The Ocean Monologue

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My memoir is about the time when I flew off a drift in a dune buggy. A drift is a part of sand dunes that are almost like cliffs but made out of sand. This is my first time driving a dune buggy. All my siblings are on quads, but I will not drive the quad because they seem scary. Little do I know the dune buggy is going to give me the scariest experience of my life. As I get in the dune buggy I feel nervous but thrilled, as I put my helmet tight over my head and adjust my goggles. I can feel the soft breeze of the Oregon coast blowing against my skin. Now I am watching my dad drive the dune buggy as he is accelerating down the muddy, bumpy, and winding path. The pine trees feel as if they are soaring all around me as I am watching my sisters ride their quads. We are surrounded by green and brown but you can easily see the neon flags attached to my sisters quads, flipping in the wind. I can now see the opening of the trees to the white sand and bright blue sky. My adrenaline is running through my veins and I can not tell if I am more excited or nervous. I immediately smell the ocean and gasoline. I now feel like I am being swallowed by snow because the sand is so white and the mountain like dunes are surrounding us. Now I am feeling my dad accelerate again, but this time it feels like we are dropping. I realize my dad is driving down the side…show more content…
I love this feeling! My dad and I are looking around and he points out a dune he wants to go on. He starts driving towards it, now we are going really fast. Suddenly it feels like we are flying in the air... we are! I look around us and see on both sides two huge pools of water. I start panicking thinking that the dune buggy is going to land in one and we are going to have to buy a new one. Now I am feeling and hearing the dune buggy drop and slam onto the sand, we barely made it in between the two giant pools of
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