Alpena And Ossineke Descriptive Writing

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Ossineke, Alpena, Michigan. If you use your right hand palm as a map of Michigan, it’s located in the point finger. It has been 2 months away from my arrival, time flew so quickly. The first time I came here, I figured out that I have been pronouncing my city name in the wrong way. The right one is Ossineke(Os-san-nek) ,not like my awkward Indonesia pronunciation with palembangnesse accent. My host family name is Maggie, she is very kind and friendly.Everywhere we go to places in the city; Restaurant, Thunder Bay Theatre, and Music Festival, there’s always a person that knows her. My host family’s house is just 10 minutes away from the downtown. Alpena and Ossineke are well known as the sunrise side of the north Michigan and a tourist vacation destination. If you come here in the summer there will be tons of people enjoying the heat of summer and the beautiful wave of Lake Huron. …show more content…
Hydrologically, it comprises the easterly portion of Lake Michigan–Huron, it having the same surface elevation as its westerly counterpart, to which it is connected by the 5-mile-wide (8.0 km), 20-fathom-deep (120 ft; 37 m) Straits of Mackinac. It is shared on the east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the west by the state of Michigan in the United States Because of the tourist schedule and the summer time, Michigan state is one of the states that start the school longer than the other states, so I have 3 weeks gap between my arrival and the starting point of the school year. There’s no ordinary day here, I never get bored. My host mom set up a garage sale that time. We had to plan and choose what stuff we want to sale and what stuff do we want to keep. My host mom’s sister, Jane and his Husband Uncle Mark was joining the party. The Garage sale was hold on for 2 days, and we made $200 of profit. It was such a

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