My North Island Recount

North Island Trip

This story is about my car trip up to the north Island for Christmas,
we set of in the morning at nine o'clock. We all got in the car and set of to Nelson.
On the way I was looking out the widow and trying to count the animals because that's
all I could do in the car. When we got to the turn of called St Arnaud. We stopped and
picked up my second cousin called “JJ”. When he got in the car he sat in the front and
we drove to Picton to catch the ferry. We checked in at Picton and we went to wait in
the line.

We had to wait so long because someone had had a heart attack on the boat and it had
to turn back. So the boat was three hours late. When we Finally got on the boat we
sailed away and JJ played in the kids area and when there was a movie on, I went in
watched it with him. Once we got to Wellington we got down into were our car was
parked and drove out We drove to Levin we got there at eight at night we were looking
for motel and the only one that was open that we could take the boat to was very
expensive. So we had to stay there. Me and JJ had noodles for tea since we didn't have
anything else.

The next morning My mum got in the front ,then hours later we arrived in Matamata and
drove down to my cousins house and we had dinner there we had mashed potatoes and
chicken for dinner, then when I woke up I went out to the farm and fed the chickens
and calves morning I sat in the front on the way to Whangarei to stay with my aunty
and uncle. After we had got there and had some food we put up our tent then we had
dinner, then a few days later we woke up and it was time for my uncles birthday party.

So we got up got dressed and then started to get ready once the party started to Get ready
for the party then we went out to the shed and people started to arrive. Once most people
had arrived my dad and my dad's brother went outside and started the spit roast up,
so we could have our dinner they put on  to whole pigs. Then me and my cousin
went outside and we had two other girls that we're playing with ice and we were
throwing ice at each other and throwing it in the air and everyone was getting hit by it.

Then a surprise band turned up and my uncle Gary didn't know about it so
then it started and it played all night till midnight an everybody danced it was so
fun.Then it was time for dinner, the dinner was delicious it was juicy and had lots
of flavor. one of the Pigs were cooked over smoke and fire and one of them was
cooked inside of a metal oven cooker. When I went to sleep I could hear people
throwing up on the concrete outside of my tent, then I could hear people talking
about that they had lost someone.

Then a few days later it was Christmas Eve so we  were all excited to wake up in
the morning and it would be Christmas. So we had our cookies and milk, wen to
bed in our tents ,left Santa some carrots and milk. Then we woke up in the morning
and we went inside to open our presents. I had a Santa sack with lots of small presents
I loved every single one of my presents. Then we had A giant Christmas dinner.

Then my dad had a toothache for a week, so me and mum drove down to my cousins
house in a  really old fashioned car. Mum decided to take the alternative route to were
all the beaches were we stopped at Waipu cove for a swim and a ice cream.

We went for a swim in some amazing fresh water at the sandiest beach I have ever been
to. The Water was amazing I have never swam in water that nice . After our beautiful
swim  mum bought us each a giant ice cream I had cookies and cream, mum had kiwi
fruit pavlova.Then after some more driving when we were done driving we got to my
cousins house and stayed their for a while but mum went to her sister's house and I
stayed at my cousins house. Then when dad was done with the hospital he came down
then we all met up at where I was staying and then drove home.

Learning intentions:

We are learning to use dialogue and write recounts.