The Big Move

When I was 5 years old my parents called me and my siblings into the living room and told us we were moving to Alaska. I was scared because I thought people in Alaska lived in igloos and had to hunt for all their food. I also thought it was always winter.

That week we started packing. Actually I didn't pack; none of the kids did, we just played in the U-haul truck. Once we were done packing we said goodbye to all our friends. My parents' friends hugged us so much that I hid in the closet. After the goodbyes we started driving.

After we drove for an hour or two we stopped to fill up the gas tank. My siblings and I got out of the car and started shouting "Yay! We're in Alaska! Yay!" Then my mom told us to get in the car and that we hadn't even left the state. So we drove several more days sleeping in the car or in a hotel. We drove until we reached Canada.

At the border Joe and I both wanted to be the first across the border so we decided to have a race. While deciding the rules for the race, Tony toddled into Canada. My mom wanted to have a picnic on the border, so while my parents were setting up the picnic I was jumping across the border saying, "I'm in Canada. I'm in the U.S.A. Canada. U.S.A. Canada. U.S.A." During the picnic half of us ate in Canada and half of us ate in the U.S.A.

While driving through Canada we stopped at a indoor water park in Whitehorse. We stayed at the water park all of that day. There were waterslides, wavepools, whirlpools and lazy rivers.
It was a super fun day. We drove from Whitehorse to the border the next day. Once we got past the border we celebrated.

We had a picnic and we played around, dancing and singing because we were so happy to be in Alaska. After our celebration we drove to my aunt's house in North Pole. Once we were at my aunt's house we said goodbye to my other aunt and uncle who drove the U-Haul up for us. My aunt and cousins asked us about our trip.We told them the trip took 10 days and we watched Ice Age 1,000,000 times. Finally the move to Alaska was done. We moved several more times after that but none were as drastic as this one.