Last Thursday, our class decided to go to Angel Island. It was the first time I got up so early since I have lived in the United States. At 7:40 AM my father-in-law and I arrived at our classroom. Some of my classmates had already arrived and were waiting for the teacher. Everybody felt happy and excited.They smiled all the time.
We started to walk to the Lake Merritt BART station after our teacher took a picture of us in front of the school. We each bought BART tickets once we arrived at the Lake Merritt BART station. It was very crowded when we got on the Bart train.
In a few minutes, we arrived in San Francisco. It was a long walk from the Embarcadero to pier 41. We really felt tired by the time we arrived at pier 41, but we still had a lot of energy.
We got on the ferry boat after we brought ferry tickets. I felt cold once I got on the top deck of the ferry boat. The weather didn’t influence us. We still chatted and laughed. We took pictures each other. Suddenly, there are some gulls flying toward to us. That’s great. Then I took my camera and ran to the closer to take a picture of gulls. At that mement, I heard someone say that we had arrived and we needed to get off the ferry boat. I hadn’t taken a picture of gulls yet, but I had to follow my classmates and get off the ferry boat.
First, our teacher led us to climb up 142 stairs. We stopped after a while. Then we sat down and listened to a docent talk about the Angel Island‘s history relevant to Chinese people. Because the prison houses were being repaired now, the docent couldn’t allow us to go into them. He showed us some pictures of the old immigration station and a poem in Chinese. I can understand that person’s feeling who wrote the poem after I read it.
Then our teacher led us on a climb up the mountain. The trail up mountain were rough and wet. We stopped and took pictures once we found a nice scenic view. Suddenly, I found that our teacher and some of my classmates were disappearing. They were far ahead, so I did my best to climb fast although I felt tired. I decided not to wait for my father-in-law. I realized that he could do his best to catch up with me if I climbed faster than him. Otherwise, we may get lost. I climbed the mountain and, at same time I looked back to see whether my father-in-law was following me.
Finally, we arrived at the top of mountain. We panted and cheered. At the top of mountain we surveyed the whole Bay Area including the Golden Gate Bridge. We felt excited and took pictures of each other. We chatted and ate our lunch there.
We had to climb down the mountain after we finished our lunch. We got on the ferry boat to go back to San Francisco. We needed to take a Bart to get back to Oakland. We said goodbye to our classmates who wanted to take ferry boat back to Oakland. We really enjoyed ourselves that day!
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A Trip to Angel Island
Last Thursday, our class decided to go to Angel Island. It was the first time I got up so early since I have lived in the United States. At 7:40 AM my father-in-law and I arrived at our classroom. Some of my classmates had already arrived and were waiting for the teacher. Everybody felt happy and excited. They smiled all the time.
We started to walk to the Lake Merritt BART station after our teacher took a picture of us in front of the school. We each bought BART tickets we arrived at the Lake Merritt BART station. It was very crowded when we got on the BART train.
In a few minutes, we arrived in San Francisco. It was a long walk from the Embarcadero to Pier 41. We really felt tired by the time we arrived at the pier 41, but we still had a lot of energy.
We got on the ferry boat after we bought ferry tickets. I felt cold once I got on the top deck of the ferry boat. The weather didn’t influence us. We still chatted and laughed. We took pictures of each other. Suddenly, there were some gulls flying toward to us. That’s great. Then I took my camera and ran to closer to take a picture of the gulls. At that moment, I heard someone say that we had arrived and we needed to get off the ferry boat. I hadn’t taken a picture of the gulls yet, but I had to follow my classmates and get off the ferry boat.
First, our teacher led us on a climb up 142 stairs. We stopped after a while. Then we sat down and listened to a docent talk about Angel Island‘s history relevant to Chinese people. Because the prison houses were being repaired now, the docent couldn’t allow us to go into them. He showed us some pictures of the old immigration station and a poem in Chinese. I can understand that person’s feeling who wrote the poem after I read it.
Then our teacher led us on a climb up the mountain. The trail up mountain were rough and wet. We stopped and took pictures once we found a nice scenic view. Suddenly, I found that our teacher and some of my classmates were disappearing. They were far ahead, so I did my best to climb fast although I felt tired. I decided not to wait for my father-in-law. I realized that he could do his best to catch up with me if I climbed faster than him. Otherwise, we may get lost. I climbed the mountain and, at same time, I looked back to see whether my father-in-law was following me.
Finally, we arrived at the top of mountain. We panted and cheered. At the top of mountain we surveyed the whole Bay Area including the Golden Gate Bridge. We felt excited and took pictures of each other. We chatted and ate our lunch there.
We had to climb down the mountain after we finished our lunch. We got on the ferry boat to go back to San Francisco. We needed to take a BART to get back to Oakland. We said goodbye to our classmates who wanted to take ferry boat back to Oakland. We really enjoyed ourselves that day!
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