South carolina

                                             

We were in South Carolina where we usually stay for April vacation and we were driving back from the Ace basin a wildlife reserve with all kinds of wildlife including alligators and a variety of birds.  as we drove we found a swamp by the side of the road with a dock sticking into it. We Pulled over and walked out onto the dock. We looked into the water and out of it popped an angry looking cottonmouth snake the deadliest kind in South Carolina, not because of its venom but because of its aggression. It was an inch away from my shoe so I jumped back onto the railless dock.  “Holy crap!” I yelled. My grandpa started to chatter because he grew up here and he knew so, so much about animals. One time we talked about leeches for over two hours. I should have known better than to get into that conversation because leeches are disgusting and I hate them. We all loaded back into the sleek black van sat down and all the adults chatted about the snake. I hated it in that van it was cramped and hot and too clean. And to make the situation even worse, the adults up front had a wonderful idea. “Let’s go to the farmers market!” they said excitedly. “WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” we yelled. At least me and my brother yelled. my cousin Ana was mature. She knew better. I rolled down my window to escape the heat, and like a blessing, wind blew in. It also started to sprinkle which grandma did not like so we had to roll up the windows. Uggh. the rain started to splat against the windows. My dad cranked up the radio in the front and we listened to the southern accents on the radio… “tornado alert, tornado alert!” The radio blared. “All mobile homes will be destroyed!” Okay, so we might NOT have to go to the farmer’s market! I thought. The whole car buzzed with excitement. Soon we pulled into the market and piled out. We bought sauerkraut that ended up tasting really weird. On the farmers market the roof looked like it was going to blow off with one more gust of wind. we quickly payed for the saurkraut bnand piled back into the big sleek van and drove. “Tornado alert! Tornado alert!” Said the radio. We tried to listen to the normal radio but every two seconds we were interrupted by another tornado alert. “Jeez!” said dad. “All mobile homes will be destroyed?” Fortunately, we had not rented a mobile home. We bumped along, tornado warnings blaring, and to top it all off the rain and the wind were battering the car hard. We finally pulled into our driveway. The house was right near the beach so the ocean was basically our backyard. The house was up on stilts with stairs to get up to the door. We ran up the stairs and into the house to be welcomed by a tornado warning blasting over our radio. Me and my brother Knew what being in the house meant. It meant tv and tacos which our parents had promised us for dinner. we have never had a tv which I hate because everybody else I know has one. My parents let me read whatever I want but do not let me watch Stranger things. But they would let me read a Stranger things comic book that is ten times as scary. Which they have openly stated. To my face. SAD.  so me and my brother sat down and watched tv. We watched teen titans to make fun of it. This time the dorky little badly represented heroes that acted more like kids than teens were going to a court hearing in space for an intergalactic presence who wanted to rule the galaxy. Once we were done laughing we watched an amazing world of gumball which was OK but compared to teen titans it was heaven. Then the tv just died. It all turned into a black fuzzy and then the tv turned off. Anyway, it was time for dinner. We all sat down and we were served soft shell tacos and all the stuff inside poured out so now I had a taco salad. Everybody else had the same issue. By then a tornado had been spotted on an airport runway. The alarms were still blaring. I poked at the things that had torn a hole in the bottom of the taco and one by one, ate them. I was not hungry. I finally finished my dinner a half hour later and dozed off in bed. That had been quite a day.