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8-18 Media: U.P. a great place for sports

By Charlotte Lester

8-18 Media

Special to the Journal

My name is Charlotte and I like sports. In the summer I like to go swimming. I live in Marquette and I go to the beach a lot. I normally walk to the beach with my dad. We make sure to pack snorkel masks so we can see things underwater. Sometimes we make stuff out of the sand. We once made a car and we pretended we were going back in time. I started swimming when

I was really young. I like swimming a lot. I like to swim if the water is cold or warm. My dad doesn’t like to swim if it’s too cold. I love to find rocks on the beach and in the water. I bring all my favorites home. When I’m swimming I like to go underwater. Sometimes I jump off my dad’s shoulders and do flips into the water. My dad has jumped off of Blackrocks and I want to jump off Blackrocks when I am older.

Winters are really long here so I love going skiing when it is cold. I’m trying downhill skiing this winter but I am still excited to go cross-country skiing with my dad. He takes me most of the time. We mostly cross-country ski at the fit strip. Sometimes I fall when I go down the hills, but my dad helps me back up.

I have a downhill ski pass to Marquette Mountain and I like to go there with my friends. I am learning how to do it. The first time I went on the tow rope I fell, but now I am learning how to turn and stop when I’m going down the hill. I go fast! It is fun and I am excited to learn how to use the chair lift sometime soon.

I also like to go ice skating. We go to indoor and outdoor rinks. Sometimes it is cold but it is still fun.

I like all of the four seasons in Marquette because there is lots of fun stuff to do all year. If you are trying something new I hope you have fun and keep going even if you fall down.

EDITORS NOTE: Charlotte Lester is 10 years old. She enjoys spending time outdoors with her family and friends. She is in fourth grade.

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