User:Lilycairnsm101518/sandbox

The Sunburn of a Lifetime
Back a few summers ago, I decided it would be a great idea to go river tubing in North Carolina back in the summer of 2016. I was going with my dad and best friend at the time. Tubing down a river sounded very relaxing and fun so I thought this would be a great day. The itinerary said that at most, it would take about two hours to get from point A to point B. So, me thinking I'm cool, decided not to put sunscreen on, even though I am a pretty pale person. It started off great.

I was just sitting in the tube, laying back as the river carried me farther down the river. At some point, about an hour and a half in, I could feel my skin start to burn. Me being naive, I thought that we didn't have much further to go, so I ignored the pain. We all started to realize that this was taking way longer than we had expected. All together, the tubing lasted four hours. It was the longest four hours of my life. I knew I was getting a bad sun burn.

My dad tried giving me his shirt so I could try and cover up as best I could, but it was too late. I wouldn't know it until later that night until I got home that I had gotten severe sun poisoning on the front half of my body, leaving a line going up and one side looking like a lobster and the other side, my pale skin. I couldn't move for about a week and blisters had started to form on my stomach, legs, and arms. Lets just say I wish I had not gone on this trip. I have learned my lesson since.