This march, me and my family will be vacationing to the stunning island of Puerto Rico! We have been traveling to the island since 1991, and it has become a yearly tradition. It started as a small family trip, but now we bring relatives and friends, and we always have a nicely sized crowd. I look forward to this trip every year, because it falls in the middle of my semester, and I can always use the time to regroup and relax. I love laying on the beach all day without anyone being able to reach me on my cell phone. I also walk the beach every morning, which is great exercise. In the evening, we go out to nice restaurants and sometimes a casino. My favorite thing to do in Puerto Rico is to see the cruise ships embark from the ports. They are so gorgeous at night, and I have loved watching them since I was a child. My least favorite thing about Puerto Rico is the heat index. Because of its location, the sun is very strong, and I often get burnt and blotchy on the first day. However, that does not make me love the trip any less, and I look forward to going again this spring.

Vocabulary words:

Stunning: this is another way to say "beautiful". It is a less common word, but serves the same use.

Tradition : a tradition is something that is done more than once, and often holds the same date every time.

Relatives: this is any member of your family. Your sisters, brothers, cousins, and grandparents are all considered relatives.

Semester : this is the way your school year is broken up into chunks. In high school you have 4 marking periods, that make up two semesters. In college, we usually just have two big chunks, a fall semester, and a spring semester.

Regroup: this is a word similar to "relax". It just means you are clearing your mind.

Embark: this means to leave. When a ship embarks on a trip, it is leaving to go on that trip.

Blotchy : this is when you have uneven coloring. When your skin is blotchy, it often means you have patches of other colors. I get red patches when I go to Puerto Rico.

Activity :
(1) Identify all the different types of punctuation in this blog.

(2) In five (5) sentences or more, please tell me about a vacation you have been on, or want to go on.