Quarter Finalist Archives - Page 15 of 50 - My Family Travels
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Learning Humility

During the summer of 2015, I was selected to participate in Loop Abroad, which is a program that enables students to work with endangered elephants and provide veterinary care for the elephants, Bengal...

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Climbing to Montana Glaciers

Something looks different about glacial runoff water. While the average lake has a banal navy blue or even brown color, one composed of glacial melt has a rich, aquamarine, slightly opaque look to it....

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New York. New Me.

I couldn’t stop smiling, my enormous grin was permanently chiseled onto my face; my heart wouldn’t cease its drumming in my chest, it was as if King Kong himself was pounding his huge fist throughout...

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My Eyes Are Open

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Post-Vacation Appreciation Disease

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Peace at Last

When my parents first proposed a twenty two day road trip from our native Arizona to Florida I was skeptical. We...

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Murder On The Prospect

Visiting the setting of a book you have recently read may be completely different from what you imagined.  My imagined setting of Crime and Punishment, I discovered, was completely different...

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Lessons from the Little Lives

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Goat Milk and Gratitude

The plane landed in Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport on June 24th at 2:37 P.M. I looked around and saw cacti and emptiness. I was slightly disappointed, to say the least. Vast stretches...

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