going to Las Vegas” she repeated, “ Pack up, we’re leaving tomorrow morning!” I didn’t want to go to Las Vegas as it took 7 hours to get there, and back( maybe even 10). It took way too long, and in a car that’s not that big, It was going to forever. We lived in an old house next to a church, many people lived with us, such as my uncle, grandma, grandpa, 4 brothers, 1 sister, me and my mom. It was a small house so we had a little trouble packing our clothes. The walls were dirty white, marked with markers and pens then and there, a small table with a bunch of letters on top of it next to the kitchen, a …show more content…
She told us to eat breakfast and go outside. I ate scrambled eggs and slowly walked outside. My brothers raced right past me. We got in the car, there was our luggage in the trunks, spilling a little bit in the back seats, and we drove right off. We stopped at a couple of places for snacks and bathroom breaks, but then we just kept on driving and driving. We started drive up a hill-ish landscape, the sides covered with rocks and yellow grass. The sky turned noticeably darker, and there was a gigantic lake to the right side of the hill, or mountain. As I looked at the leake My mom told us that it used be bigger. She said it was way fuller than now. The cars in front of us turned into mist as we kept on driving. In a minute, we could barely see the road in front of the car. We drove way slower than we a minute a go. We carefully drove down and the mist lifted from our view. We were going downhill, I tried to talk but when I did It sounded very weird. It was like I was far from myself so I sat there …show more content…
I couldn’t sleep however. The sky was pitch black and from afar we saw distant lights. As we got closer to the lights I saw a sign that read Las Vegas 20 miles ahead. We were getting closer and closer. I couldn’t wait to finally get there. Excitement was running through my body.
Although it took forever to get here I wanted to stay there for a while, the lights were amazing as the neon lights of the Las Vegas strip were lit up and very beautiful. Many people walked through the stores, or outside them enjoying the lights. I saw a roller coaster next to a castle, A hotel I suppose, and A giant black pyramid. I’m glad I went on this trip, I was very patient getting here, and I think it was worth it. We went to our hotel, and unpacked most of our stuff We layed in our beds and turned on the hotel’s T.V. I had a feeling I was going to like this short