Our first stop this trip was the Grand Canyon. My family and I are camping on the South Rim because the North Rim is closed. A fire last summer destroyed almost all of the lodging and buildings. It’s also closed during the winter seasons. Anyway, on our first day here, we walked out to Mather …
Hi everybody! I know it’s been a minute since I’ve posted, so this is my catch-up post. OK, so first: yes, I’m still homeschooled. And I just finished up my second season of mountain biking as a 7th grader. It was really fun, and I’m super sad it’s over. BUT. On November 26, 2025, my …
This fall, I decided to try mountain biking. I joined a team, and had SO. MUCH. FUN. Who knew??? To be honest, I only joined because I wanted a new bike. But I turned out liking it! We had 4 races in the season. One of our practices, we did a photo scavenger hunt. We …
So I’m doing Boy Scouts. You may be like, WHAAAAAATTTTT?? You’re a girl! Makes NO sense. Yeah, I know. But the BSA(Boy Scouts of America) is now accepting girls! Yay! I’m in group 651, an all girls troop. Yay!! Anyhoo, about the campout. It was sooooooo fun!!!!! It was a guest campout, meaning that we …
Now, I’m not like a girly-girl who wears dresses everywhere. But I do like to look at pretty dresses, and the first ladies’ are very pretty. Dress #1: Nancy Davis Reagan decided to wear a one shouldered white sheath gown of lace over silk satin. James Galanos can take the credit. Her shoes were by …
Colonial Williamsburg is a place where you can go and walk the streets of an 18th century city. It was a lot of fun. We got to learn a lot of history. 🙂 Pic #1: Me, holding a gun!!! Don’t worry, it’s not armed 🙂 Pic #2: After we saw a court demonstration, we got …
We went to the Wright Brothers Memorial on our way to Newport News, VA. It was a lot of fun seeing how Wilbur and Orville persevered and FINALLY got to fly!!! It was really cool.
Going to the Jamestown Settlement was so much fun!!! But first, let me tell you how this blog post is going to work. Instead of describing it all, I’m going to explain the picture and what we learned and what we did in that photo. I’m going to work from the top down. Pic #1: …
Is it true? Yes, yes it is. We took our 42ft on 2 ferries. It was really fun and cool. On the first ferry we could get out and walk around, got sit on observation decks, etc. On the second ferry we just had to sit in the car. But we got to watch TV!!! …
The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was built in 1802 to prevent ships from getting stuck in the “Diamond Sand Bar”. Many ships ran aground on this sandbar, so the lighthouse was built. In 1802, the lighthouse was 1500 feet from the ocean. By the 1930s, much erosion had happened, and after several hurricanes, the lighthouse would …
