#3 One Significant Person or Significant Event and Expand it (freewrite, 10 minutes)

One of my most memorable events of my life is going to the Yellowstone National Park with my wife and her dad. Going to Wyoming was the first time I have ever been out west. The west as always fascinated me because of the mountain ranges it has. Driving to the western part of Wyoming towards Yellowstone was very different from what I expected to be. I thought there were be abundance of trees and mountains with jagged snow peaks. Instead, it was a plain with rolling hills. The closer we got, the more the environment changed. Just before we headed up to the northwestern most part of Wyoming, I noticed it was very desert-like. It was very semi-arid with lots of dust and lacking trees and grass. Although you could see the mountain ranges from a distance and it seemed so small. As we got closer the roads began to be more switched back and inclined with mountains surrounding us. It is completely different from roads in the Great Smokey Mountains. Finally, we got to a town called Jackson, Wyoming otherwise known as Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The town of Jackson is pretty much the biggest town they have in the northwestern Wyoming. We got to a hotel, settled for a bit and had lunch (I had a bison burger and it was good!). Then we got on the road towards Yellowstone National Park. It started snowing little flurries. My wife and I were from Florida at the time so any snow would get us excited. After a few minutes on the road, we began to see the mountains with snow jagged peaks and valleys below it. The mountains we were seeing were called the Grand Teton. It was so majestic and awe-inspiring. I stood at the edge of the road looking at the valleys, rivers, and mountain ranges and imagine what it would be like to live and work at a place like that.