Reffitt+Journal

Castaway Journal template · Each team member will keep a journal (8 1/2 by 11 piece of paper) of the castaway adventure to turn in when finished. · The journal must be in first person form and in character, invent yourself (be a doctor, fireman, professional gambler, shower curtain salesperson, **use your imagination!**) Include a mini-biography of your character. **(required)**

Learning Advice
 * 1) Have fun!
 * 2) Write down things you have observed that you find interesting.
 * 3) Also write down questions or comments you have about the experience.
 * 4) Take notice of everything around you, in the pictures, and on the website links to piece everything together.
 * 5) Try to identify food, land formations and other things by looking them up in your textbook, and online.
 * 6) Refer back to the **Task** page to ensure you complete all of the assignment.

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I am one of the first women bull riders and my career is very stressful and i was in dier need of a vacaction. I decided I would go on a nice relaxing cruise! We left port in Miami, Florida, and we were sailing to the Western Caribean. I decided the first night i would just go to my room and get a good nights sleep. It had to of been 2am or a little later and i felt this jerk and herd a big crash! I wasn't sure what was happening, but I really wanted to find out. I heard yelling and scream for people to get up to the upper deck and get life jackets on. Our ship had crashed into a giant rock that was in our path. Apparently the captain didn't see it. I was racing up to the top and got my life jacket on as fast as i could. The ship was sinking faster than i thought it would have. I knew I was going to have to find a raft of some sort because we were far away from land and I knew I couldn't swim that far this late at night. The only thing i found while everyone was frantacally running around was a round lifesaver. I imediatly took it off the railing and grabbed on to it for life. The ship was going under so I just decided to jump off so I wouldn't take the chance of getting caught under anything. I laid on my back grasping the lifesaver and jus let the tid take me in. I stayed awake all the time, and it felt like an eternity. I finally felt my feet drag against something and I figured it must be a shallow part in the water which ment i was close to land. I stood up and turned around and sure enough there was an island. There was sand with washed up wood laying around. There was tons of palm trees and through those trees there looked like there was a forest or some sort of hills through the trees. I was still in shock that my cruise ship at wrecked and I was on this island alone. I figured that there were other survivors and they would be floating this way anytime, but then i was thinking maybe they didn't get to the upper deck in time or they didn't have enough life jackets or sharks got them. There were many possibilities that could have happened to the other passangers. I decided to wonder around and explore the island. I discovered some interesting things. There were trees with lots of lucious fruit on them. This was perfect because I need food to survive, even if I'm not going to be on this island long. I kept walking through the trees and sure enough there were hills. They were just tall grassy hills, nothing to them. I didn't want to wear myself out by walking up and down them looking for nothing, so i decided I would turn back around. Once i got back to the "beach" of the island i decided to warm up a bit so I hung up my wet clothes and laid out on the beach for a little bit. I knew i would have to find shelter before sundown so I decided to go back through the trees and look around for something i could make shelter out of, or find a place. I couldn't find much, so i decided i would dig a hole in the sand and used the washed up wood as a cover over the hole. I didn't have anything to dig with so i had to use my hands. By the time the sun was down, my hole was dug jus enough for me to be able to lay in it. I hurried and gathered some boards and layed down in the hole and put the boards over top the hole the best i could. The next morning I had to eat. I decided I would try and get some coconuts and pineapples out of the trees. There wasn't really any possibly way for me to climp the tree and all i had was my lifesaver to try and gather them, so I decided I would through my boots at the fruit until they fell to the ground. Finally I gathered 5 pieces of fruit. This felt like such a prize to me. I went back out on the beach and looked for a sharp rock to cut open the fruit. Well since I was the only one that appeared to be on the island i decided to spend my days exploring. I ended up walking up one of the hills and found a pond of fresh water. I could kick myself for not doing this the first day I was on the island. I had hope at this point. Since there was fresh water at the top of this hill, maybe there was other things at the top of the other hills. I decided to walk a couple a day. The next hill I came to, there was what looked like a garden! This was exciting because fruit was good, but I needed other foods also. I drew a scetch of the hills in the sand and marked each one i went to each day. Everyday there was something interesting that i found and I had hope for my survival and to get off this island. It must of been a few weeks since my ship wrecked, so surely they still had searches out. Come to think of it, the PBR was in 2 weeks, surely they would want to find me! I only had 2 hills left that i haven't explored yet, and I was sort of hesitant to go to them because what if there was nothing there? What if I saved the last 2 and there is nothing there? After i explore these last 2 hills, there will be nothing left for me to do during they day and i may go insane! I sucked it up any way and headed towards the first hill. Before i started hiking up it, I noticed a wide opening in the side of the hill. I decided to walk into it although it was a little dark. Even though it was a wide opening, it was a little short and i had to crawl for a while. Eventually it got to where i could stand up. When I stood up there was a light shining in and i could see everthing around me. It looked like a house but had paintings or drawings all over the walls. It looked recent too! There must me other civilization on this island that I didn't know about. I called out to see if anyone was there but there was no answer. There was nothing else I could look at in this house like hole i found, so i decided i would go to the very last hill. I got to the very top and I smelt something delicous, and I herd voices. VOICES? Sure enough there were people there. They were having a cook out and making tons of food! The most food i've seen in days. They welcomed me sure enough, and once we got aquanted and ate i asked them if there was anyway they could get me off this island. Everyone looked at each other and started laughing. I was really confused, but then they said "Of course we can! We have a boat right over here. We can take you wherever you want after dinner." This was the best news i have ever herd. The people from this unknown island got me back to Miami safely and i was swormed with cameras and reporters. I had told my story of what happened and then I was off to the PBR. I felt a little rusty since i hadn't practiced for a long time, but i went off and won the world title!!