We are currently in South Padre island, and as you can probably guess we are very close to the ocean. Because the beach is super close Dad bought us two surfboards and a boogie board, and we have gone surfing many times. I started surfing because for a while at the beginning of our trip […]
We recently went to Mexico with some other full time families. We stayed in the town of San Felipe on the Baja peninsula at a place called Victor’s RV park. We were right on the beach, although unfortunately we were in a bay and thus there were almost no waves. In front of the beach
Last week we flew to the east coast to visit family, and this Saturday Aleah, T, Tanta and I went out for lunch. We went to a great pizza place called Proper Pizza. We ordered an appetizer of calamari and two pizzas, in addition to a salad for Tanta. One pizza was called the Carnivore
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Lampreys are one of the first kinds of fish to evolve, first being found around 450 million years ago, and they have barely changed since then. There are a few different kinds of lamprey, but today I will tell you about pacific lampreys. Pacific lampreys are found around the Pacific Rim, as far south as
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Mosquitoes are a member of the fly family. They can complete the cycle from egg to adult in as little as four days. After around two days as an adult female mosquitoes are ready to bite their first victim. However, neither males nor females consume blood. Instead they drink fruit juices and nectar. Everyone knows
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Dad really likes to go mountain biking and when he does he usually manages to convince us to come with him. Occasionally this turns out well and we have fun, but since this trip started the majority of our outings results in disaster. I will tell you about three of those times. The first story
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We have been taught a game similar to badminton called badtommy. We named after Mr. Tom, who we met while staying in the Tetons. You use rackets and a shuttle cock to try and get points and the first person to get to eleven points, or two more points than your opponent, whichever is more.
Friday we went on a drive with Ms Kristie’s dad, Mr Bruce. He used to be a tour guide for Yellowstone, so he knew a lot about the park. He mostly talked about the hydrothermal features of the park. These features are the result of a millions of years old volcano that covered pretty much
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On Friday, after driving around Jackson we visited a bend in the river called and oxbow bend to see some animals, and for once we did! The first animal we saw was a bald eagle. It was flying around overhead and flew so close to me I could hear its wings flapping. I decided to
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We are going to visit Cody, Wyoming again, and for a while I was excited that I would get to see Mr. Brad’s son Justin, but then I found out that he would have to leave to see his mom in Ohio before we arrived. Then we got an invitation to come with them to
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