Chapter 1
For everything in the world nothing more could be pleasing to Cameron Michelson: a day filled with fun.
He was a twelve year old boy looking forward to his summer vacation.
Living in central Kentucky, his mind danced with all the fascinating things he could do.
He was writing them down in a list, but in no particular order.
"I think," he said aloud to himself, "I will go to the pool, roller blade, skateboard, bike some radical trails, and play some really cool video and arcade games with my family and friends."
There! That did it. Just like when he wrote his Christmas wish list every year for Santa, Cam made sure this time he wouldn't forget anything he planned to do.
"Oh! I almost forgot! I think I will go to the amusement park at least 10 times (that is, if Mom has bought season passes---which she always did in advance)."
There! This time he was finished.
"Cameron!" his mother called from down stairs.
"Yeah, Mom?!" he answered.
"You're going to be late for school again. The bus is turning around the corner."
"Oh holy Bonanza!" he said.
Grabbing his backpack he rushed down the steps. Mom was holding his jelly toast.
He grabbed it!
"Thanks, Mom! Gotta dash!"
She cried out at him with a smile, "have a nice day at school!"
DID YOU KNOW!?
The Salish First Nation Peoples named Sasquatch! The name means 'wild-men'.
Source: Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Sasquatch". Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Aug. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sasquatch. Accessed 9 September 2023.
Image Courtesy of Wikipedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Squamish003Squamish_Pole_Raising_Ceremony_-_North_Vancouver_-_002.jpg#/media/File:Squamish003Squamish_Pole_Raising_Ceremony_-_North_Vancouver_-_002.jpg
Lucky for Cam, he caught the bus just in time. However, on the way, as he was passing the giant pin oak in the front lawn, he smelled the most disgusting stink EVER in his entire life!
"What on Planet Earth is that smell? Gross!" he mumbled.
Little did he know that later that same fateful day, he was about to meet an incredible being known only as the Sasquatch Man!
