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Lucas Boysen Per 1 9-26-11   ** Picture Writing ** One very memorable place to me is my lake cabin on Lake Madison. It is my home away from home. This is where I grew up and learned many life lessons. My cabin is where I go to forget about all of the stress and other troubles of the city. Almost all of my greatest memories happened at the lake. My home away from home is many different things to me.

First off, it has been a great learning tool for me. It taught me to never climb wet trees because I will end up falling out and hurting myself somehow. Never walk over coals from a fire that took place last night, no matter how white and fluffy they look because I will burn the bottom of my feet and have to be carried around for two weeks. Another important lesson I learned is to never try to fire a broken arrow out of my bow because I will end up shooting myself in the hand and have to get it removed by a doctor or my mom and best friends mom thinking that they are doctors. Of course, the second one will lead to a very painful experience that involves many life changing things. Possibly one of the greatest life lessons that I learned was to never ever trust my brother because he will end up getting me in trouble or hurt somehow. That could involve either running me over with a golf cart or telling my parents I did something that he did so he won’t get in trouble for it.

The lake is honestly one of the most peaceful and relaxing places that I have ever been. On the early crisp fall mornings when the sun first hits the fog on top of the water is absolutely breathtaking. There are many times out hunting that I don’t even want to shoot at the ducks or geese because its such a beautiful sight to see. That is the reason that I wake up at four in the morning to go hunting.

Many of my greatest memories happened when I was up at my cabin with my brother and my best friend who happens to be my neighbor at my cabin. We have had many great ideas to pass the time from playing golf cart tag to having firework fights. Somehow it always ended up with one of us getting hurt in one way or another. Whether it was getting burnt by an exploding artillery shell or getting T-boned by another golf cart. It’s really amazing what a simple golf cart can go through. This is where I learned to never trust my brother because he was always trying to talk me into doing the most dangerous and stupid thing that we could possibly do.

This is why my cabin has been a very influential place to me. Being a place to get away from everything to teaching me life long lessons that I wouldn’t be able to learn in the city. Most of the time the life lessons that I learned where in a painful experience.

(Edited by Mrs. H, Oct. 24, paragraphs added and some revisions)