Personal Narrative: Tobogganing, by Kai Vandervalk

Saturday. 9:00a.m. There was a blizzard outside. I got a text from my uncle. It said, ``anybody want to come up to go snowmobiling and tobogganing? '' my uncle asked in a text. I am very excited. I have never gone tobogganing in a snowstorm. All 3 of my cousins and my sister will be there. I opened the door.- Hello I said my uncle was standing there, I went over to the table and put down my helmet, goggles, gloves and ski mask. My cousins are already there. I look over the snowmobile to make sure nothing is broken, there are no loose nuts and bolts. The wheels that make the tread spin seem to be how they should be. I pull the handle that makes it start but slowly so it doesn’t start and I look over to see if the fan in the motor spins and then I go over to the other snowmobile and I do all that stuff again. My cousin already looked over the toboggan to make sure all of the screws are tight and to make sure none  of the boards are broken. I put on my ski mask, my gloves, grab my goggles and go outside. It was very very windy and cold. Once I got on the toboggan my goggles immediately started fogging up so I could barely see anything. Once we’re going I heard the sound of a snowmobile. I smelled two-stroke and I saw snow everywhere. It was very fun. I was on the toboggan with my cousin. He was in the front and I was in the back. When the snowmobile turned the toboggan slid across the snow when it did this the toboggan would sling across the snow and the back would sling more than the front. Once we were done everybody went inside. My uncle told me to bring up my GoPro the next day and then we all went home.

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