Destination Michigan

       Destination Michigan

       I was there in my seat next to my mom in the airplane reading a book about Michigan. I was so obsessed on the book that I wasn’t paying attention to what my mother was asking. “Anam, do you want cookies or do you want chips?” my mom asked me. “I would like cookies” I answered. I opened the pack and the cookies were scrumptious. I was sitting in a supreme airplane with comforting seats and an airy space with moveable seats, like those on a van. We were going to Michigan for spring break and were going to enjoy it. I got back to book called Michigan for Curious Minds.

       Before long we had reached Lansing Airport.  The first place we were going to was the city side nearby Lansing and 6 miles from one of the Great Lakes, which was perhaps Lake Michigan. I read that Lansing was filled with lavish statues, exquisite fountains, sweet fragrant flowers and much, much, more. We drove around in our rented Kia, which was a cream color and was spaced-out. It was an eight seated car and had two petite screens like a T.V. We had brought Blu-ray discs just to see if the car had a T.V and it was accurate. The first movie was Cars 2, the second was Tangled, and the third was Spy Kids, all the movies a Disney creation.  We went to malls and Ayaan chanted songs like “Magic” and this is how it sounded:

Ho, Ho, Ho

It’s magic, you know never believe in that soul

It’s magic, you know, never believe in that soul (Repeat)

       We all sang along with him especially me. Then we sang “Fireworks”, “Dynamite”, and “Life is a Highway”. We bought keepsakes like pins for my lanyard. We walked on cobblestone passageways and had lots of enjoyable time bird watching. The gardens were truly beautiful and the beaches were as sandy as can be. We went on a lighthouse and I took notes on how they work and learned a little  bit about their antiquity. I also made a friend with a girl named Amanda. We both kept an oath to K.I.T (Keep in Touch) with each other. It was time to leave the magnificent state and go to my home in New Jersey. “Bye Michigan, I’ll see you later.” And I kept looking out the window until the state was nothing but a speck in the ground.  This was a bewildering trip.