Adventure is in my blood. And I had been considering how I was going to celebrate my high school graduation. I didn't just want a small1in the backyard. I started thinking about doing a solo2somewhere out of the ordinary. I took out the map and drew a 1,500-mile3along which I would be4from the northernmost point in Norway to the southernmost section of Sweden. When I5 my plan with my dad, he6as I thought he would. Because I get my adventurous7from him, he was all for it.
I had only been away from my home for three days, but there was an inner8going on. Part of me was homesick and doubting whether I really could9 it. The other part of me was ready to10to myself and my family that I could do it by myself.
On the road, I met another bicyclist who was quite a bit older than I was. He started his journey alone by bike at the southern part of Norway and last finished. I could tell he had a great sense of11. It encouraged me not to12.
As I listened to my favourite artists on my MP4 player, I pedaled with my feet. There was nobody around me for miles.13, that wasn't entirely true. There were mosquitoes, millions of them. My arms were so dotted with14 that they looked like a topographical (地形的) map. But however15it would be, nothing could stop my advance on the destination. As you know, adventure is in my blood.
