Lake Chaubunagungamaug

Yes, that IS a real name of a lake! Aunt Laura and Uncle John live 1 mile away from the craziest lake name I've ever seen! It doesn't even fit ON THE SIGN!


It's an old Indian phrase that means "you fish on your side, I'll fish on my side, nobody fishes in the middle."

What a fun name to say, but everyone just calls it "Webster Lake."

Salute to our Veterans!

Hi everyone!

I've met some really great veterans from the Army, Navy and Marines in my quest to see the world. I'm really glad I got the chance to meet these very special men and women who are willing to sacrifice for our freedom.

Major Gary Spinelli - United States Marine Corps!

Commander Michael Bobulinski of the United States Navy.


Staff Sargent Audrey Hayward, United States Army

The Marines in CT who were running the "Wounded Warriors 8K"

I'd like to honor all of those veterans who have served our country over the years and who are the heroes who have protected us and whom we can look up to and remember with pride.

From Paul Revere.

To those that served on the USS Constitution.
To those that served our country in lots of battles.


To all the countries that ban together to help protect each other. (NATO flags).Thank you to our Veterans - we're proud of everything you do!

Morocco - AFRICA!

I made it to Africa! This is the 7th and Final Continent!

Thank you to Barbara (remember her from Southern CA, she took me to a yoga class and for a dip in the ocean). Barbara sent me to her friend in Melbourne, and today she sent me to her friend Kyle that was visiting a very fun place called MOROCCO!


These first two pictures are in front of a famous hotel "La Mamounia hotel" - This hotel is in a movie out with Sarah Jessica Parker that your mom's might be watching right now!

These next pictures are from an old city in Marrakech (hard to say). This lion was cool, when I think of Africa I think of Lions!

We saw, people, horses, DONKEYS (real ones this time, not statues), buses, mopes, bikes, lots of stuff!Thank you very much Kyle for showing me around Morocco! And a very special thank you to Barbara for helping me get to my last two continents! I have truly been AROUND THE WORLD!

More from Santiago Chile!

I found some more of my pictures from my adventure in Santiago Chile with Andres and Martina!

The first few pictures are of La Moneda Palace, it's like the White House in Chile!



Uhoh.. here we go with the police again! Just kidding, I met the nice Chilean Police officers!

This is a picture of the Entel Tower, its a communication tower and is a landmark of Santiago!

This is me getting on the subway!

This last picture is the tallest building in Chile!

Thank you again to Andres and Martina for showing me around Chile!

Rutherford NJ and Space Telescope Science Institute

This adventure was pretty cool! Remember Audrey from the other day? Well, I met Maureen who is Audrey's sister! Maureen also grew up with Aunt Laura just across the river from Samantha's mom!

Today I met Maureen and her boyfriend Doug. They met me at the Rutherford, NJ train station.



We walked around Rutherford and saw an interesting garden and saw a really scary statue of Poseidon near the state house!
I was a little scared after this so Maureen and Doug took me to Baltimore for some really fun stuff!

Doug is an Astrophysicist! - meaning he studies the Stars and far-off Galaxies! *and you all thought I would stay on earth during my adventures heheh..**

We went to the Space Telescope Science Institute. This is the control room! Look in the back, you can see pictures of space. The Space Telescope Science Institute has telescopes and sattelites that are looking out into space all the time and sending back pictures like this! - VERY COOL!
This is what the Hubble Telescope looks like, and this is me on the model that they have at the institute! That's a picture of space behind me!

This is the front view of the Hubble model! This is a really cool telescope that's out in space taking pictures for us to study outer-space!


Thank you Maureen and Doug for showing me around NJ and the Space Telescope Science Institute! I had a really great time learning about space!

New Jersey

I got to go on a really cool road trip with Aunt Laura and Uncle John's friend John! -- Seems like they know a lot of people named JOHN!!! John likes to go for really long bike rides, he even rides his bike to work! How cool is that? We did take the car to get to NJ, because that would be a really long ride!

I found a box turtle while hiking in TomsRiver, NJ.

We got to the beach again.. I REALLY DO LOVE THE BEACH! Here we were allowed to have a CAR on the beach! way cool! We got a beach buggy ride to Barnegat Inlet in Island Beach State Park. The park is part of the barrier island off of NJ

It was a beautiful day at Barnegat Inlet. There was lots of boat traffic and lots of fisherman.

Across Barnegat Inlet is Barnegat Light. The lighthouse is actually on Long Beach Island.

Before leaving Island Beach State Park I relaxed and laid out on the beach -aaaahhhh!


Thank you John for taking me to NJ and having lots of fun!

Bennington Vermont

I had a really quick stop in Bennington Vermont with Aunt Laura & Uncle John's friend Vicki!

We spent the day cruising around and looking at really pretty scenery. We stopped at teh "Bennington Battle Monument"

The monument is in dedication to a turning point of the Revolutionary War. The troops in Vermont were called "The Green Mountain Boys" (everything here is green!!).

There is also a special trail called the "Molly Stark Trail" named after a very special nurse that helped during this time. She turned her house into a hospital to help everyone!

Thank you Vicki for showing me Vermont!

Negril Jamaica

I had another long plane ride with Aunt Laura & Uncle John's friends Lori and Kevin! They took me from Illinois to JAMAICA!

Here is a picture of a courtyard with some flags. The first one is the Jamaican flag. People here are very proud of their flag!

More ocean YEA!! This is the Caribbean Sea. Lori likes to float around on it, but Kevin was swimming in it- really far! He said he wants to swim almost 3 miles in it soon! Aunt Laura and Uncle John visit here sometimes too and they like to go scuba diving RIGHT HERE!

Your parents may find this cool, but Coffee in Jamaica is really good! (So Lori & Kevin told me). Everyone told me that I was so cool and called me "Lord Stanley" - and this is my cup!- I think its just too hot in Jamaica for them to really understand hockey heheh... I'll just pretend.


Thank you so much Lori & Kevin for taking me around Negril and showing me another beach! I do love the beach!

Melbourne Australia!

Do you remember Barbara? She took me to Southern California! We had fun doing hot yoga and playing in the waves of the Pacific Ocean? WELL!!!!.. She sent me to her friend Steph in MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA!

This first pic is of the University of Melbourne! This is the entrance to the University of Melbourne. Steph came here for a week to learn more about hydrogeology because she is a geologist. That means she studies rocks and other things about the earth.
Here we are at the Adelaide Airport:

Looking out over Melbourne. Melbourne is in the southeastern part of Australia. It has pretty cold weather but great shopping and even better coffee.

This is Elizabeth St., a famous street in Melbourne.

This is a famous public place in Melbourne.Fed square is a big complex in the city of Melbourne built to celebrate 100 years of federation in Australia. It has a few shops and galleries and is often used as a venue for concerts or events.


Thank you Steph for showing me Melbourne Australia! and Thank you Barabra for introducing us!

Santiago Chile

Aunt Laura's Friend Gonzalo is from Chile and his friend wanted to take me for a little trip! I met Andres and his 4 year old daughter Martina. They took me to some beautiful places and took me downtown to a place called "La Moneda Palace."

First I met Martina and her GIGANTIC cat Sofia. I've never seen a cat so big! Did you know that in Chile they speak Spanish? the word for cat is "Gato."

This was the view from near their house. You can see that Martina has a sweater on, and there is SNOW on the mountain. It is WINTER here. Santiago is in South America and is South of the Equator! The mountains here are the "Andes Mountains."

We went to the Market and found lots of cool things to buy.. more fish though :)



A big scary fish, and clams! Pescado is Spanish for fish!
And some Fruit! Frutas is Spanish for Fruit!

Thank you so much to Andres, Martina, and Gonzalo for getting me to Chile and showing me around this really cool place!

Seattle Washington

Aunt Laura's Friend's Jen & Jamie took me to Seattle Washington! We traveled by plane and boy was it a long flight. I like traveling by email better :).

She took me to a Fish Market, it was stinky! I can't believe people buy fish outside, but it's kind of like the Strip District in Pittsburgh!

This is me getting ready to go to the Space Needle! It is REALLY high up there!

This is Jen and I with a view of Seattle from the top of the Space Needle. It was scary and fun all at the same time!


Me, Jen and Jamie!
This is another really cool view from the top!
After we left, we visited some of Jen and Jamie's friends. Here is a picture of me and my new friend Hayden.

Thank you Jen and Jamie for taking me on a really cool adventure and for taking me sooo high up!