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 small 1 in the backyard, I started thinking about doing a solo(独自的)2 somewhere out of the ordinary. I took out the 3 and drew a 1, 500-mile route along which I would be 4 from the northernmost point in Norway to the southernmost section of Sweden. When I 5 my plan with my dad, he 6 as I thought he would. Because I got my adventurous 7 from him, he was all for it.
I had only been away from my home for three days, but there was an inner 8 going on. Part of me was homesick and doubting whether I really could 9 . The other part of me was ready to 10 to 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 just finished. I could tell he had a great sense of 11 . It encouraged me not to 12 .
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 millions of mosquitoes (蚊子). My arms were so dotted(布满) with 14 that they looked like a topographical (地形的)map. But however 15 it would be, nothing could stop my advance on the destination. As you know, adventure is in my blood.