This is what I did in the holidays. I wrote a story about going to peel forest. Here it is:
Have you ever been to peel forest?
Peel forest
It was Monday the first day of the school holidays, Dad, Nate and I were headed to Christchurch.We were going to be in Christchurch for two days. After that we were booked in a cabin at the Peel forest campground.
“Are you ready yet” yells dad as he loads the bikes on the bike rack. “No not quite yet I have got to say bye to mum and the dog Tim” I replied back to him, “Well hurry up, we got to go” He says. When we finally left we stopped to get petrol at a petrol station in town (Hokitika). We set off from town at 11:28 and stopped at Arthurs Pass for a toilet stop. We also stopped at spring field to get a pie and drink for lunch as well as play in the park there and go to the toilet. It seemed like forever to get to Christchurch but it only took a little over 3 hours.
When we got to Christchurch we met Great Aunt Bertty at Opawa. Nate, dad and I got straight to loading all our gear to the house and the bedroom we were staying in. There was a bunk bed and a single bed in the room but since there were three of us Nate slept in the bottom bunk and dad in the single bed, so I was going to be on the top bunk but I didn’t want to so I slept on a mattress on the floor. We were staying in Christchurch for two nights because dad had to get an MRI. On Tuesday dad went for his MRI early in the morning then came back. We decided to go to Littleton to look for crabs at a bay. We went through the big tunnel in Littleton to get to the bay. We didn’t find any carbs but went on a walk to another bay.
We headed to peel forest on Wednesday and since we didn’t know the way we use Google maps. To start the journey to peel forest we drove the car to Ashburton because dad knew the way there and It was on the way to peel forest. It felt like a long journey but it was about an hour or two. When we got to the campground the Google maps directions said “You have arrived at your destination” just at the start of the campground so dad had to stop suddenly and go back to it. When we found our cabin we unlocked it and put all our stuff in. I chose to go on one of the top bunks because there were two bunks and that was it. Dad and Nate decided to go on the bottom bunks. It was one of the first times that I slept on a top bunk. Rima and my cousins arrived soon after, Miri,Tessa,Me and Nate discovered a good climbing tree.
Every night me,dad,Nate and our cousins played cards. The game we played was Ks and As. The cabin got really cold at night so we put on the heater that was in the room. On the first day there we did a walk at a nearby river because we were looking for a type of stone. On the way we had some Totara berries that dad identified . Near the end of the walk I found what we were looking for, I was the only one that found what we were looking for that day. It was nightfall by the time we got back to the camp so we had dinner. On the second day we went for a walk to a waterfall. We rounded the last corner and saw a small lot of water going down a rock. We all said “oh is that it” but then realized that the actual waterfall was behind a rock and all you needed to do was walk two more steps forward. We took some photos at the waterfall then came back. On one of the days we also climbed a mountain near Mt Sumners .The last day Rima and the cousins had to leave so we did another waterfall walk that was longer.
I really enjoyed my time in peel forest but will probably not go back. It was really fun catching up with the cousins. I am glad to be back home!
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Hi Tara
Good Story was a fun trip.