Kayla

During the summer, my family took a two week long camping trip out west. We went to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National parks! We were mostly in Grand Teton National park. My family sold our old camper and got a new one and camped in that in the Tetons. The Tetons are a giant mountain range. We saw many mountains, mule deer, elk, valleys, and two female moose! While we were driving we saw three huge grizzly bears and two smaller black bears.
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My mom, dad, brother, and I were very excited my dad's aunt and uncle Jim and Martha, and their dog Shanon came and meet us in Grand Teton. We went on a hike and Jim, Martha, and Shanon camped near us. Jim, my dad's uncle, pointed out many things on the hike, like porcupine markings in a tree and very small fox tracks. There was beautiful white snow on the large Teton mountains. We saw people in Jackson Lake. All of my family had a picnic and then went swimming in Jackson Lake, too! The water in the lake was TERRIBLY cold.There were so many rocks and sand on the beach that was so hot that it burnt my feet!

Soon Jim, Martha, and Shanon had to leave and we all got very sad. my brother Joey and I had so much fun playing with Shanon. My family still had lots of fun. So on one of our other hikes we heard birds chirping, chipmunks stomping in the forest, no noisy cars, but people talking and laughing. Way up there in the mountains the air smelt fresh. Down in one of the fields we picked a little sagebrush. Now that smelt even better than the mountain air. Soon we got very tierd from going aroundin Grand Teton. So we went back to the camper, and took a nap. Then when we fineshed our nap we went out to dinner at a place near Jackson Lake.

On some other days we stayed at our campsite, but one day we went to the visitor center. Joey and I earned our junior ranger badges and felt soft and rough animal furs. We also went horseback riding and that was very fun, because we learned so much from our trail guide. I got sad very quickly, because early the next morning we lift Grand Teton to go home.

"Where did they go?" I asked. My mom said that my dad, brother Joey, and my grandpa were out in the cold dark woods. My grandma, mom, and I just got back to the cabin from shoping in the small town of Stephensen, Michagain. We searched the cabin to see if anyone was home. Nobody was.
 * When it was Pitch Black and Nobody Came Back !**

Once we stoped searching, we sat down and got very worried. It was pitch black outside and nobody came back yet!

'They are supposed to be back by 4:45!' shouted my mom.

'Yeah, but it is 4:45 right now!' explained my grandma.

My dog Bailey and I stood by the back door looking out the window. We watched the snow coming down and hoped that some one would come out of the cold dark woods. Both of us stood there for a while until my dog bailey started barking.

I looked out the window, but Icouldn't see anything. It was so dark out! Since I didn't see anything for a moment,