Сочинение на тему: Dreams come true

Данное сочинение по сути является переводом, ранее опубликованного на этом блоге, рассказа о поездке в Гранд Каньон Мечты сбываются. Он так же участвует в конкурсе Международный конкурс по английскому языку - конкурс сочинений на английском языке.

Большое спасибо моему другу Марти Хоскинсу, который подал мне идею о написании данного рассказа, а так же отредактировал английский вариант.

Dreams Come True
I was 10 when I first saw on TV this place. "USA, Grand Canyon" said the announcer. Now I don`t remember what exactly what the transmission was about, but at that moment the dream appeared. I have wanted to visit this place very much. But I never considered this dream like something real. I wanted a dog and I was sure that when I grew up I would have one. I wanted a bike and I knew that in time I would buy it. I only needed to wait some time. But see the Grand Canyon with my own eyes...

I was born and grew up in Kiev, Ukraine and the possibility of trip to the USA seemed unreal. Time passed: school, college, work, marriage... But my dream seemed to me so nonreal that I did nothing to implement it. And then a job in the USA was offered to my husband. In autumn of 2007 we moved to distant, windy Chicago. And my dream became closer than ever.

Two years passed and tickets to Las Vegas were bought. Las Vegas met us in the beginning of December with warm weather, flashy advertising poster panels and, of course, with plenty of casinos.

In the first two days we lost 2 dollars in the casino and walked all over the Las Vegas downtown. In the evening of the second day we rented a car and in the morning of the next day, we left for the Grand Canyon. The trip to Grand Canyon National Park took more than 5 hours. On the way we stopped at Hoover Dam to take pictures. Unfortunately, at this time of year, the water level isn`t high, so we didn`t see all the beauty of one of the most famous places in the Las Vegas neighborhood.

Eventually we reached the Canyon. No stories or photos can really prepare a person for the scope and greatness of this beautiful ravine.

This isn`t just a big hole in the earth, but a vast space filled with fancifully formed rocks. The Canyon is like a huge, fabulous maze with walls of different colors. I can`t describe it with words. We wanted to spend hours there, but after the warm weather in Las Vegas, we weren`t prepared for the snow that covered all around. We drove to the east part of Grand Canyon National Park where we could see the river that seemed tiny at so big a distance. The mist appeared in the twilight. And in the haze, the Canyon looked even more unreal. We didn`t want to leave, but our teeth chattered from the cold and our fingers couldn`t push the button of the camera any more.

Now I`m sitting at home with a cup of hot tea. But I have a couple of souvenirs, hundreds of pictures, the hope to visit the Grand Canyon once more, and unforgettable memories: a precipice with mountainous slopes and a sparkling river far below in the haze.