tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64940964187254469822024-02-06T19:24:41.501-08:00Flat Stanley's Visit with Aunt Laura & Uncle JohnLaura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-57485396913321791392010-06-13T18:56:00.000-07:002010-06-13T19:01:31.765-07:00Lake Chaubunagungamaug<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNT8uTxkxiIsddcs_S95CNAyRozGrVxniC94lpy5S6vnyB9rd_LR1crlyU7dx5IkeuDVAfDJIsDvbFwA5ibYbmdmkf5VVp0fbZrYZXCo4Kk37-GQ86Ux_h_moYfytFyIGLkc-EcGOLuZi1/s1600/IMG_3819.JPG"><br /></a><br />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!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNT8uTxkxiIsddcs_S95CNAyRozGrVxniC94lpy5S6vnyB9rd_LR1crlyU7dx5IkeuDVAfDJIsDvbFwA5ibYbmdmkf5VVp0fbZrYZXCo4Kk37-GQ86Ux_h_moYfytFyIGLkc-EcGOLuZi1/s1600/IMG_3819.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNT8uTxkxiIsddcs_S95CNAyRozGrVxniC94lpy5S6vnyB9rd_LR1crlyU7dx5IkeuDVAfDJIsDvbFwA5ibYbmdmkf5VVp0fbZrYZXCo4Kk37-GQ86Ux_h_moYfytFyIGLkc-EcGOLuZi1/s200/IMG_3819.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482443175300268674" border="0" /></a><br />It's an old Indian phrase that means "you fish on your side, I'll fish on my side, nobody fishes in the middle."<br /><br />What a fun name to say, but everyone just calls it "Webster Lake."Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-73125180457100917412010-06-13T18:18:00.000-07:002010-06-16T08:34:37.347-07:00Salute to our Veterans!Hi everyone!<br /><br /><div>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 <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">sacrifice</span> for our freedom. </div><br /><div>Major Gary Spinelli - United States Marine Corps!<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh1k-Xrc9G3wt4BI7rxVHPGZwByP1Rh3M2aet-K0zV8EtdoBktTLAMQKwlaK0ng4L-FlKzSm49Y_PJWikKPb73mDfsb6GICX9FWVmJ_at1JKVzVsnU4-UN4Sosw9oXCnWOKwEQTrMeCAOu/s200/gary.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482436405932814898" border="0" /></div>Commander Michael Bobulinski of the United States Navy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqVZ3dCfaC4cu9qt8NXiUUv8zb6chOQcuIHYaOs8gAh_S8yfBa64-EklDnxG8v2lWo1DiNgMpX6IilYtM1n9PrP-QE6UEgeohd1wBI4HDLNR8tJ2FPrkxSLegnDaycnFj7UVbYwZik31la/s200/DSC00003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqVZ3dCfaC4cu9qt8NXiUUv8zb6chOQcuIHYaOs8gAh_S8yfBa64-EklDnxG8v2lWo1DiNgMpX6IilYtM1n9PrP-QE6UEgeohd1wBI4HDLNR8tJ2FPrkxSLegnDaycnFj7UVbYwZik31la/s200/DSC00003.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Staff Sargent Audrey Hayward, United States Army<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYiJFf3z7mmUOgYddax4KSJ-tCYOQu8Z3SwGamw8bGoy89VxJAYarhJh-YR-hVXhzLcQiCT4tQHLN-JZssUCCha1tyd5N2ddMJXtXKt20MhUzhkStEYPvXuEcwFj8IaRrKvMmLSz1xuGe/s200/P1010978.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYiJFf3z7mmUOgYddax4KSJ-tCYOQu8Z3SwGamw8bGoy89VxJAYarhJh-YR-hVXhzLcQiCT4tQHLN-JZssUCCha1tyd5N2ddMJXtXKt20MhUzhkStEYPvXuEcwFj8IaRrKvMmLSz1xuGe/s200/P1010978.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The Marines in CT who were running the "Wounded Warriors 8K"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsdujykOo6dMm5duWhKbu9mJiC3E7CRrBDtZdxNWgtxlW2AwuuhwSirUOtGP3IwmxzOQvuN-ivHii7iHADvTveMq0h9ljb0wqPubUWsSJoyIv1FJdUs4IxvuWkM7YFaSBdwh7BSmmv5GE/s200/IMG_3652.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsdujykOo6dMm5duWhKbu9mJiC3E7CRrBDtZdxNWgtxlW2AwuuhwSirUOtGP3IwmxzOQvuN-ivHii7iHADvTveMq0h9ljb0wqPubUWsSJoyIv1FJdUs4IxvuWkM7YFaSBdwh7BSmmv5GE/s200/IMG_3652.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>I'd like to honor all of those veterans who have served our country over the years and who are the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">heroes</span> who have protected us and whom we can look up to and remember with pride.<br /><br />From Paul Revere.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXE5x5QP1IanLLH1s0ZN-DLBSh6R_EyzL0001MBMGWQ8RCPgMAODfRO_Oxs6jmVnu-nLpWd5yAJABFf4_F1WZsn5X7PCrnjrGCur1S_a85_myVEYA2HdutdDIySxycN1wNaLqvahOHMYL-/s1600/IMG_3535.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXE5x5QP1IanLLH1s0ZN-DLBSh6R_EyzL0001MBMGWQ8RCPgMAODfRO_Oxs6jmVnu-nLpWd5yAJABFf4_F1WZsn5X7PCrnjrGCur1S_a85_myVEYA2HdutdDIySxycN1wNaLqvahOHMYL-/s200/IMG_3535.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482440187695047570" border="0" /></a>To those that served on the USS Constitution.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-bTRDEwnF7F_6c43wVQdr6UC31bqXOVilWQo1zoPNwvTqXIa610kaCY-ZIAUUc2vzfV73kXp7PE2NA8zMxE6fNP0CwdsiIdFburY2bFW0WDHHlcBoPAZBvgBdUdpFNN7wE8PGbFL9fkr/s1600/IMG_3550.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-bTRDEwnF7F_6c43wVQdr6UC31bqXOVilWQo1zoPNwvTqXIa610kaCY-ZIAUUc2vzfV73kXp7PE2NA8zMxE6fNP0CwdsiIdFburY2bFW0WDHHlcBoPAZBvgBdUdpFNN7wE8PGbFL9fkr/s200/IMG_3550.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482440929052062498" border="0" /></a>To those that served our country in lots of battles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtZ6ycU9C-wLkVTnQyob9QWqSWQYozakVXu_nyLEuXI6szbCqOZLapczm3ntMNayMPi_1oxGkRcgRHkRVssYCy9ZSHHw42zTMVei52XLo70jumfsD5dtUltCn79ceeFmr4x1daWxo_ijs/s1600/townmemorial.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtZ6ycU9C-wLkVTnQyob9QWqSWQYozakVXu_nyLEuXI6szbCqOZLapczm3ntMNayMPi_1oxGkRcgRHkRVssYCy9ZSHHw42zTMVei52XLo70jumfsD5dtUltCn79ceeFmr4x1daWxo_ijs/s200/townmemorial.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482441671885274898" border="0" /></a><br />To all the countries that ban together to help protect each other. (NATO flags).<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooBDkX-a5PvmJDnL16TLMugkMl3kvfih31c51NgzeSQtERaQ7KNZAtZGZjNnnvgWdMBafhVt2bSiXtrx4JMwKiO7FQPZs8ifFOzH-h2pnt-K_-qhtIWOaVmQZekB-PDiVVGuUx0zAXtdl/s1600/natoflags.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooBDkX-a5PvmJDnL16TLMugkMl3kvfih31c51NgzeSQtERaQ7KNZAtZGZjNnnvgWdMBafhVt2bSiXtrx4JMwKiO7FQPZs8ifFOzH-h2pnt-K_-qhtIWOaVmQZekB-PDiVVGuUx0zAXtdl/s200/natoflags.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482441662485074722" border="0" /></a>Thank you to our Veterans - we're proud of everything you do!<br /><br /></div>Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-25937786925422749702010-06-11T07:32:00.000-07:002010-06-11T07:43:52.471-07:00Morocco - AFRICA!I made it to Africa! This is the 7th and Final Continent!<br /><br />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!<br /><br /><br />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!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJE-KDus-dSUPs1Y5PMsOpsAgX4htcFn_8YsElc5j8doEjVOgya1GmBEFTDrRDqe855ESueUv0b-fH-C3y0aCl3cfNiEHaRVGRQFCQy4CK2zCFM2yE6SoRyn_CI_3GVjxcT8KL3M-LUGGj/s1600/DSC02370.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJE-KDus-dSUPs1Y5PMsOpsAgX4htcFn_8YsElc5j8doEjVOgya1GmBEFTDrRDqe855ESueUv0b-fH-C3y0aCl3cfNiEHaRVGRQFCQy4CK2zCFM2yE6SoRyn_CI_3GVjxcT8KL3M-LUGGj/s200/DSC02370.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481524801073281010" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUK31qqyKUnlVM4gfoQVEU6LPZXPoZbD4jDbzqg_S9xof24AnpF04-74-a9NZdLSi1H2cqq0-J9JiojLbt54C_USql8fs3hqy0B5i8Df2NgavSgO4DxWEvqhRCpVyt5NlX41-CvSrEyl9/s1600/DSC02371.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUK31qqyKUnlVM4gfoQVEU6LPZXPoZbD4jDbzqg_S9xof24AnpF04-74-a9NZdLSi1H2cqq0-J9JiojLbt54C_USql8fs3hqy0B5i8Df2NgavSgO4DxWEvqhRCpVyt5NlX41-CvSrEyl9/s200/DSC02371.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481525631782714114" border="0" /></a>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!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwy89N1Xxhnl8Z_7v2dEu2F23AWd8mPhT4_fx7KWodp8b-kVwBsIY261joMetVqD5fssw95jZ8yiUMLKHAMz6sq-RhrzNcN3Rh6iF_CReXSTxxQNexqEMihVoePVr0aYp_d0Jiny9Fdy9q/s1600/DSC02436.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwy89N1Xxhnl8Z_7v2dEu2F23AWd8mPhT4_fx7KWodp8b-kVwBsIY261joMetVqD5fssw95jZ8yiUMLKHAMz6sq-RhrzNcN3Rh6iF_CReXSTxxQNexqEMihVoePVr0aYp_d0Jiny9Fdy9q/s200/DSC02436.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481525749225230274" border="0" /></a><br />We saw, people, horses, DONKEYS (real ones this time, not statues), buses, mopes, bikes, lots of stuff!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhFKPBg5RXqHPeTTaQeCV2bVNy4Jplx__h8vGG9H2xN13yl20IOVgr-hjU72vOGlBHr44skyWqz38qbPngPZD9EKh2jzz3IJxZ-xbgNm743CK-hStcA8VRoo2Uuyg9mfgtIbDkmWtuZs0/s1600/DSC02437.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhFKPBg5RXqHPeTTaQeCV2bVNy4Jplx__h8vGG9H2xN13yl20IOVgr-hjU72vOGlBHr44skyWqz38qbPngPZD9EKh2jzz3IJxZ-xbgNm743CK-hStcA8VRoo2Uuyg9mfgtIbDkmWtuZs0/s200/DSC02437.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481526213042513330" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrsIJjabE87ySw1OdHMsFU6QGogYZzNcWhVqEk_-x8Nb-aG8WVESu39z2wiNwhlHjFo3fTt1ohROD_iE9ysPuc90kGSuRGDXyeojagHGZ1JxPDogFcQ-iaubsFy7kaYTTyXDZZB2NQHUS3/s1600/DSC02438.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrsIJjabE87ySw1OdHMsFU6QGogYZzNcWhVqEk_-x8Nb-aG8WVESu39z2wiNwhlHjFo3fTt1ohROD_iE9ysPuc90kGSuRGDXyeojagHGZ1JxPDogFcQ-iaubsFy7kaYTTyXDZZB2NQHUS3/s200/DSC02438.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481526394595126338" border="0" /></a>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!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-20568217223441169282010-06-10T06:46:00.000-07:002010-06-10T06:55:20.591-07:00More from Santiago Chile!I found some more of my pictures from my adventure in Santiago Chile with Andres and Martina!<br /><br />The first few pictures are of La Moneda Palace, it's like the White House in Chile!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tlOuKR1FoMYpVUzjD1yCxULD8lFiWz5zvcP-UDUgRpxT_trOFVIkQCUXdH_VIaJD75QLOCK1lLCTdi-sulBYmNndLrUI_m9mov0V7V6sIOhhBdY8Q-ZGas1T9jraAzHB5XobxQ0WVEC7/s1600/DSC03808.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tlOuKR1FoMYpVUzjD1yCxULD8lFiWz5zvcP-UDUgRpxT_trOFVIkQCUXdH_VIaJD75QLOCK1lLCTdi-sulBYmNndLrUI_m9mov0V7V6sIOhhBdY8Q-ZGas1T9jraAzHB5XobxQ0WVEC7/s200/DSC03808.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481142089429492178" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwm5YqOR6dhrHwwqCdt-448LUtaBI8fCbwAxy0x2SH8WzRKBnaQshKhx0h76JSY5lSQGLF4P4NYEy4n8dpPqJZTbm1ttOYX6MeGr49_8mePGA5SiCAtlPJoD1KLwdkiMa4S-2DXBC6NIzx/s1600/DSC03811.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwm5YqOR6dhrHwwqCdt-448LUtaBI8fCbwAxy0x2SH8WzRKBnaQshKhx0h76JSY5lSQGLF4P4NYEy4n8dpPqJZTbm1ttOYX6MeGr49_8mePGA5SiCAtlPJoD1KLwdkiMa4S-2DXBC6NIzx/s200/DSC03811.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481142112279044770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvxJEn0TCXxspBDxFgFgq2wnY_pxjQlIrkT87v2UMZSr5lyXJJAyjRxtGnR5KyyAP-B61pX6Y1cCAgbdtE8iyaoQLIk8o33fIYqBEHsF8SnpspV3K0Wlb0ME1UMWWdSs0DkjVICsHIOPu/s1600/DSC03812.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvxJEn0TCXxspBDxFgFgq2wnY_pxjQlIrkT87v2UMZSr5lyXJJAyjRxtGnR5KyyAP-B61pX6Y1cCAgbdtE8iyaoQLIk8o33fIYqBEHsF8SnpspV3K0Wlb0ME1UMWWdSs0DkjVICsHIOPu/s200/DSC03812.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481142119411406738" border="0" /></a>Uhoh.. here we go with the police again! Just kidding, I met the nice Chilean Police officers!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIh8lzyS7ev6CEAnwGCzs-eaTU8dcyyf36Sv15PNXQiyE4v1pi4MM2fWBJkddo0rgepuiSbtdj9JAzVR1Ju-HmMBQ2dL7lMw2OOQoZ_4eTSvQ8XaqSdo9ssSlv7NfFa4I1lg0yfVI4qAt/s1600/DSC03809.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIh8lzyS7ev6CEAnwGCzs-eaTU8dcyyf36Sv15PNXQiyE4v1pi4MM2fWBJkddo0rgepuiSbtdj9JAzVR1Ju-HmMBQ2dL7lMw2OOQoZ_4eTSvQ8XaqSdo9ssSlv7NfFa4I1lg0yfVI4qAt/s200/DSC03809.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481142103019197282" border="0" /></a>This is a picture of the Entel Tower, its a communication tower and is a landmark of Santiago!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8V9pFY_9TMIg4zRs-T9ckBn_ugcK-caw5BUyixGqu2plQGp-QH8ShRTr-c_MR2MFpHSWL0MfAjiLCpKEHoDvc6FIanBbLP3KC_1N9I7R8475nimBV4csN4YV5cxFy89-zjlry_qedPsvI/s1600/DSC03817.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8V9pFY_9TMIg4zRs-T9ckBn_ugcK-caw5BUyixGqu2plQGp-QH8ShRTr-c_MR2MFpHSWL0MfAjiLCpKEHoDvc6FIanBbLP3KC_1N9I7R8475nimBV4csN4YV5cxFy89-zjlry_qedPsvI/s200/DSC03817.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481142623845366690" border="0" /></a>This is me getting on the subway!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkRQYI-pD1ze_8wU4GN7ifDFgfYcCJnf3J8xIfKYTNDZ3U-2JqlujLfTD0_jS9dz5n6mUBQ3tr_hZQvoFn5mbXGwP5adfrc_t6wHOy4OksJhfJPRhu4gwrPABZVqyIDY39KPkgR2jGOcdW/s1600/DSC03820.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkRQYI-pD1ze_8wU4GN7ifDFgfYcCJnf3J8xIfKYTNDZ3U-2JqlujLfTD0_jS9dz5n6mUBQ3tr_hZQvoFn5mbXGwP5adfrc_t6wHOy4OksJhfJPRhu4gwrPABZVqyIDY39KPkgR2jGOcdW/s200/DSC03820.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481142635551008114" border="0" /></a>This last picture is the tallest building in Chile!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilbIOVXQgAoj-DrZHEYNWOaBWHE3mzIyt1A4t18sAMsfqyPF2r_sJp9OfjiMu-SxU29RpkexFLBGMaa3inXAvT4cJortEDMF-S7w4LDS63lrqGAg8hleLQIZ5VH5CSm4avzJGbW8hq28KY/s1600/DSC03824.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilbIOVXQgAoj-DrZHEYNWOaBWHE3mzIyt1A4t18sAMsfqyPF2r_sJp9OfjiMu-SxU29RpkexFLBGMaa3inXAvT4cJortEDMF-S7w4LDS63lrqGAg8hleLQIZ5VH5CSm4avzJGbW8hq28KY/s200/DSC03824.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481142933992747666" border="0" /></a>Thank you again to Andres and Martina for showing me around Chile!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-35568618923206461132010-06-10T05:10:00.000-07:002010-06-10T05:28:34.478-07:00Rutherford NJ and Space Telescope Science InstituteThis 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!<br /><br />Today I met Maureen and her boyfriend Doug. They met me at the Rutherford, NJ train station.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingcKTd8UL0rgmo9GoBBsBEcjyk121qS6ptxV57NyOZewnGsx2aKTdM2NlWJD7-Ph0VyR6SNwsazWxESY1zTtUVOhAXVdoT1DSmK2RPfuBzgt_tUkvEZqEzsrOK7SOoZmTVsB-rGCwzatp/s1600/Rutherford_train_station.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingcKTd8UL0rgmo9GoBBsBEcjyk121qS6ptxV57NyOZewnGsx2aKTdM2NlWJD7-Ph0VyR6SNwsazWxESY1zTtUVOhAXVdoT1DSmK2RPfuBzgt_tUkvEZqEzsrOK7SOoZmTVsB-rGCwzatp/s200/Rutherford_train_station.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481117283058339186" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Wz9Whk_Su64CN2eu4tsFjS4dL6NAPEHGdMFUIuF0hy6voTtfkgp74cx_KsyNYrIYFcl4K4odgGDv_exqdcLV3CPx3U7FgKFKJD3zsXWEQh_6Xx9QpVJNiCXBDx7VdFRK0CmJZ2ZRUB1J/s1600/Stanley_Rutherford_train.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Wz9Whk_Su64CN2eu4tsFjS4dL6NAPEHGdMFUIuF0hy6voTtfkgp74cx_KsyNYrIYFcl4K4odgGDv_exqdcLV3CPx3U7FgKFKJD3zsXWEQh_6Xx9QpVJNiCXBDx7VdFRK0CmJZ2ZRUB1J/s200/Stanley_Rutherford_train.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481117177373437618" border="0" /></a><br />We walked around Rutherford and saw an interesting garden and saw a really scary statue of Poseidon near the state house!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMumyD50wBaPFp4OLiZYCqro_Dyd2hZGAXfekoSKMSLDADNQWbJBT3_bIbBmZkxzjOsV5BCCWLhYQYlAoKcPRMSILA4hrFdChaBhDrrpc5Qab0wI8qly5717iv75LsVB1lCzWuvIFqjXDP/s1600/Rutherford_statue_house.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMumyD50wBaPFp4OLiZYCqro_Dyd2hZGAXfekoSKMSLDADNQWbJBT3_bIbBmZkxzjOsV5BCCWLhYQYlAoKcPRMSILA4hrFdChaBhDrrpc5Qab0wI8qly5717iv75LsVB1lCzWuvIFqjXDP/s200/Rutherford_statue_house.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481117737237958850" border="0" /></a>I was a little scared after this so Maureen and Doug took me to Baltimore for some really fun stuff!<br /><br />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..**<br /><br />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!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmr3E4bNc2gBML8NmBQC_rHZyGIDvFeNI0VQ_x1P2led7ULcBNjepgpDUVdUIuo5U1carCg8qDcxM3iKYtFwMSzgz-IpXKT_fbwqZhi9cdfvndnmVYAUj0UfEn-56YhFb5tKYDpPHWdEp9/s1600/STSI_Stanley_controls.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmr3E4bNc2gBML8NmBQC_rHZyGIDvFeNI0VQ_x1P2led7ULcBNjepgpDUVdUIuo5U1carCg8qDcxM3iKYtFwMSzgz-IpXKT_fbwqZhi9cdfvndnmVYAUj0UfEn-56YhFb5tKYDpPHWdEp9/s200/STSI_Stanley_controls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481118598388904482" border="0" /></a>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!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdpDIJdDqyl80l9-3jKNOemPEw-iNahsKYDSYjUBWMXniO9SRlxCdYeDXowxUyYRyxf42XrJxh_ziljGUhFTnatDVUqRDF20jgTe7q4UKr6s0fA-45WhigBbuJIKXo2093KfNObr8ewMn/s1600/Stanley_in_spaaaaaaaaace.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdpDIJdDqyl80l9-3jKNOemPEw-iNahsKYDSYjUBWMXniO9SRlxCdYeDXowxUyYRyxf42XrJxh_ziljGUhFTnatDVUqRDF20jgTe7q4UKr6s0fA-45WhigBbuJIKXo2093KfNObr8ewMn/s200/Stanley_in_spaaaaaaaaace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481119660270437810" border="0" /></a>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!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1FTzDHRGc0Pu9xMCD4xSvj-ApuztN8_YQnqwfOTWoLEiOc1ik3LW1fnulo9gPpm8ayBT_yjVFoaPrMHJvQpD1R_SI_fp8QHXENwyJBs6Pwot4itetcXz4HkEVYVGBbx9pwHzHqiKh6PQ/s1600/Stanley_on_Hubble.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1FTzDHRGc0Pu9xMCD4xSvj-ApuztN8_YQnqwfOTWoLEiOc1ik3LW1fnulo9gPpm8ayBT_yjVFoaPrMHJvQpD1R_SI_fp8QHXENwyJBs6Pwot4itetcXz4HkEVYVGBbx9pwHzHqiKh6PQ/s200/Stanley_on_Hubble.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481120292966640722" border="0" /></a><br />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!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-66621357231306201882010-06-09T05:23:00.000-07:002010-06-09T05:33:39.688-07:00New JerseyI 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!<br /><br />I found a box turtle while hiking in TomsRiver, NJ.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFpR0L2GzQyZKmzwOJ-kAgh7ik8_ack5mmbPsVgIAtj4bXk1UDoKINfExxsNJ0rzJ0NEy8OkxJR2f2OcLsg8_SFkEm9kBf20JP8R6smrSEFmJoSYfvoPswlI7yv2aDGHMETdAXUlCuhSY/s1600/turtle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFpR0L2GzQyZKmzwOJ-kAgh7ik8_ack5mmbPsVgIAtj4bXk1UDoKINfExxsNJ0rzJ0NEy8OkxJR2f2OcLsg8_SFkEm9kBf20JP8R6smrSEFmJoSYfvoPswlI7yv2aDGHMETdAXUlCuhSY/s200/turtle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480749322205784658" border="0" /></a><br />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<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nmPUtr_HuWukXKma_OmtOL19_0fCj1eaAoNbVv1aVv7PC1sNM8CWenYbgZo6ug1wo-kA3z48gRsUe9yleh3-dFzxAwIAz8ANoRnCFpG8IOAbpay-Lwj6mv7G2KFV2Rl66-l_mdbTj_wC/s1600/john1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nmPUtr_HuWukXKma_OmtOL19_0fCj1eaAoNbVv1aVv7PC1sNM8CWenYbgZo6ug1wo-kA3z48gRsUe9yleh3-dFzxAwIAz8ANoRnCFpG8IOAbpay-Lwj6mv7G2KFV2Rl66-l_mdbTj_wC/s200/john1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480749083678027266" border="0" /></a>It was a beautiful day at Barnegat Inlet. There was lots of boat traffic and lots of fisherman.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdfCAr6tXgI1o7F2EAVN9LrlacjGNhKqmmtXgxEedDmqnpYpLQ3stHEFyxB5-6TtMDpq6dtJiKl-KgSpvhbS8G7hqeqCi2xjNFFeuIzlKV9WS1NsGpm9h4rQ65Ht7hXsY6Hz2T6OK3FdF5/s1600/photo2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdfCAr6tXgI1o7F2EAVN9LrlacjGNhKqmmtXgxEedDmqnpYpLQ3stHEFyxB5-6TtMDpq6dtJiKl-KgSpvhbS8G7hqeqCi2xjNFFeuIzlKV9WS1NsGpm9h4rQ65Ht7hXsY6Hz2T6OK3FdF5/s200/photo2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480749788089436706" border="0" /></a>Across Barnegat Inlet is Barnegat Light. The lighthouse is actually on Long Beach Island.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEwOHvO3bueiVIILjBcRTBWBX9WS4Sc3yRHVl_fFeMba7zYiT-KA4jUIVBt80e5FqphJn32Why2HvfzXcUzPrG-oRidcIzDz4gHHQLfn3_uL7zJ15VEp92qxo0pNIqV9nQjOs7SwL_HAZ/s1600/photo3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEwOHvO3bueiVIILjBcRTBWBX9WS4Sc3yRHVl_fFeMba7zYiT-KA4jUIVBt80e5FqphJn32Why2HvfzXcUzPrG-oRidcIzDz4gHHQLfn3_uL7zJ15VEp92qxo0pNIqV9nQjOs7SwL_HAZ/s200/photo3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480750168165924802" border="0" /></a>Before leaving Island Beach State Park I relaxed and laid out on the beach -aaaahhhh!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMaruFBeznZgLlDGpOWvPm8R0LBbIPv5q3ctFEZtJAyj_z4uHMEesC9TgxvtlVlle2kOXtMxd919mIdF1bK4UvM34BFhZXHfqy7S2yB2EvmrRxMuDn4LPaI-LcUxypAGQQguM_AGIjPXMD/s1600/photo4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMaruFBeznZgLlDGpOWvPm8R0LBbIPv5q3ctFEZtJAyj_z4uHMEesC9TgxvtlVlle2kOXtMxd919mIdF1bK4UvM34BFhZXHfqy7S2yB2EvmrRxMuDn4LPaI-LcUxypAGQQguM_AGIjPXMD/s200/photo4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480750361604278626" border="0" /></a><br />Thank you John for taking me to NJ and having lots of fun!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-45732580522066121112010-06-09T05:00:00.000-07:002010-06-09T05:08:24.584-07:00Bennington VermontI had a really quick stop in Bennington Vermont with Aunt Laura & Uncle John's friend Vicki!<br /><br />We spent the day cruising around and looking at really pretty scenery. We stopped at teh "Bennington Battle Monument"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGB-Y7hUfN5kANM7qok1hPbqH6WNqg7jG9fXSlKeb6whQt__jHGolRZ4ZMzZp-xLUmkIm5-uwOKC6OULetBnnEAE7JLVwmtn-Wgm1QC_uANNtUUDg2Edb2dOxZe82NrU6nmzn9Nvq-qx_z/s1600/VT.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGB-Y7hUfN5kANM7qok1hPbqH6WNqg7jG9fXSlKeb6whQt__jHGolRZ4ZMzZp-xLUmkIm5-uwOKC6OULetBnnEAE7JLVwmtn-Wgm1QC_uANNtUUDg2Edb2dOxZe82NrU6nmzn9Nvq-qx_z/s200/VT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480743929693698994" border="0" /></a>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!!).<br /><br />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!<br /><br />Thank you Vicki for showing me Vermont!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-67312682255906088262010-06-09T04:53:00.001-07:002010-06-09T04:59:55.536-07:00Negril JamaicaI had another long plane ride with Aunt Laura & Uncle John's friends Lori and Kevin! They took me from Illinois to JAMAICA!<br /><br />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!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwSqaNk3On-94IiMwLaDZMrJ5uzzHZHF4vaFhcUEnT8VLso_9_ug-1ReBNjuSYspTmee169weOBx2o1VSI5GR2-hs18KtgHofHqM_sbXsRcJZxB-NPgxONYa9cHFqAjzWNBGxVUVJEh_r/s1600/stan3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwSqaNk3On-94IiMwLaDZMrJ5uzzHZHF4vaFhcUEnT8VLso_9_ug-1ReBNjuSYspTmee169weOBx2o1VSI5GR2-hs18KtgHofHqM_sbXsRcJZxB-NPgxONYa9cHFqAjzWNBGxVUVJEh_r/s200/stan3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480741212002148834" border="0" /></a>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!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4UVpVw85ziIyI_7GStm7Ro60pGxpkJr8IJkVq7bj7zlNennJBUDFJyc1gcIKpJCiAOmgK95TM3p371S6yjxVsxlH4w7p_PJbj8qpMkoBsL-W4zA8z7ECcqfuH23OCfQHTZqf6OZgQxhw/s1600/stan2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4UVpVw85ziIyI_7GStm7Ro60pGxpkJr8IJkVq7bj7zlNennJBUDFJyc1gcIKpJCiAOmgK95TM3p371S6yjxVsxlH4w7p_PJbj8qpMkoBsL-W4zA8z7ECcqfuH23OCfQHTZqf6OZgQxhw/s200/stan2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480741199390583746" border="0" /></a>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.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjuTKhmkNpbAl7fty81eKUj1_KiW6PbxlzRp-iXY5J54socZmm393j2Qi-n9jFQQ45JgHT2GcAd3zGl7Jq1dpqkFmsXIYj_r8IpjMvEeqTI7nsocg-g1sA64_0Kfoon1xAunqNcD84DYt/s1600/stan1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjuTKhmkNpbAl7fty81eKUj1_KiW6PbxlzRp-iXY5J54socZmm393j2Qi-n9jFQQ45JgHT2GcAd3zGl7Jq1dpqkFmsXIYj_r8IpjMvEeqTI7nsocg-g1sA64_0Kfoon1xAunqNcD84DYt/s200/stan1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480741136435783842" border="0" /></a><br />Thank you so much Lori & Kevin for taking me around Negril and showing me another beach! I do love the beach!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-31195134832139981992010-06-08T10:29:00.000-07:002010-06-09T04:53:01.328-07:00Melbourne 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!<br /><br />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.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHEQ5lX7D98pEJpdhpmse9mXNtZl-nqcIupPfTu7OMbZJWfqRExX4b4BDot_Cr9BA4li9sqDmkCTpARj2PZKm4PZMglPwwdw2qjkeIphjE-Ls2G-sbRskXuAu7yJJA5BYUvz79MMbWSnNM/s1600/30606_435309735019_544155019_6038391_2553930_s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 98px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHEQ5lX7D98pEJpdhpmse9mXNtZl-nqcIupPfTu7OMbZJWfqRExX4b4BDot_Cr9BA4li9sqDmkCTpARj2PZKm4PZMglPwwdw2qjkeIphjE-Ls2G-sbRskXuAu7yJJA5BYUvz79MMbWSnNM/s200/30606_435309735019_544155019_6038391_2553930_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480457274516131058" border="0" /></a>Here we are at the Adelaide Airport:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQTJ0nCe8H3w3x7aChYVFHGUOEIbzUdefzVIGz3996JZT4ogNDghbI2pwavv75okWVRofLfvqgSOg5KocHXRLerqr56luPMHPyzwblYX3V0aFUYpO6MPe-5hcpzgRPp0kbSxCWzhcMM7o/s1600/30606_435309710019_544155019_6038387_8016926_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQTJ0nCe8H3w3x7aChYVFHGUOEIbzUdefzVIGz3996JZT4ogNDghbI2pwavv75okWVRofLfvqgSOg5KocHXRLerqr56luPMHPyzwblYX3V0aFUYpO6MPe-5hcpzgRPp0kbSxCWzhcMM7o/s200/30606_435309710019_544155019_6038387_8016926_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480457504979337154" border="0" /></a>Looking out over Melbourne. Melbourne is in the southeastern part of Australia. It has pretty cold weather but great shopping and even better coffee.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG5ixE8ZndeFYM39Cfgb9euPo1M-3th0_DAwEHelQ3-5uxDmOhyphenhyphenc9_J9iHHxqFBTXWZ8qdFiTDFbzkWOMMa0_MYWefW1gvgLyK7LmnaFVYIn3axwKaQhPm7-y7DsN4HQm7p7VG2tKdECQb/s1600/30606_435309725019_544155019_6038389_3223049_s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 98px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG5ixE8ZndeFYM39Cfgb9euPo1M-3th0_DAwEHelQ3-5uxDmOhyphenhyphenc9_J9iHHxqFBTXWZ8qdFiTDFbzkWOMMa0_MYWefW1gvgLyK7LmnaFVYIn3axwKaQhPm7-y7DsN4HQm7p7VG2tKdECQb/s200/30606_435309725019_544155019_6038389_3223049_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480456842302898066" border="0" /></a> This is Elizabeth St., a famous street in Melbourne.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8jqD22qP1CjlstLmbqdWXXRupyM2Is4le_Sm2U7b_AGYMguUrntGUdsWmqxlQJQcogfUAmk7Pg2FuOzqSfQjrUAVzu-hVpDAkwU5uzrFJw5vAgX9vLOmRwb0jvFFlFlKjITiGFkTDdr3T/s1600/30606_435309730019_544155019_6038390_4698394_s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 98px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8jqD22qP1CjlstLmbqdWXXRupyM2Is4le_Sm2U7b_AGYMguUrntGUdsWmqxlQJQcogfUAmk7Pg2FuOzqSfQjrUAVzu-hVpDAkwU5uzrFJw5vAgX9vLOmRwb0jvFFlFlKjITiGFkTDdr3T/s200/30606_435309730019_544155019_6038390_4698394_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480739868917231186" border="0" /></a>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.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogLxFBb0glwXngcKsQY9YPDejaLwdXopHD4skdYz_Q_aUxjbUc6Zwl9i4i4gk4zQKwET3c7A7eSu_salm5tFQPXzowrwYjtd8-u5g0XBLKZKKom-XyJ6kyALH6iSBNI5m2bYIetXT4Xgi/s1600/30606_435309855019_544155019_6038392_5782171_s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 98px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogLxFBb0glwXngcKsQY9YPDejaLwdXopHD4skdYz_Q_aUxjbUc6Zwl9i4i4gk4zQKwET3c7A7eSu_salm5tFQPXzowrwYjtd8-u5g0XBLKZKKom-XyJ6kyALH6iSBNI5m2bYIetXT4Xgi/s200/30606_435309855019_544155019_6038392_5782171_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480740266281869826" border="0" /></a><br />Thank you Steph for showing me Melbourne Australia! and Thank you Barabra for introducing us!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-59816323480597365392010-06-07T13:15:00.001-07:002010-06-08T06:59:53.772-07:00Santiago ChileAunt 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."<br /><br />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."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVl7nXQPtihyDfxsLRo7u_f_jYi3Vg0hSQe5APn6oaYNPOGdoCbKpdzV60juxJRTJ3rOdjswysxZ3wWap4B8DfD5JUyDnj0jqJX_u0UffzGBPmuQGVnKdibzzc-RKCv8J4_t_f5wauOce/s1600/DSC03774.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVl7nXQPtihyDfxsLRo7u_f_jYi3Vg0hSQe5APn6oaYNPOGdoCbKpdzV60juxJRTJ3rOdjswysxZ3wWap4B8DfD5JUyDnj0jqJX_u0UffzGBPmuQGVnKdibzzc-RKCv8J4_t_f5wauOce/s200/DSC03774.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480128564050690610" border="0" /></a>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."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEabWSZVIMfsoaaCAorc-BarwDbEx6jePmQ8gUkhf-0hCZJX185MlgvhbeymiL11Add3TJS7I0U1Pk6yby0Y4toeJ7tCk9G9PEgOIHGf4SKfHggyZb6eNvOaJQtHWritkOOU8JLT_5AThz/s1600/DSC03789.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEabWSZVIMfsoaaCAorc-BarwDbEx6jePmQ8gUkhf-0hCZJX185MlgvhbeymiL11Add3TJS7I0U1Pk6yby0Y4toeJ7tCk9G9PEgOIHGf4SKfHggyZb6eNvOaJQtHWritkOOU8JLT_5AThz/s200/DSC03789.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480128837980417762" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKVYCPqN-qL2BB3gutI93rONmA_o1xzLjSfz9iO3pUZDJcLTjmq1cl0W3V4Kd5WHPcS381RqpgMol5apmS5BK9AvP0dPeySguXdYLmZzZt3M9i_7BzKGQnJ3icj4R5rUCmieJpUm_94QOm/s1600/DSC03778.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKVYCPqN-qL2BB3gutI93rONmA_o1xzLjSfz9iO3pUZDJcLTjmq1cl0W3V4Kd5WHPcS381RqpgMol5apmS5BK9AvP0dPeySguXdYLmZzZt3M9i_7BzKGQnJ3icj4R5rUCmieJpUm_94QOm/s200/DSC03778.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480129290705206818" border="0" /></a>We went to the Market and found lots of cool things to buy.. more fish though :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikANq8VmCvk3y1dzfaOVcPmo_CpCSwaBhqtTsjQiL7ZLdWtlB-V4MzawgmaVBjnIuLxAk21gMyifTP36kk2KK5SPLGO4r-z9tXnEN8L3Zjinp-Gecf0_RvIPmIfImwT1ZGH230fQ1SFnMA/s1600/DSC03754.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikANq8VmCvk3y1dzfaOVcPmo_CpCSwaBhqtTsjQiL7ZLdWtlB-V4MzawgmaVBjnIuLxAk21gMyifTP36kk2KK5SPLGO4r-z9tXnEN8L3Zjinp-Gecf0_RvIPmIfImwT1ZGH230fQ1SFnMA/s200/DSC03754.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480129692460321346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigifRa1zY7MW6axDOJTEIj1UGZG2mdB1SyZZQIPW3dz4P9-Xs1IbaUtcAFr_hZTavuC3w80c-4WsEaHqToYdBpJQbdEZcjfZCWJxEy9sPv2lp2NcZmYpgqV9q6MJKKi6VmRIeElFbI5EVM/s1600/DSC03747.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigifRa1zY7MW6axDOJTEIj1UGZG2mdB1SyZZQIPW3dz4P9-Xs1IbaUtcAFr_hZTavuC3w80c-4WsEaHqToYdBpJQbdEZcjfZCWJxEy9sPv2lp2NcZmYpgqV9q6MJKKi6VmRIeElFbI5EVM/s200/DSC03747.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480129391903493906" border="0" /></a><br />A big scary fish, and clams! Pescado is Spanish for fish!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyjLz4i4p_DRS964pQRnNb2dICuyY-kCBVYGC5Qq89NHSsnMWT4edD-j6OdHqOAv3knUpQxpLCDD3XaTgZA9fout5ZM_UwHgl7ptpmV8ad6h1QJ1XRtt6qHlH1BjwBqIWg8vnsbwRucQNS/s1600/DSC03752.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyjLz4i4p_DRS964pQRnNb2dICuyY-kCBVYGC5Qq89NHSsnMWT4edD-j6OdHqOAv3knUpQxpLCDD3XaTgZA9fout5ZM_UwHgl7ptpmV8ad6h1QJ1XRtt6qHlH1BjwBqIWg8vnsbwRucQNS/s200/DSC03752.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480129541667714034" border="0" /></a><br />And some Fruit! Frutas is Spanish for Fruit!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotyG-bfaPiSfMUcIASLEK_J6_YGi9DlYB1EjE-vp8dLK675e9Vhp-g1XtDtTxbBFYFd3p_CUd_D6R6BLJ8x3qrFWLBdaWZv-ZoJHz_vEA80bE4Q6N7cM-GUaOQuWkO-JFXgw_4nBKwq5q/s1600/DSC03764.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotyG-bfaPiSfMUcIASLEK_J6_YGi9DlYB1EjE-vp8dLK675e9Vhp-g1XtDtTxbBFYFd3p_CUd_D6R6BLJ8x3qrFWLBdaWZv-ZoJHz_vEA80bE4Q6N7cM-GUaOQuWkO-JFXgw_4nBKwq5q/s200/DSC03764.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480129872878780418" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Thank you so much to Andres, Martina, and Gonzalo for getting me to Chile and showing me around this really cool place!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-72075247405086430472010-06-07T13:03:00.000-07:002010-06-07T13:10:00.262-07:00Seattle WashingtonAunt 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 :).<br /><br />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!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj61YT5EnAMl6ighLEDsqVwk-bHImWTgkVsJj_ueD2fxGx0l2CDMPvgqOyuLSvdMvXcuV5vze18tb60kVhyphenhyphentIApzn3k-MW91WmDLWqWgTteklxSTpIRg5AXCS97CcdDfZI2078QpI2gJODZ/s1600/fishmarketseattle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj61YT5EnAMl6ighLEDsqVwk-bHImWTgkVsJj_ueD2fxGx0l2CDMPvgqOyuLSvdMvXcuV5vze18tb60kVhyphenhyphentIApzn3k-MW91WmDLWqWgTteklxSTpIRg5AXCS97CcdDfZI2078QpI2gJODZ/s200/fishmarketseattle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480125150235485602" border="0" /></a>This is me getting ready to go to the Space Needle! It is REALLY high up there!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TRfyn8eERaWbO2-qXfzXO3KMYFj1lIKyxVeRSp-QclIKZuKOnjAJcMXgYhFn1RJkmWT0H06762ve9qx9JUFHeljcT2iYbacQ4bl_UsFDgxqdm0MYW73n-mRdxIQ6z7ZG_07cTWq848LK/s1600/frontspaceneedle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TRfyn8eERaWbO2-qXfzXO3KMYFj1lIKyxVeRSp-QclIKZuKOnjAJcMXgYhFn1RJkmWT0H06762ve9qx9JUFHeljcT2iYbacQ4bl_UsFDgxqdm0MYW73n-mRdxIQ6z7ZG_07cTWq848LK/s200/frontspaceneedle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480125369578229090" border="0" /></a>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!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7OjM6lGtUx5hQ0SWkgMpNCBggXP8jsYCf6ZFytkxdddPfg1es-S9q9eaQmAGto6CqxjHnv1xZIww6fL2lMAMAtr5I40XGqY3PdPZZYJXOf8OimSS0u4sEqpD_0Czxu0LTa2v4acae3JeE/s1600/topspaceneedle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7OjM6lGtUx5hQ0SWkgMpNCBggXP8jsYCf6ZFytkxdddPfg1es-S9q9eaQmAGto6CqxjHnv1xZIww6fL2lMAMAtr5I40XGqY3PdPZZYJXOf8OimSS0u4sEqpD_0Czxu0LTa2v4acae3JeE/s200/topspaceneedle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480125568092330530" border="0" /></a><br />Me, Jen and Jamie!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZykBfCeAB_cVBlv79suEZRHrdF4tpjJ_jItRVpptWi7WfpJ2e__EtwOcGe_HCXcnjVpgE8VrwQuBBgJnnSYbcJwJRAt1zNXcHVMAeiXzxNus5fdNyvle1B0SYbDHmnoObT76ZcYKqlqN/s1600/topspaceneedle3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZykBfCeAB_cVBlv79suEZRHrdF4tpjJ_jItRVpptWi7WfpJ2e__EtwOcGe_HCXcnjVpgE8VrwQuBBgJnnSYbcJwJRAt1zNXcHVMAeiXzxNus5fdNyvle1B0SYbDHmnoObT76ZcYKqlqN/s200/topspaceneedle3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480126204345501634" border="0" /></a><br />This is another really cool view from the top!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2O7taOWRh-hWGa8lNPXXAbb0Pru2YD1bidfxdHYKXnEApYf61S8r8VZrkbphQYwvCLKDEKCmwwJCmbdRJnwzwwu4IvCA8o_1cmJpzcTqJ-LgZ9pvtt7zIoE6TEB-HvcXwOCObEcMxNZZg/s1600/topspaceneedle2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2O7taOWRh-hWGa8lNPXXAbb0Pru2YD1bidfxdHYKXnEApYf61S8r8VZrkbphQYwvCLKDEKCmwwJCmbdRJnwzwwu4IvCA8o_1cmJpzcTqJ-LgZ9pvtt7zIoE6TEB-HvcXwOCObEcMxNZZg/s200/topspaceneedle2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480125574875112114" border="0" /></a>After we left, we visited some of Jen and Jamie's friends. Here is a picture of me and my new friend Hayden.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRyVEhV13UnTEqa3hXj_tXh2CPCEf71Vj0nOmUwPU3WOe00ww6qlnnniZw9nuRnWr6qvFsk4a2ccryK_PWXn8SWdbNHsgO7TW9Mp_uJ7p-H0Dmar-V1gk8Sve0dg7vaH2fHtnQbKN0FxJ/s1600/haydenandflatstanley.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRyVEhV13UnTEqa3hXj_tXh2CPCEf71Vj0nOmUwPU3WOe00ww6qlnnniZw9nuRnWr6qvFsk4a2ccryK_PWXn8SWdbNHsgO7TW9Mp_uJ7p-H0Dmar-V1gk8Sve0dg7vaH2fHtnQbKN0FxJ/s200/haydenandflatstanley.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480125929287720722" border="0" /></a><br />Thank you Jen and Jamie for taking me on a really cool adventure and for taking me sooo high up!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-83881195944446701222010-06-07T12:52:00.000-07:002010-06-08T05:23:34.746-07:00Portland Oregon!I met a really fantastic guy named Andy who showed me around his summer town, Portland, Oregon! We had this short trip and got to know each other because we're planning a REALLY COOL trip in the Fall!<br /><br />Andy owns a <a href="http://www.itreknepal.com/">trekking company</a>! That's a fancy word for a really cool hike! He's going to take me to NEPAL, then to BASE CAMP of MOUNT EVEREST in the Fall! I know you won't be with Miss Tanner, but you may want to check back to see the pictures, I know Miss Tanner and Sam will be checking!<br /><br />For this trip I got to see a little around his home town of Portland, OR.<br /><br />I went on the streetcar!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPqcg2eifl6jx2aC3T318dpINfNvue52F3SWGMw-IK8rPpSGvCiZe4AcCRoJgHiugJZals5AdDw-fbkAK7HrifoOJ-IQRWkzdNlxlwIQIYqDiapcmLqKKK2T-BrSksXs5ZiJxejohZDD0/s1600/FS+goes+on+the+Portland+Streetcar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPqcg2eifl6jx2aC3T318dpINfNvue52F3SWGMw-IK8rPpSGvCiZe4AcCRoJgHiugJZals5AdDw-fbkAK7HrifoOJ-IQRWkzdNlxlwIQIYqDiapcmLqKKK2T-BrSksXs5ZiJxejohZDD0/s200/FS+goes+on+the+Portland+Streetcar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480123738321864338" border="0" /></a><br />I got to see Organic Eggs!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtvxYJuwNj9mRgpJzQna7IldTwZZCEUrqdzIFuKepZOqLJXb0nbi1H5mu6fd-qXLQjqXEac484KWD_VWxmCF6qkvO2b4aMGwgujgtFc_0gJk5dNdbNvtHAnrTTJSdsz5zcO5YfmTlIbx5n/s1600/Be+careful+FS+-+those+are+organic+eggs+at+the+Portland+Farmer%27s+market.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtvxYJuwNj9mRgpJzQna7IldTwZZCEUrqdzIFuKepZOqLJXb0nbi1H5mu6fd-qXLQjqXEac484KWD_VWxmCF6qkvO2b4aMGwgujgtFc_0gJk5dNdbNvtHAnrTTJSdsz5zcO5YfmTlIbx5n/s200/Be+careful+FS+-+those+are+organic+eggs+at+the+Portland+Farmer%27s+market.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480123620669378722" border="0" /></a>Organic Bread? It really doesn't look like bread to me!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdN0-6eeXNb4JJrZi6TZUid6pcTCuHNbIoikIPyefJUqwOKAigBMBtf7NrfBQYLhyphenhyphenPrIyOFDdELUszSbi2KLs1_GwDo8mmk9bP75iVDEvXBmfJ8KcvfsaKyPl5fekyvR8_E6IqrBKGvlwo/s1600/FS+takes+a+sample+of+Dave%27s+bread+-+YUM%21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdN0-6eeXNb4JJrZi6TZUid6pcTCuHNbIoikIPyefJUqwOKAigBMBtf7NrfBQYLhyphenhyphenPrIyOFDdELUszSbi2KLs1_GwDo8mmk9bP75iVDEvXBmfJ8KcvfsaKyPl5fekyvR8_E6IqrBKGvlwo/s200/FS+takes+a+sample+of+Dave%27s+bread+-+YUM%21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480124179386425362" border="0" /></a><br />I found a cool tree to climb, I wonder if Andy will let me climb any trees in Nepal! I heard that Trees don't grow at the top of Mt Everest because its too high!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6DOr5aDvW5enxBgpma4pGChvd4kKIOR2UqFtL_GmhXXpse6YGlIzt_MOEKq6z4cdi9JFbzysNdXFlevwD6ZvCnqQ8yZXArROMEZBmUTESWIhnHTmELTOxHazeCZwqLDNkMNoUI1LkI5xQ/s1600/FS+is+up+a+tree+goofing+off+at+the+Farmer%27s+market+before+the+big+rain%21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6DOr5aDvW5enxBgpma4pGChvd4kKIOR2UqFtL_GmhXXpse6YGlIzt_MOEKq6z4cdi9JFbzysNdXFlevwD6ZvCnqQ8yZXArROMEZBmUTESWIhnHTmELTOxHazeCZwqLDNkMNoUI1LkI5xQ/s200/FS+is+up+a+tree+goofing+off+at+the+Farmer%27s+market+before+the+big+rain%21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480123946217968290" border="0" /></a><br />After all of that I needed a drink!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroo-vhVCRZ1O3uekpLCsM79HXi7jB-2ex5YVnRJ-0OrJdTiubVMEhkq8XY7q7TlP8LC7doDWX9Z8GMITRwTk9l6XHZMeWT7nIcvFF48nyjQQ4WK9XKSRuLBZJkew4ax5ejXVqTO_Qu-ph/s1600/SO+thirsty+-+drink+up+at+the+bubbler+in+Portland+Oregon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroo-vhVCRZ1O3uekpLCsM79HXi7jB-2ex5YVnRJ-0OrJdTiubVMEhkq8XY7q7TlP8LC7doDWX9Z8GMITRwTk9l6XHZMeWT7nIcvFF48nyjQQ4WK9XKSRuLBZJkew4ax5ejXVqTO_Qu-ph/s200/SO+thirsty+-+drink+up+at+the+bubbler+in+Portland+Oregon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480124336620204466" border="0" /></a><br />We talked about what I need to do to get ready for my Mount Everest trip, and WOW do I have to prepare! I have to get in shape, I have to make sure I'm really ready, and I have to make sure we have the right gear! I'm glad we got this chance to get to know each other first here in the US before we went on our Trek!<br /><br />Thank you Andy for showing me your hometown and thank you for getting me ready for my Everest Trek!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-47924247761858714922010-06-04T06:01:00.001-07:002010-06-04T06:13:49.531-07:00Yorktown VirginiaI made another quick stop in Yorktown Virginia! I have to make these quick stops because I have so many to make! Aunt Laura's long time friend AUDREY and her daughter Abbie who is 5, took me around and showed me the sites. Audrey is from Pittsburgh too! She grew up across the river from Sam's mom in the same town as Aunt Laura.<br /><br />Yorktown is a really cool place where you can find lots of history! It's most known for its history in the Revolutionary War.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlTuAh38aw0_AS9Qvr8_aIOjRo1xUb7Ht5N7DfZgXk82IgjH9tWAQC7W1DOeZ9rsZmJoHIpiuJeDtHr2FzqyAY2x0mNnARad0u5gSCBO2Yhu7taBSju5QWPUueZRYYRJgg6yYbOVpGGZo/s1600/P1010973.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlTuAh38aw0_AS9Qvr8_aIOjRo1xUb7Ht5N7DfZgXk82IgjH9tWAQC7W1DOeZ9rsZmJoHIpiuJeDtHr2FzqyAY2x0mNnARad0u5gSCBO2Yhu7taBSju5QWPUueZRYYRJgg6yYbOVpGGZo/s200/P1010973.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478904142869375138" border="0" /></a>Audrey, Abbie, and Abbie's brother Alex all live near the Army Base, because Audrey is in the Army. She has a pretty cool job in the Army! - She plays in the BAND!!!<br /><br />This is a picture of her getting ready to play before the Memorial Day concert!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYiJFf3z7mmUOgYddax4KSJ-tCYOQu8Z3SwGamw8bGoy89VxJAYarhJh-YR-hVXhzLcQiCT4tQHLN-JZssUCCha1tyd5N2ddMJXtXKt20MhUzhkStEYPvXuEcwFj8IaRrKvMmLSz1xuGe/s1600/P1010978.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYiJFf3z7mmUOgYddax4KSJ-tCYOQu8Z3SwGamw8bGoy89VxJAYarhJh-YR-hVXhzLcQiCT4tQHLN-JZssUCCha1tyd5N2ddMJXtXKt20MhUzhkStEYPvXuEcwFj8IaRrKvMmLSz1xuGe/s200/P1010978.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478904754939680354" border="0" /></a><br />Thank you Audrey and Abbie for showing me the sites, and Thank you Audrey for serving our country!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-87540999255208172162010-06-04T05:25:00.000-07:002010-06-04T05:57:56.682-07:00Utah and Arizona + Grand Canyon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpY9tzvZKjQZXIsBgakGdcgqtdNUSLgaCzrKHySnhwC14T6lgdCfaHljgTvVfXP29QX_KtI395z-YfA_iMiZrM7oH61HPQVVSd_iPFV7mARNLyv9zAsnqkECB7JAUHKUCgoVnGBbrpF-y/s1600/grandcanyon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpY9tzvZKjQZXIsBgakGdcgqtdNUSLgaCzrKHySnhwC14T6lgdCfaHljgTvVfXP29QX_KtI395z-YfA_iMiZrM7oH61HPQVVSd_iPFV7mARNLyv9zAsnqkECB7JAUHKUCgoVnGBbrpF-y/s200/grandcanyon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478894694236557410" border="0" /></a><br />I went on a real adventure with Aunt Laura & Uncle John's Friends Nicole and Matt. Nicole and Matt like to hike so they really wore me out! They hiked EVERYWHERE! They went up and down the Grand Canyon and we saw all kinds of stuff!<br /><br />You may notice I look a little different here,but its ok, it's still me!! Nicole gave me a makeover :). She thought I should change my clothes.... after all these adventures she said my pants needed to be washed!<br /><br />Check out my little <a href="http://secure.smilebox.com/ecom/openTheBox?sendevent=4d5463784d6a45794f5456384d7a63344e4449314e54513d0d0a&sb=1">slideshow</a>!<br /><br />Thank you Nicole and Matt for taking me on your vacation!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-43662898108376618092010-06-03T05:45:00.000-07:002010-06-03T06:29:39.979-07:00Old Town Kissimmee Florida!I met Aunt Laura's cousin Sonya today. She has two children Scott, 8 yrs old and Aiyana, 3 yrs old. Scott and Aiyana showed me around Old Town Kissimmee Florida today!<br /><br />Aiyana made sure I was buckled up for the ride!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTf08lvG1EJcGf8uKtrQJ6gKSb30WnXRCgE2U93dy9mVssqXL2i2bvlYaw3OH30TzR5UH-wOZLkpSVFPTy1NeJcSKiLxDImnYdSNCd4o7AoI5zg_56WbRMva7twjZCssJpg198WCvXdrpR/s1600/008-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTf08lvG1EJcGf8uKtrQJ6gKSb30WnXRCgE2U93dy9mVssqXL2i2bvlYaw3OH30TzR5UH-wOZLkpSVFPTy1NeJcSKiLxDImnYdSNCd4o7AoI5zg_56WbRMva7twjZCssJpg198WCvXdrpR/s200/008-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478538034889847410" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKijtVVcLecziw4mX3ZVpjV5k24HjFxL3RMn8k6I_6PmssZ00YfdTviNbtkbC6PU-Zpead9jEOHc28-NkhWorFsF_CN8RG4rbX0NifEFBnXcMOHn7c-EavG2ZTrIDBrDQ4htfgNlVXYr4/s1600/006-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKijtVVcLecziw4mX3ZVpjV5k24HjFxL3RMn8k6I_6PmssZ00YfdTviNbtkbC6PU-Zpead9jEOHc28-NkhWorFsF_CN8RG4rbX0NifEFBnXcMOHn7c-EavG2ZTrIDBrDQ4htfgNlVXYr4/s200/006-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478538041522487954" border="0" /></a>If any of you have been to Disney World, Kissimmee is just around the corner! It was a small trading post for a very long time, then when Disney came to town, lots of fun stuff was added.<br /><br />In Old Town, they have, well lots of old stuff that looks really cool! - this is an old stove!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3f_Nv2JAqdtIFtozVxdJTWdNg-Ehux30IJVCMSQb9PLhdaIwfCa_s9fq2rcMS7UPzWQqGg_9ykNb-jCr49fC8iwb7qwUrGBDB3ouZ73SdWKNH44hlQkxmihbftTL4MG4utY2Rv9XXCXA_/s1600/025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3f_Nv2JAqdtIFtozVxdJTWdNg-Ehux30IJVCMSQb9PLhdaIwfCa_s9fq2rcMS7UPzWQqGg_9ykNb-jCr49fC8iwb7qwUrGBDB3ouZ73SdWKNH44hlQkxmihbftTL4MG4utY2Rv9XXCXA_/s200/025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478538303343323298" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbTsRtlzWVJPq8YF49EZlcm8NBLazBhRs3pmNTJHimAtBLOg3LurKLfR2aLOOzMokeRMF9tLJNuWKkL4w20N5tdUpnhV3ttrYiR9nGhvr-ZnqzZQRxK3VoPnkSjlWDBG1xB1IWXRhfUuC/s1600/054-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbTsRtlzWVJPq8YF49EZlcm8NBLazBhRs3pmNTJHimAtBLOg3LurKLfR2aLOOzMokeRMF9tLJNuWKkL4w20N5tdUpnhV3ttrYiR9nGhvr-ZnqzZQRxK3VoPnkSjlWDBG1xB1IWXRhfUuC/s200/054-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478538318198604914" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvWi-WaTK6QuNcIcnJSZZ79sBM4Xo62VGAz3AQ_FTbz3E1FRImkIde-jnpFeCtuu78PmWPxa_lRWKzjaLkKXlyE36I7G8R8_B9e9yeLsQh5Qre17Xz7nikl_jV4sqMtzZCYvRMjFOPAit/s1600/037.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvWi-WaTK6QuNcIcnJSZZ79sBM4Xo62VGAz3AQ_FTbz3E1FRImkIde-jnpFeCtuu78PmWPxa_lRWKzjaLkKXlyE36I7G8R8_B9e9yeLsQh5Qre17Xz7nikl_jV4sqMtzZCYvRMjFOPAit/s200/037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478538307559085154" border="0" /></a>This was a really big alligator!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinu-DqjBRA7RCU7Cbe5pn2a9b3DATB28ANMbpxgUGZLVh9qvjazcjeIZd2gwWnd0UcnBxfDO8ST0oxo07gTqmEMpG8XqrY0lOOp-9aRfFjHGfyrGOc4jGYRTBTowUzFSK1X-v4YWUW06ZG/s1600/019-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinu-DqjBRA7RCU7Cbe5pn2a9b3DATB28ANMbpxgUGZLVh9qvjazcjeIZd2gwWnd0UcnBxfDO8ST0oxo07gTqmEMpG8XqrY0lOOp-9aRfFjHGfyrGOc4jGYRTBTowUzFSK1X-v4YWUW06ZG/s200/019-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478538547349025810" border="0" /></a>This was really cool.. we saw a replica of the HERBIE car! He even spit water at me!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PEed5HRlCNoHusr0Wigd0N1QhEOfFRm0gFh6L58vez1VZ7mtgYT-U2ulByAFyAEVwQfavBGqi1SRoIemMhhvdXkYtXvQ_SKvz34PxCemhFJjEFnX1YWnMK_8NwbkQhML4UlE0mZTH2Tf/s1600/056-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PEed5HRlCNoHusr0Wigd0N1QhEOfFRm0gFh6L58vez1VZ7mtgYT-U2ulByAFyAEVwQfavBGqi1SRoIemMhhvdXkYtXvQ_SKvz34PxCemhFJjEFnX1YWnMK_8NwbkQhML4UlE0mZTH2Tf/s200/056-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478538728658071282" border="0" /></a>After all of this, we got to ride on lots of RIDES and ROLLER COASTERS! Boy it was fun!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVBQsfTo0j7q0TWiVGMt4_1_gfAvxTF3G2hc_YbQPz0axUcJdkPJv3V94w_we3d7cn9Zp5xtMAe6rwdjxD23qMojf02gHv4PHRa-luxnMMCa_eNKKiB4oz4jnQdwjQQHwKWeSG1uxossd/s1600/058-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVBQsfTo0j7q0TWiVGMt4_1_gfAvxTF3G2hc_YbQPz0axUcJdkPJv3V94w_we3d7cn9Zp5xtMAe6rwdjxD23qMojf02gHv4PHRa-luxnMMCa_eNKKiB4oz4jnQdwjQQHwKWeSG1uxossd/s200/058-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478538740708173890" border="0" /></a>Thank you Sonya, Aiyana, and Scott for showing me around Old Town and for having fun!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-26725748381885551772010-06-03T05:42:00.000-07:002010-06-03T05:44:50.241-07:00Bejing ChinaI made a really quick stop in Bejing China today! Uncle John's cousin Susie teaches elementary school in CHINA! Maybe someday she'll send a flat stanley from there!<br /><br />She asked a friend to take me on a quick ride around town and we saw the "Birdsnest" <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWeuQ8GB7PUlL8r6v7ZrjygS67lpegTITmJgI6dSLSINSrBfGFFOzwsCbuMVVu3vu5DDGVUx8ZMjDAFYEeYHoGAUUDTrlzoiwXjD_B8_6Gtqe0n9ISFd88pgZ2E-IJF04gjlDZh-L_z1f/s1600/bejingchina.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWeuQ8GB7PUlL8r6v7ZrjygS67lpegTITmJgI6dSLSINSrBfGFFOzwsCbuMVVu3vu5DDGVUx8ZMjDAFYEeYHoGAUUDTrlzoiwXjD_B8_6Gtqe0n9ISFd88pgZ2E-IJF04gjlDZh-L_z1f/s200/bejingchina.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478527231385296610" border="0" /></a>Did any of you watch the Olympics? This is where lots of activities for the Olympics happened! It was very cool to see this!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-29050673420782093702010-06-03T05:24:00.000-07:002010-06-03T07:45:23.387-07:00Coventry City UKI made it to the United Kingdom again! This time to a cool city called Coventry City! I came to visit Aunt Laura's friend Andrea. I met her two sons Evan and Alex who showed me some really cool stuff in their town! Evan is 9 and in Year 4 (remember how they say grades in UK?) and Alex is 5 and is in Year 1!<br /><br />Coventry City is pretty cool, its the CAR CAPITAL of the world! Most cars we love were designed or built in this city! It is also famous for its Spires (new word I just learned) that means pyramids or as I remember it "tall things" - but its for their cathedrals and churches.<br /><br />First they took me to the Coventry Football Stadium. Did you know that they call soccer FOOTBALL in Europe? They think our football is funny!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5nNnT_-KA4nv3CVfxTwTSSuMmJI1u8YsjUTv_kGLyAucHskjtxPDDuLrBpfD66z1tslRBrXdPc4UjbpqmAG6fJMV9WLcDRJwg-cpRqMA_5UT8Bkh0D9C-8xvb0CT34AlecN3-R4NyJlC/s1600/coventryfootballstadium.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5nNnT_-KA4nv3CVfxTwTSSuMmJI1u8YsjUTv_kGLyAucHskjtxPDDuLrBpfD66z1tslRBrXdPc4UjbpqmAG6fJMV9WLcDRJwg-cpRqMA_5UT8Bkh0D9C-8xvb0CT34AlecN3-R4NyJlC/s200/coventryfootballstadium.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478523762172196834" border="0" /></a>This is me in front of a really old firetruck!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNRcNrSK6XXTXBpZ4LOMBmFMpJp5a0_qticnf5WOopNQRHb_Ojg1e0Sgj99EHqFT9H3EIWgpCe-yoiZ9kyNmshBew5Ksw1wasFcHc7-2PrSUJ4AcZc99Fr-ex-q9Uyti902uE4tWTo3Ic/s1600/firetruck.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNRcNrSK6XXTXBpZ4LOMBmFMpJp5a0_qticnf5WOopNQRHb_Ojg1e0Sgj99EHqFT9H3EIWgpCe-yoiZ9kyNmshBew5Ksw1wasFcHc7-2PrSUJ4AcZc99Fr-ex-q9Uyti902uE4tWTo3Ic/s200/firetruck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478524622362011922" border="0" /></a>This is me, Evan, and Alex in front of one of the first car's built in Coventry!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlFTEdFWnXPuydGwri_QbAVb7WafMuRQ5ksGe96yB3t-XVJg7pUAWqLLRwPEJQJawq0DJlDQKZyclPTpGV67JTun7eIdfkjzMp0u2hrfz_ZhgqxufnWpQAAZa-jc3rdYv-vXG1_4p3xxN/s1600/firstcarsbuiltincoventry.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlFTEdFWnXPuydGwri_QbAVb7WafMuRQ5ksGe96yB3t-XVJg7pUAWqLLRwPEJQJawq0DJlDQKZyclPTpGV67JTun7eIdfkjzMp0u2hrfz_ZhgqxufnWpQAAZa-jc3rdYv-vXG1_4p3xxN/s200/firstcarsbuiltincoventry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478524834251233458" border="0" /></a>This is me in front of a very old tank!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-stH-3gVduHpeTsURN0fy43LzeugTqsd1eriLJAHlS2cgOnzUGJofQABxF7qUnGLGYXMTxQqWsOZZBgm_2Q7wnrXCP4tKDoQXWnL7jbRc27HdbpuOtnkJc1gwoqTLS5t4AEsa5f6W_zN/s1600/oldtank.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-stH-3gVduHpeTsURN0fy43LzeugTqsd1eriLJAHlS2cgOnzUGJofQABxF7qUnGLGYXMTxQqWsOZZBgm_2Q7wnrXCP4tKDoQXWnL7jbRc27HdbpuOtnkJc1gwoqTLS5t4AEsa5f6W_zN/s200/oldtank.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478525679679651650" border="0" /></a>This is really cool! its "THURST 2" Richard Noble drove it 633 MPH in October 1983! This was the fastest car ever at the time!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0NHXKO33etiECYRzZsCgIIJmj_Ey0WpHiOSxe4L71SzGWf8cxvBsZS9zJrxKpaPbkS2PV5F33VHC8DOnWQen0kAM4Fdn6w38YfsdCmDkT14DRlxrADOKxUmUk2tf92z90Wnp47PghGOb/s1600/thurst2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0NHXKO33etiECYRzZsCgIIJmj_Ey0WpHiOSxe4L71SzGWf8cxvBsZS9zJrxKpaPbkS2PV5F33VHC8DOnWQen0kAM4Fdn6w38YfsdCmDkT14DRlxrADOKxUmUk2tf92z90Wnp47PghGOb/s200/thurst2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478525818508428610" border="0" /></a>This is Thurst SCC, Andy Green drove it 766 MPH in October 1997 and it is now the world record for the fastest car!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAXE69ekfPr9Ng965YMJozXZ101GJBTCpF7fM2Su4AyfyxvoN3ujLi4msP9D2uzu8JtV4Dlz7BNMfAlcPoTddGJXrKeIwFXj2CAnYkDhlIRlLf_4maM25IzrivgnV4HlkwJgndK7yHQfX/s1600/thurstSSC.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAXE69ekfPr9Ng965YMJozXZ101GJBTCpF7fM2Su4AyfyxvoN3ujLi4msP9D2uzu8JtV4Dlz7BNMfAlcPoTddGJXrKeIwFXj2CAnYkDhlIRlLf_4maM25IzrivgnV4HlkwJgndK7yHQfX/s200/thurstSSC.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478526187364624386" border="0" /></a><br />This is in front of the Old Cathedral - there's no roof left!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YVTFN1SGA61r0UoQ5DnPM6LIw9FSxS8IIE505Qz1ITlRuL8PyXeNvia7RQbCiuSZard-7o-W6QUKMEU4F8UNe_d4nvmNNcIpjzSv-MPDwn2f1BypO3fJKyE7frWyTxYojWVSnqkjVG6U/s1600/oldcathedral.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YVTFN1SGA61r0UoQ5DnPM6LIw9FSxS8IIE505Qz1ITlRuL8PyXeNvia7RQbCiuSZard-7o-W6QUKMEU4F8UNe_d4nvmNNcIpjzSv-MPDwn2f1BypO3fJKyE7frWyTxYojWVSnqkjVG6U/s200/oldcathedral.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478526450636990482" border="0" /></a>This was outside of the New Cathedral, its a statue of St. Michael and the Devil.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBR8RRa9CQqYFm204N6E0J0fvxCq20hDnoVL8lCZhg-G9Q7xgiIuByYzShZXRBHCWpwo3w4GIM4jgEPDTTXjoKwvyqAIb2RWTQisfpSvMO0Jx2Md8qUqhwb5Zd-PV9IBZAOLewDOOCWF1/s1600/stmichael.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBR8RRa9CQqYFm204N6E0J0fvxCq20hDnoVL8lCZhg-G9Q7xgiIuByYzShZXRBHCWpwo3w4GIM4jgEPDTTXjoKwvyqAIb2RWTQisfpSvMO0Jx2Md8qUqhwb5Zd-PV9IBZAOLewDOOCWF1/s200/stmichael.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478526603097252354" border="0" /></a><br />Thank you to my new friends Evan, Alex and Andrea for taking the time to show me around!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-27375175590972903292010-06-01T07:46:00.000-07:002010-06-01T07:55:50.383-07:00Flying in Vermont<span style="font-family:arial;">Uncle John was very jealous of me on this adventure, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Uncle John said that is soooo coool!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">I got to FLY in a little airplane with Aunt Laura's Friend Andy. We flew from Massachusetts to Sugar Bush Vermont! </span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Qxvq5NflK_cUjReSdihBNaWkU9w3mI9LEf8VLAqIadYPInGESK7IuLDy3_nSKgkhrGRePZK89OR3ifZB81TEpE2Q2jxtw37jyKOTCk-KSc8Td7EKMFEp1QI4Clegr8RDa_FQhV3dpi1R/s1600/flat_stanley-inplane.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Qxvq5NflK_cUjReSdihBNaWkU9w3mI9LEf8VLAqIadYPInGESK7IuLDy3_nSKgkhrGRePZK89OR3ifZB81TEpE2Q2jxtw37jyKOTCk-KSc8Td7EKMFEp1QI4Clegr8RDa_FQhV3dpi1R/s200/flat_stanley-inplane.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477817351018421122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Andy had some friends flying around us, they took a picture of our Cherokee Plane from above!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_VOE32tePTezkQFhZisnftli0aDQd2Gk9W8yYdrAgIzzel0Ojc3W0r9HW-8sCU_jFInUncR5ve_LnZLEZ4BEWhlHAc6C-KpWOKfeO_wm7M_qW4MPgUBGegF32BOIr03_ITHggxTBsRPur/s1600/Flat+Stanleys+ride.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_VOE32tePTezkQFhZisnftli0aDQd2Gk9W8yYdrAgIzzel0Ojc3W0r9HW-8sCU_jFInUncR5ve_LnZLEZ4BEWhlHAc6C-KpWOKfeO_wm7M_qW4MPgUBGegF32BOIr03_ITHggxTBsRPur/s200/Flat+Stanleys+ride.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477817710411403858" border="0" /></a>When we got there, Andy (front seat) and his friend Instructor-Dave (back seat) took a ride in a really small Glider! It was even too small for me so I watched from the ground!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7JsniFRCv1BU7_MzxaDgqSUL_QPNcPzqxeU2mrv_Vqc3QvLvDcPdr-fWOb6i8KYwH8seGLurktYlEKRKdWpJT-IxyX7N99vsLNlRP26MD9Y77Ov8yFnsltWz8tPPpz6_jYZg9OLlPCfR/s1600/Glider.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7JsniFRCv1BU7_MzxaDgqSUL_QPNcPzqxeU2mrv_Vqc3QvLvDcPdr-fWOb6i8KYwH8seGLurktYlEKRKdWpJT-IxyX7N99vsLNlRP26MD9Y77Ov8yFnsltWz8tPPpz6_jYZg9OLlPCfR/s200/Glider.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477817978364229778" border="0" /></a>Thank you Andy for taking me on a really cool ride!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-62984739574806345912010-05-30T14:10:00.000-07:002010-05-30T14:45:51.675-07:00Los Angeles CA - Griffith Observatory & MuseumI met Aunt Laura's Friend Arsen and his son Danny! They showed me around Los Angeles CA and took me to a cool observatory! This is my new friend Danny at a park called Griffith Park! Danny is 7 and in 2nd Grade! He was excited to show me around!<br /><div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVDgP4F_Ns1g9mBsuK8lVCul-KIL0iGX3ov9j-oOEkEp1fVcVEp7Ccr_DNqY691uMEuTfBzokmxZmBclL3a_fbbY9XtJZlAbjgig2jep-VK-bIpQgdxLCC7xbGeSeeNDntMBb0LQr-UFR/s1600/dannyatgriffithpark.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477174077517921794" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 150px; cursor: pointer; height: 200px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVDgP4F_Ns1g9mBsuK8lVCul-KIL0iGX3ov9j-oOEkEp1fVcVEp7Ccr_DNqY691uMEuTfBzokmxZmBclL3a_fbbY9XtJZlAbjgig2jep-VK-bIpQgdxLCC7xbGeSeeNDntMBb0LQr-UFR/s200/dannyatgriffithpark.jpg" border="0" /></a>On our way today we passed the Hollywood sign, can you see it in the background.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq29gsfLyc5ufbb0-FcuoLQR6SdOqDl8IO6vHIYKTFJzpqEtf2L3T0zbZCOIlaHcOYKZfx3Vn8XEq1zw00D2V75Yyrdtm2EIBdI8ZOjvhqg_Dk8IbhQUfMBedVC-EeT946Ii0rGUTwwg-T/s1600/hollywoodsign.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477179449960560274" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 150px; height: 200px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq29gsfLyc5ufbb0-FcuoLQR6SdOqDl8IO6vHIYKTFJzpqEtf2L3T0zbZCOIlaHcOYKZfx3Vn8XEq1zw00D2V75Yyrdtm2EIBdI8ZOjvhqg_Dk8IbhQUfMBedVC-EeT946Ii0rGUTwwg-T/s200/hollywoodsign.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />We went to Griffith Observatory and you can see all of Los Angeles from up here.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGBCA8amOSUelDgqCKLE4UK2bG7Hy7Mc836umOPv9QMIQUeKX45bhqdoPNdE_jI-2kzimCk9W1MkVVMeZuurChuah60mZNrS9Ml0mGteFF9Q6jdEldHMx4Nk9YYLX1mcqMGjxzLWE288K/s1600/observovelookdowntownla.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477174273965435842" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 150px; cursor: pointer; height: 200px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGBCA8amOSUelDgqCKLE4UK2bG7Hy7Mc836umOPv9QMIQUeKX45bhqdoPNdE_jI-2kzimCk9W1MkVVMeZuurChuah60mZNrS9Ml0mGteFF9Q6jdEldHMx4Nk9YYLX1mcqMGjxzLWE288K/s200/observovelookdowntownla.jpg" border="0" /></a>We went into the Griffith Museum and I shook hands with Albert Einstein!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcaaXAmMuruuqNsU9dAjKrCaQj1z6uzCo23yjdDu7onezOIS5Bby0BzUelvKYhqW9tTOf7FrL4ozHMsaoJuL3QArwxpzDjKBeZT2ez-cvGWpjr7gPgyLbSg6kq0gkBgYXV1mTKW0a4dre0/s1600/einsetin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcaaXAmMuruuqNsU9dAjKrCaQj1z6uzCo23yjdDu7onezOIS5Bby0BzUelvKYhqW9tTOf7FrL4ozHMsaoJuL3QArwxpzDjKBeZT2ez-cvGWpjr7gPgyLbSg6kq0gkBgYXV1mTKW0a4dre0/s200/einsetin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477180017081954962" border="0" /></a> Danny and I stood on scales that told us what we weighted on PLUTO and the MOON (I wish I could go there, but Aunt Laura said no such luck).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9lGXU7M8r0ESJpoZOG4wtwcBy4VXtDBTon_6LVJJKvxeOR1X2FBgwVCZIS2wguXeC-Q4FyTleKrbATHW97bwWZcf8ZORt62pKpqb0vJkkN-nPOPAgojTmaiAxSVd_eXhZJ3xG8zyAXly/s1600/pluto.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9lGXU7M8r0ESJpoZOG4wtwcBy4VXtDBTon_6LVJJKvxeOR1X2FBgwVCZIS2wguXeC-Q4FyTleKrbATHW97bwWZcf8ZORt62pKpqb0vJkkN-nPOPAgojTmaiAxSVd_eXhZJ3xG8zyAXly/s200/pluto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477180663918494738" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE0RJ28ic631c1BhAlBhzDEV9VCjK8wEadnXgv-vs7WtCz8riIP_l0ULryBeQzI_c_RMNWXzsuOMaSEaecDGbvQe6tPcgjtf3OsPl2iIblBseyxzAl1hxrKIfdXeESoobFo5x8150FG0mU/s1600/moon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE0RJ28ic631c1BhAlBhzDEV9VCjK8wEadnXgv-vs7WtCz8riIP_l0ULryBeQzI_c_RMNWXzsuOMaSEaecDGbvQe6tPcgjtf3OsPl2iIblBseyxzAl1hxrKIfdXeESoobFo5x8150FG0mU/s200/moon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477180658603379266" border="0" /></a><br />I got to sit on a REAL meteorite - this was in space! I guess this is as close as am getting to space!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs74lXh_yJVcjyIERYmBKIOF2_Rs9qzGoidIHHhx5Hg54lGUnzx4KrKBtFnkFwizGehkTymlmVkAxFg_3lM7yftAwoyYUUbsIVH-SN7XSDlYRAp9y9YBOPiRhQuwMi8j2skKYS-EMtPjvL/s1600/meteorite.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs74lXh_yJVcjyIERYmBKIOF2_Rs9qzGoidIHHhx5Hg54lGUnzx4KrKBtFnkFwizGehkTymlmVkAxFg_3lM7yftAwoyYUUbsIVH-SN7XSDlYRAp9y9YBOPiRhQuwMi8j2skKYS-EMtPjvL/s200/meteorite.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477181177483434946" border="0" /></a><br />After the museum we went over to the Griffith Observatory.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5Mo-W2nlp5YebTF3wBhquBpVljYhxZFZYsi4pxQlz-u3NpQAbQzqCBaDZfePNUD1YRLFWrqHXy0lJZG8bRg_iX6nHvJtUz9wSfwIJKy3VhaO1Mw5k6ydEciCRa-LeuMPG0OBVZPiMWrF/s1600/grifobserv.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5Mo-W2nlp5YebTF3wBhquBpVljYhxZFZYsi4pxQlz-u3NpQAbQzqCBaDZfePNUD1YRLFWrqHXy0lJZG8bRg_iX6nHvJtUz9wSfwIJKy3VhaO1Mw5k6ydEciCRa-LeuMPG0OBVZPiMWrF/s200/grifobserv.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477181592857725746" border="0" /></a>This is the Zeiss 12-Inch Refractory telescope. You can see REALLY far from here!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8XWvE9cT3TRU2tkHxO9cOZc5vBvQ6BR9uoRqan22r3pIFpmX_8B55U9ojHSPygS81oLXoPSw28STCSU7d8NVRFQJQfRtcodMW1R3yUreWIlw5r4lyIa_b82LSvp_YREIhmWq7oCvvhuVO/s1600/refracttelesco.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8XWvE9cT3TRU2tkHxO9cOZc5vBvQ6BR9uoRqan22r3pIFpmX_8B55U9ojHSPygS81oLXoPSw28STCSU7d8NVRFQJQfRtcodMW1R3yUreWIlw5r4lyIa_b82LSvp_YREIhmWq7oCvvhuVO/s200/refracttelesco.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477181933552629922" border="0" /></a><br />Our last stop was the James Dean memorial. Arsen said your parents would be impressed, I didn't know who he was but Aunt Laura said it was really cool :).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIGyjO2JleGSAISHo8XnCDpE_prg2K3_NbA7q7P1DMEMNwqV_3W7OLUXYoIYIbdJbMEZMUxLObzevMd1b4JGb14sqaCkFBopGIM2im8VO-0jK1wMBD44taRVlZl-iedFPyzAc8Zsm7JOi/s1600/jamesdean.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIGyjO2JleGSAISHo8XnCDpE_prg2K3_NbA7q7P1DMEMNwqV_3W7OLUXYoIYIbdJbMEZMUxLObzevMd1b4JGb14sqaCkFBopGIM2im8VO-0jK1wMBD44taRVlZl-iedFPyzAc8Zsm7JOi/s200/jamesdean.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477182425019656754" border="0" /></a>Thank you Arsen and Danny for spending the day with me and showing me around Los Angeles.<br /><br /><br /></div></div>Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-79070945203508042372010-05-30T12:44:00.000-07:002010-05-30T14:48:52.566-07:00At the Armell Acres Farm - Lisbon, NYI am with Aunt Laura and Uncle John today. Uncle John's family has a Dairy Farm in Northern New York in a town called Lisbon! I met Uncle John's 12 year old cousin, Aaron who is in 6th Grade he showed me around the farm and showed me all of his animals!<br /><br />The farm is really cool but it is stinky! A dairy farm is a place where they milk cows a few times a day, the milk is put into large bins, and it is carted off very quickly and eventually brought to our stores so we can have fresh milk! Today I learned a little about how it works.<br /><br />First the cows have to be fed! There is this cool switch that dumps grain into a wheel barrel, then you take the food to the cows!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjeMjLa7sbcFLkRs5IhS1hkKyg9jBnjDJXvqfiT51vjb92quc7RNoMyIEhKINpGwP9XK_Nxj2goTpnSAoEuN_vGo7cgi_3bzojbaGZjHkDYmQestbM0cEbRyf_eugW9SeUrCjpCW1EZ1N/s1600/IMG_3763.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjeMjLa7sbcFLkRs5IhS1hkKyg9jBnjDJXvqfiT51vjb92quc7RNoMyIEhKINpGwP9XK_Nxj2goTpnSAoEuN_vGo7cgi_3bzojbaGZjHkDYmQestbM0cEbRyf_eugW9SeUrCjpCW1EZ1N/s200/IMG_3763.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477161323024190690" border="0" /></a><br />The Cows are brought in from the field an are tied up to these poles. They can have a drink here while they are being milked.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJcsdyfgWtgHuZ1cnqY9CYZqJ9AodhfBnkmWDE5eSRUssugsuxQVZiZLpA6aqAqUeQb_RaiwGvYuACJvHqhre6q-9QVQftwwrBizYdO4Iyo0EF-qmoGYwohvT32G0mwqj4xD9B9UgBfz4/s1600/IMG_3764.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJcsdyfgWtgHuZ1cnqY9CYZqJ9AodhfBnkmWDE5eSRUssugsuxQVZiZLpA6aqAqUeQb_RaiwGvYuACJvHqhre6q-9QVQftwwrBizYdO4Iyo0EF-qmoGYwohvT32G0mwqj4xD9B9UgBfz4/s200/IMG_3764.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477161979535389938" border="0" /></a><br />They use this machine to connect to all the cows, each of those silver things gets attached to the cow's udders! Then the Milk is sucked through the hoses into the big silver container in the end. It wasn't milking time so I didn't get to see the actual milking!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxhSt6nwwEhJ9Dmn8A_TLexxCLOv0ASrxHRNb0wSLycZO5s84qDqJ6nfpVtNn3DD_ix_3lbKlIXu4H6SxFg96WZK4z5g52IgtKVSmEaQGAz0DNJqV5GhnZYiOYQYivpMFDW-DvduBDoC6/s1600/IMG_3765.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxhSt6nwwEhJ9Dmn8A_TLexxCLOv0ASrxHRNb0wSLycZO5s84qDqJ6nfpVtNn3DD_ix_3lbKlIXu4H6SxFg96WZK4z5g52IgtKVSmEaQGAz0DNJqV5GhnZYiOYQYivpMFDW-DvduBDoC6/s200/IMG_3765.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477161983683253586" border="0" /></a><br />The milk is stored in the big silver container and is picked up from the big milk trucks. From here it's taken away to be pasteurized and put in containers for us to drink!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1hr3k6g5c45wnZVwxqTUBczxghpPqgnDvi8Mia8zm-JAB3djF77E_mVeav-Jnqpi8CWO4CVs-5fLu5C6ziTPTHh99H_f95DGHXo3B_UeKbPRabWUAS2s_X8pC1Y65j5vsfkjUMKVV5jw/s1600/IMG_3766.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1hr3k6g5c45wnZVwxqTUBczxghpPqgnDvi8Mia8zm-JAB3djF77E_mVeav-Jnqpi8CWO4CVs-5fLu5C6ziTPTHh99H_f95DGHXo3B_UeKbPRabWUAS2s_X8pC1Y65j5vsfkjUMKVV5jw/s200/IMG_3766.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477162003016029954" border="0" /></a>After we left the big barn, Aaron showed us all the other animals at the farm! They have lots of baby cows that will grow up to milk, but right now they just get to hang out in the small farm.<br /><br />This baby tried to bite my head!! Her name is Sally. The cow tongue felt really funny, and it was REALLY long but I couldn't get a picture of it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumMlaV3tWtDAEVwxqiUOhFIZpw_Bsl8txoNB9xuBwtYEGD9ZIon-6vlr1qchz1DVcfZmpcXIzBZefG5w5AFo8DqSEtJbobAiu-EabWPutsrotuJdefg_ism3WomhT6768g-h7Ib3hrtjA/s1600/IMG_3758.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumMlaV3tWtDAEVwxqiUOhFIZpw_Bsl8txoNB9xuBwtYEGD9ZIon-6vlr1qchz1DVcfZmpcXIzBZefG5w5AFo8DqSEtJbobAiu-EabWPutsrotuJdefg_ism3WomhT6768g-h7Ib3hrtjA/s200/IMG_3758.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477168879449441538" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRlnm_YpvR5hkurTvyicYZnn-s8BIUjHqMSTQo48Kk9s9z7jetRRWL0GlP_bWMHbzYWw2zQnClXO7ijQKiKfalchuIqDW7TX1Jc_O-JxWbPfnFzAyrLOWy-sytpQJob_sACikTWRkEdXK/s1600/IMG_3729.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRlnm_YpvR5hkurTvyicYZnn-s8BIUjHqMSTQo48Kk9s9z7jetRRWL0GlP_bWMHbzYWw2zQnClXO7ijQKiKfalchuIqDW7TX1Jc_O-JxWbPfnFzAyrLOWy-sytpQJob_sACikTWRkEdXK/s200/IMG_3729.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477169474176250258" border="0" /></a>Aaron brought out his special chickens for us to see, this was the biggest and the funniest chicken I've seen!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwlhxf26QM3wiHl8sjEskdf412EU2hGw8j9A3BtnZO1bm9XSasrzIKQTjMGZqDZunLLglfpamPFSKJq8X9b0-ltxkKetI3DQYJJ3Czo-N-yZmy0nSKT7HdTIjhMJibpTtIzWVNe81WAwc3/s1600/IMG_3746.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwlhxf26QM3wiHl8sjEskdf412EU2hGw8j9A3BtnZO1bm9XSasrzIKQTjMGZqDZunLLglfpamPFSKJq8X9b0-ltxkKetI3DQYJJ3Czo-N-yZmy0nSKT7HdTIjhMJibpTtIzWVNe81WAwc3/s200/IMG_3746.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477169778367102562" border="0" /></a>Aaron collects eggs and sells them. He's only 12 and has a business!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxpjo6ywBPQ4MH-P8n4wqjUxNjE5FVpHxINAqh5UG2EiXm4JaWXwvaCNBASszSr06S38vkjptY_yZk9wkNIAwPar0e83d5VP4jdpSaAcZX9J1Ocx2y7pD9CL8-MQAfu08GAAuFXJNy-q6/s1600/IMG_3753.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxpjo6ywBPQ4MH-P8n4wqjUxNjE5FVpHxINAqh5UG2EiXm4JaWXwvaCNBASszSr06S38vkjptY_yZk9wkNIAwPar0e83d5VP4jdpSaAcZX9J1Ocx2y7pD9CL8-MQAfu08GAAuFXJNy-q6/s200/IMG_3753.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477170254369903538" border="0" /></a><br />This was a big sheep, he kept chewing on my arm!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicOh6VLSgYpXVVYR-AYFhLunczzmspYdSJg9dT8NOZfE_3jGcwI_bXhSuTFQy7nwtmkjYWGua3ltp6IR8IeavFDC-oEj9C_2dWoHvmkbwchA7sGKKDwjrDNkNqcrDhPiZmax96igSSQiOF/s1600/IMG_3734.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicOh6VLSgYpXVVYR-AYFhLunczzmspYdSJg9dT8NOZfE_3jGcwI_bXhSuTFQy7nwtmkjYWGua3ltp6IR8IeavFDC-oEj9C_2dWoHvmkbwchA7sGKKDwjrDNkNqcrDhPiZmax96igSSQiOF/s200/IMG_3734.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477170529513924434" border="0" /></a>They have these REALLY BIG horses called Belgian Horses. - Look Claire's eating my hand too! Everyone on the farm is licking or eating my hands or feet!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkvhxzNL4nGgpR6gIzdXjoAjOtyc2Dip2m0KvKlo2P-de72Gp8xFfB2jw0e7eInqjdBcn7Sc0m-Qqn0nV7nWvLHoZjbF1pdcg22DafTg2B9eFQSicRYcHwMwVS9o6bVRRz76_IszL24bN9/s1600/IMG_3752.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkvhxzNL4nGgpR6gIzdXjoAjOtyc2Dip2m0KvKlo2P-de72Gp8xFfB2jw0e7eInqjdBcn7Sc0m-Qqn0nV7nWvLHoZjbF1pdcg22DafTg2B9eFQSicRYcHwMwVS9o6bVRRz76_IszL24bN9/s200/IMG_3752.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477171174068362066" border="0" /></a>Aaron's sisters have these miniature horses, there are four of them and they were really cute! Their names are Nikki, Patty, Hotrod, & Reba.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJcLmdJlGY_7CkV_LamTjJA7Ogup6VclfznMSfHUw3Sd9cgC6aCraZKlfZWj1NpHjnaKGtWwLfnElRkDOF_htS881-ojhEbZEIKFuvllL43D79a3_ISgEeRQxjB09FYJDLtHooidJqJOa9/s1600/IMG_3755.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJcLmdJlGY_7CkV_LamTjJA7Ogup6VclfznMSfHUw3Sd9cgC6aCraZKlfZWj1NpHjnaKGtWwLfnElRkDOF_htS881-ojhEbZEIKFuvllL43D79a3_ISgEeRQxjB09FYJDLtHooidJqJOa9/s200/IMG_3755.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477171187097296962" border="0" /></a>Look, another animal chewing on my foot! (this one is Patty)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8cpSkfQY9gH9zh_NbdhfUG3yWdyozMUHo2LNbOpCYCNDMvZ3l-R7MA24GFR-lQ9kEu9yqShyphenhyphenWLIK14BSse7VFQvDhLWO4e47RUIW941IAzX8X54GVcEWbJUtOtyMg1ed4WkkJ3CcMJgS/s1600/IMG_3757.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8cpSkfQY9gH9zh_NbdhfUG3yWdyozMUHo2LNbOpCYCNDMvZ3l-R7MA24GFR-lQ9kEu9yqShyphenhyphenWLIK14BSse7VFQvDhLWO4e47RUIW941IAzX8X54GVcEWbJUtOtyMg1ed4WkkJ3CcMJgS/s200/IMG_3757.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477171180119171266" border="0" /></a><br />Thank you Aaron for giving us an awesome tour of the Armell Acres Farm!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-60839816556852789352010-05-30T08:21:00.000-07:002010-06-01T06:44:44.405-07:00Tagging Whales in Antarctica !<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-sayaUZVbBtR-261ZEeFq7hA4kRoPOIRo9lKi37u3ZDTWJ5TmoWzejOsgDAlr7Y_5VQR7hmZxhoDI83rk8EPcmbc9rD-xd5aqscxIcAEUDbU-RZHhcE-sWj0KkgVoHGn1OvWz0jNXwzb/s1600/stanonpole.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-sayaUZVbBtR-261ZEeFq7hA4kRoPOIRo9lKi37u3ZDTWJ5TmoWzejOsgDAlr7Y_5VQR7hmZxhoDI83rk8EPcmbc9rD-xd5aqscxIcAEUDbU-RZHhcE-sWj0KkgVoHGn1OvWz0jNXwzb/s200/stanonpole.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477084658684647058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I have made it to one of the coldest and coolest places on earth! The ANTARCTIC SEAS! I am just off the coast of Antarctica on a ship that is tagging whales! Aunt Laura was so excited for me to learn more about the Ocean and it inhabitants, she plans on taking me Scuba diving soon but also said that it won’t compare to this experience. The Oceans are becoming my favorite place too.<br /><br />I learned that tagging whales is a really neat thing that scientist do so they can watch and learn how the Whales move around, how they eat, what sounds they make and how they live.<br /><br />A group of Researchers from DUKE University in North Carolina work on this project and were willing to take me on a quick ride with them. WOW it was cold, soon as you went outside; you could see ice on everything. You could also see Ice on my new friends! I’ve been to a lot of beaches & oceans lately, but I’m not sure I want to swim in this one!<br /><br />They have this<a href="http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shipposition.phtml?call=WBP3210"> really cool map</a> online where you can see where the ship is! We are moving right along the coast of Antarctica!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMcjApCS02utDR_x6gyP5L4lDPcJY41r8CCfUHtYABZ337BaTsdjbKXYjlitvMKfZd96gLDnsqCHLKXa0SZ3PC1PRQ-nKSbzoAVYc7E53kaonWpvTE4RBwps6qI5DwOR_rz0JKcoWZFh8/s1600/map.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMcjApCS02utDR_x6gyP5L4lDPcJY41r8CCfUHtYABZ337BaTsdjbKXYjlitvMKfZd96gLDnsqCHLKXa0SZ3PC1PRQ-nKSbzoAVYc7E53kaonWpvTE4RBwps6qI5DwOR_rz0JKcoWZFh8/s200/map.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477084274912670066" border="0" /></a>My new friend and chief tagger, Ari Friedlaender allowed me to help tag a humpback whale with a suction cup called a D-tag. Look at all the ice on the pole?<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUPee9ExHA__A2q29-lxZOD6Th_qBBaIYQ-Oj7wS4vPLFTG4lAgKNVgbb5_NzhN2DAmYgQM4mbwY_tudGudqdqgljbsytf2a1mjGIKFlpSni5NdTlyEnS5eOpOMvSxptvlu-J2Iy6LfhX/s1600/Ari+and+Flat+Stanley+ready+to+tag.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUPee9ExHA__A2q29-lxZOD6Th_qBBaIYQ-Oj7wS4vPLFTG4lAgKNVgbb5_NzhN2DAmYgQM4mbwY_tudGudqdqgljbsytf2a1mjGIKFlpSni5NdTlyEnS5eOpOMvSxptvlu-J2Iy6LfhX/s200/Ari+and+Flat+Stanley+ready+to+tag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477084530353650210" border="0" /></a>Since it was so cold, they told me I didn’t have to be in every picture and they allowed me to use some of their really cool pictures! <a href="http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica/2010">Check out the website for more!</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV5xUoQnn8lOaW5I0mu8E9BfIUyBbyatrQPhRC_rNfnJpmzCUTyoZ2i0eraiyJ87VMP5091MpV5V6dZrCB4BsLihwnVG8YUnnkBSiJ6Mp5-QTUNaOfZFT6hE1SoAMd0-EurhfC6HsUsD5V/s1600/ice.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV5xUoQnn8lOaW5I0mu8E9BfIUyBbyatrQPhRC_rNfnJpmzCUTyoZ2i0eraiyJ87VMP5091MpV5V6dZrCB4BsLihwnVG8YUnnkBSiJ6Mp5-QTUNaOfZFT6hE1SoAMd0-EurhfC6HsUsD5V/s200/ice.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477086248221166082" border="0" /></a>This is a beautiful picture of Antarctica<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzC8ZQeSJMG4jXoFoE_-79QI5YKKK0clZUTa0UBPK_pe4jY5C6lOJMUyinqxdlCaR5SRqhc7oaESW2-ADi47vxtYrO23ckfyxGVI9cytP9zx7HMO5X28NvtseMcGbXi_uuwW8mv8b20M_9/s1600/pretty.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzC8ZQeSJMG4jXoFoE_-79QI5YKKK0clZUTa0UBPK_pe4jY5C6lOJMUyinqxdlCaR5SRqhc7oaESW2-ADi47vxtYrO23ckfyxGVI9cytP9zx7HMO5X28NvtseMcGbXi_uuwW8mv8b20M_9/s200/pretty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477087643835869874" border="0" /></a><br />This is a picture of a Waddle Seal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSMabaljpdy-zFMKB72uQwwM15jx_H2eqK_krBOKCT9jcQe4hDwSn5-rhTB5yj-Ryuq4h_wZnfqSxvtD9cshUGXV8vxZHhwtevTIZW59sYZ3Dhxl0hcpX8g8KoYRyPQbCB72HEBjcjdft/s1600/waddle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSMabaljpdy-zFMKB72uQwwM15jx_H2eqK_krBOKCT9jcQe4hDwSn5-rhTB5yj-Ryuq4h_wZnfqSxvtD9cshUGXV8vxZHhwtevTIZW59sYZ3Dhxl0hcpX8g8KoYRyPQbCB72HEBjcjdft/s200/waddle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477087647007461234" border="0" /></a>This is a picture of a Whale spotted in the distance:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QfDYZGLWzhYGh7-Gb-YxSYol50360AyYrhisg4DHXaKMzkmXt9kv5eluD3Q77z9l1UcxcTyfqMj_w62lY-bbgjqmI02DBckg-tYfimGdhXG8Ta5B5u-vJ0_WlBvjWZ9-QaCABQr9y4NN/s1600/whale.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QfDYZGLWzhYGh7-Gb-YxSYol50360AyYrhisg4DHXaKMzkmXt9kv5eluD3Q77z9l1UcxcTyfqMj_w62lY-bbgjqmI02DBckg-tYfimGdhXG8Ta5B5u-vJ0_WlBvjWZ9-QaCABQr9y4NN/s200/whale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477087653906020450" border="0" /></a>This is a picture of a Gentoo Penguin<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1g668UxrNeDfXWUgIQI1tNhOOoA6yENG_IkEVxDjDjLt72y_bx2UeAmUOIm7ncQuLIQSp3AJXtjCcX6t3HKcjqQg4qESnKfuf-aa5ZAf5IJRAhODE-lXoMy9xCBcUjSzLzYzlmCLU9Aew/s1600/penguin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 131px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1g668UxrNeDfXWUgIQI1tNhOOoA6yENG_IkEVxDjDjLt72y_bx2UeAmUOIm7ncQuLIQSp3AJXtjCcX6t3HKcjqQg4qESnKfuf-aa5ZAf5IJRAhODE-lXoMy9xCBcUjSzLzYzlmCLU9Aew/s200/penguin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477088504143131282" border="0" /></a><br />The Nicholas School of the Environment Expedition has their own weblog too.. You can follow them, just like some of you are following ME!!! <a href="http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica/2010">http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica/2010 </a>You can see what they do on a daily basis and check out the rest of their really cool pictures!<br /><br />Thank you Meagan Dunphy-Daly and Ari Friedlaender and the rest of the crew! Had an amazing, and very special time! Maybe someday I will go to college to be a marine biologist and will join the expedition! Whatever I do when I grow up though, I will always remember how special the Oceans are!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-16593757598673569972010-05-29T04:02:00.000-07:002010-05-29T06:21:31.034-07:00THE USS ENTERPRISE!!!I had the pleasure of going on an adventure with another amazing person serving our country! Commander Michael Bobulinski of the United States Navy.<br /><br />CDR Bobulinski explained that he is a proud American living in Virginia Beach, VA, and he displays the stars and stripes outside his house each day. I wanted to start my trip to the ship by waving hello with the flag in the background.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyH7hROOEne67MSawqVQ2rriyK9GYDZ7H6BTGVq-0Yu3N2SpWJxFsBQEOFrlHJjmjnTzsxv3vYhg1iec-fRa3ddi34plhrQ2MbmEPDG-PU_Tn_Cn9jp2Ni6JNsKMB52PKQQUxS5mS9a4jH/s1600/DSC00001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyH7hROOEne67MSawqVQ2rriyK9GYDZ7H6BTGVq-0Yu3N2SpWJxFsBQEOFrlHJjmjnTzsxv3vYhg1iec-fRa3ddi34plhrQ2MbmEPDG-PU_Tn_Cn9jp2Ni6JNsKMB52PKQQUxS5mS9a4jH/s200/DSC00001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476646895433466850" border="0" /></a>I got buckled up for the trip to the ship, but was a little uncomfortable in such a large chair.<br /><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGk8wUhs8ejL-YKyBglK0PklwiiVUVUGwheizzDi00ZMArArqaKf_V_AHTYOLcRHR40F5KhgV8LKYdSyil11leJ-MVkkI1vKfs0SMO3b7VUWrZ6HLU7fk0SyCoyrefRuHdNCXrExrP6SOj/s1600/DSC00002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGk8wUhs8ejL-YKyBglK0PklwiiVUVUGwheizzDi00ZMArArqaKf_V_AHTYOLcRHR40F5KhgV8LKYdSyil11leJ-MVkkI1vKfs0SMO3b7VUWrZ6HLU7fk0SyCoyrefRuHdNCXrExrP6SOj/s200/DSC00002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476647385338524290" border="0" /></a>This is CDR Michael Bobulinski . He has been serving our country in the United States Navy for 18 years. He is a Naval Flight Officer, and is currently stationed aboard the oldest nuclear aircraft carrier in the Navy, the USS ENTERPRISE. Here we both wait for her to park and get tied up to the pier in Norfolk, VA. You can see the aircraft carrier behind CDR Bobulinski.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqVZ3dCfaC4cu9qt8NXiUUv8zb6chOQcuIHYaOs8gAh_S8yfBa64-EklDnxG8v2lWo1DiNgMpX6IilYtM1n9PrP-QE6UEgeohd1wBI4HDLNR8tJ2FPrkxSLegnDaycnFj7UVbYwZik31la/s1600/DSC00003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqVZ3dCfaC4cu9qt8NXiUUv8zb6chOQcuIHYaOs8gAh_S8yfBa64-EklDnxG8v2lWo1DiNgMpX6IilYtM1n9PrP-QE6UEgeohd1wBI4HDLNR8tJ2FPrkxSLegnDaycnFj7UVbYwZik31la/s200/DSC00003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476649812192208418" border="0" /></a>We walked out on the pier to see the ship up close.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQ3c2g4MGFL03A4KB9CiM7wfyni5hKy66Q66BQF1liSdJUgLhyphenhyphenLm2V9xJMWZMY2RTypXayPIpkzcD7a5JKct5_0_UDtkaK21FCCHqHLeW5I7u_9NqrDwgXBuXHyay-jIIkhkKDcDZxBoO/s1600/DSC00004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQ3c2g4MGFL03A4KB9CiM7wfyni5hKy66Q66BQF1liSdJUgLhyphenhyphenLm2V9xJMWZMY2RTypXayPIpkzcD7a5JKct5_0_UDtkaK21FCCHqHLeW5I7u_9NqrDwgXBuXHyay-jIIkhkKDcDZxBoO/s200/DSC00004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476648941097092674" border="0" /></a> After the ship was tied up, and we were allowed to go aboard, I wanted to go up and see the flight deck. The aircraft carrier is a huge floating airport for military aircraft. I was very surprised to see a helicopter on the flight deck.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEK13hcc0XQK7Zu3Ou6C2nnS2bxQAkK-fg0AmP7UdiZAltM01cSwHPN-R6qub2wM-gYf3KzNpAYJmIRXFgFs7t8NJoUpFc2fnXikbGTqfpK7pDeHS6rZTYzSmjxs1nCf_s92oA09ZqMLhb/s1600/DSC00005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEK13hcc0XQK7Zu3Ou6C2nnS2bxQAkK-fg0AmP7UdiZAltM01cSwHPN-R6qub2wM-gYf3KzNpAYJmIRXFgFs7t8NJoUpFc2fnXikbGTqfpK7pDeHS6rZTYzSmjxs1nCf_s92oA09ZqMLhb/s200/DSC00005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476649410006861330" border="0" /></a>After looking over the flight deck, I wanted everyone to see the big airports landing area. Airplanes get launched off the front of the ship in a very short distance. It is better than a roller coaster ride.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9udbHLPjGWXL0eZ_1EVFQMhDkt0bVn3EGbGl0-M-d2mLZH2WG2eH-vF9KWYnTQ8H__7lr9DXK81eSg61aHBcKGGzKv_8xg8i611Xmu0eQ0M-BNua5hs16Adan-QwfkQdZLClEgZG1mWZ/s1600/DSC00006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9udbHLPjGWXL0eZ_1EVFQMhDkt0bVn3EGbGl0-M-d2mLZH2WG2eH-vF9KWYnTQ8H__7lr9DXK81eSg61aHBcKGGzKv_8xg8i611Xmu0eQ0M-BNua5hs16Adan-QwfkQdZLClEgZG1mWZ/s200/DSC00006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476651264467851282" border="0" /></a><br />As we walked to the back of the ship, into the area where the aircraft land, I found another helicopter and another American Flag.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh34FVvGizRZTGcnbhTG46zrGbqxxPWY50Tq6aAvcCGNn5achhMK8gQ6Ed6SP-OpSt1pQnKJafsmvJPTGkje_LJjeeh-kLvBmKISD8PdIkKZLY2iLQ-7fKtVak2p6RzhGHGpEDtrfmvonWO/s1600/DSC00007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh34FVvGizRZTGcnbhTG46zrGbqxxPWY50Tq6aAvcCGNn5achhMK8gQ6Ed6SP-OpSt1pQnKJafsmvJPTGkje_LJjeeh-kLvBmKISD8PdIkKZLY2iLQ-7fKtVak2p6RzhGHGpEDtrfmvonWO/s200/DSC00007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476650735102419570" border="0" /></a>I wanted to see how high up he could go, so we walked up several flights of stairs or ladders as they are called on the ship, and looked out a window on the Admiral's Bridge or Flag Bridge (which is more than 9 floors above the water...which is as tall as a skyscraper). Here I am looking at the front of the ship out of a window.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuuWP33yDKPJ-h5nyFZm2AMWeWltwEomzwf4SuhEi-L7aEj7Dd_Y3_qZcveEOYbFEl3lxmVt6dCKxSL2BEuPMWGDJK5QxNT-XT62B8OJvOc0VtFeyjEs_WPwaLWFYyINppcldFgzTa702/s1600/DSC00008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuuWP33yDKPJ-h5nyFZm2AMWeWltwEomzwf4SuhEi-L7aEj7Dd_Y3_qZcveEOYbFEl3lxmVt6dCKxSL2BEuPMWGDJK5QxNT-XT62B8OJvOc0VtFeyjEs_WPwaLWFYyINppcldFgzTa702/s200/DSC00008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476651788118893378" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The walk up the ladders to the Admiral's Bridge was very tiring, so we took a break and looked at another aircraft carrier parked nearby. This one is the USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH, CVN-77. It is one of the newest aircraft carriers in the fleet and is named after...that's right, the 41st President of the United States.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBa71tta3bb1y9HCQ1jw9UjiS1s6BuI_xsFVRPhRwFkWE8SiGQRpjHgtrjQZWIAEvQUwKwBdig7_-lNjdEEfnzOwpp_Ou2Lkp1_I5ttRjRXZMGGurPVMVRjsgSO191JU1PLS0hnVwrnb9/s1600/DSC00009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBa71tta3bb1y9HCQ1jw9UjiS1s6BuI_xsFVRPhRwFkWE8SiGQRpjHgtrjQZWIAEvQUwKwBdig7_-lNjdEEfnzOwpp_Ou2Lkp1_I5ttRjRXZMGGurPVMVRjsgSO191JU1PLS0hnVwrnb9/s200/DSC00009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476652427916350770" border="0" /></a>I had a really awesome day with CDR Bobulinski. I'm very excited I got to visit this really cool ship! He said to tell you all that if you have any questions to send them to Aunt Laura and she will send them along to him.<br /><br />Thank you to CDR Bobulinski for serving, it was a pleasure meeting you!<br /><br /></div>Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-71162066946428381832010-05-28T10:28:00.001-07:002010-05-28T10:34:58.472-07:00At the AirportAunt Laura's Friend Jon (no not Uncle John this is a different Jon) - took me on a business trip to Atlanta, GA. We're going to take more pictures next week but today we had lots of fun at the airport! It's more fun traveling by airport than by mail or by computer :).<br /><br /><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Wow, the airport in Atlanta is such a busy place!! There are people and airplanes EVERYWHERE.</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">We had a really cool car that we went to the airport in and then I got to enjoy looking at all the airplanes for like 3 hours because our flight was very late.</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> Once we got going, though, the view was great.</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Lots of clouds and pretty blue sky!</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMz_5qsQPqcN-T19cDSP7cBdThBgqk76iHRO52kmovOUUPVoEp94_-6fEvGEiwXpD85_tfeLR3bbjpte0JbXt1aQOgFjS2Tv5UmiKMDULm6_-jV1wxGOXD0zn6SEE95ge3uyVjzy7d6paM/s1600/Flat_Stanley_Mustang.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMz_5qsQPqcN-T19cDSP7cBdThBgqk76iHRO52kmovOUUPVoEp94_-6fEvGEiwXpD85_tfeLR3bbjpte0JbXt1aQOgFjS2Tv5UmiKMDULm6_-jV1wxGOXD0zn6SEE95ge3uyVjzy7d6paM/s200/Flat_Stanley_Mustang.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476374951669740578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWSef1otNWCtMlp31QGaYTTPjtDZItJq6hqjHn-B4An6wNrlY5ws4-uual9zMqKtDMXoyYVBoJEuUHsX5ChCsBo0Xfkc4mjnopmlYy1L69Uxd_iS5d2Stb7uLTa7chC7LW6Y037VFs1sF/s1600/Flat_Stanley_Airplane_Window.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWSef1otNWCtMlp31QGaYTTPjtDZItJq6hqjHn-B4An6wNrlY5ws4-uual9zMqKtDMXoyYVBoJEuUHsX5ChCsBo0Xfkc4mjnopmlYy1L69Uxd_iS5d2Stb7uLTa7chC7LW6Y037VFs1sF/s200/Flat_Stanley_Airplane_Window.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476374506416365474" border="0" /></a><br /><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">I had my own seat</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">on the plane</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">with a TV in it so I could look on a map to see where we were.</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">The map was really neat. First it would show our whole country</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">with</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> the states and capital cities written in</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">English</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> and then</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">it would</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> show it in</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Spanish</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfD0MGLNDryVL72uTCdRySXvNypd16qQhFg5zCYR0TRc8oMtygPSqAXUzCd4JiveRTxOozg2amtAR0SfYK9T0Xpe5xvm_48cHeCbdVrEkfEtmWzOdWMxdrAx_7KM1i_Y6ZcA-EaWGUIfN/s1600/Flat_Stanley_Map.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfD0MGLNDryVL72uTCdRySXvNypd16qQhFg5zCYR0TRc8oMtygPSqAXUzCd4JiveRTxOozg2amtAR0SfYK9T0Xpe5xvm_48cHeCbdVrEkfEtmWzOdWMxdrAx_7KM1i_Y6ZcA-EaWGUIfN/s200/Flat_Stanley_Map.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476374525688817666" border="0" /></a><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Then it would say how fast we were going, how high in the air we were and how cold the air was. Did</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">you know that the air temperature outside the airplane get</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">s</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">to</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">be in the negatives?? Boy is THAT cold!</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> And we were flying at 39,000 feet which is almost 7 miles high!</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span> <p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p> <p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">We were only on the plane for a couple of hours</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">so a</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">fter a quick stop at the bathroom (even Flat Stanl</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">e</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">y has to go sometimes) we picked up our luggage and headed home for the night. I didn</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">’</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">t get to sleep until like midnight</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">, which was also cool.</span></span></p><p dir="LTR"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixs5BFebSseK4Qbgk_DRahyphenhyphenCvqZ2lye-Ca0__PPQjE0RvBzD4lmRfwTf1LFJp5ff4_Z-lNyVPeW6OKlPgvylt4HfLJKbT_w1jk1kjYQilk8kOwbo8u0F8IaZ0g-wL8OeH2xbxJUftXmxxy/s1600/Flat_Stanley_Bathroom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixs5BFebSseK4Qbgk_DRahyphenhyphenCvqZ2lye-Ca0__PPQjE0RvBzD4lmRfwTf1LFJp5ff4_Z-lNyVPeW6OKlPgvylt4HfLJKbT_w1jk1kjYQilk8kOwbo8u0F8IaZ0g-wL8OeH2xbxJUftXmxxy/s200/Flat_Stanley_Bathroom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476374510634413122" border="0" /></a></p><p dir="LTR"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_AA7e1P46fQGvOOGwydGW3JePf1fbTp4V1GFNkSPQy1pXJPHkzGj4p8MCQitlaDro9T7R6ADhHiQNLF4wKCGlPQizocebNxzYt6ISixmIpmX_Se7UEDLSGaeRvOEA9dMrby7n9ME9Nlxq/s1600/Flat_Stanley_Luggage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_AA7e1P46fQGvOOGwydGW3JePf1fbTp4V1GFNkSPQy1pXJPHkzGj4p8MCQitlaDro9T7R6ADhHiQNLF4wKCGlPQizocebNxzYt6ISixmIpmX_Se7UEDLSGaeRvOEA9dMrby7n9ME9Nlxq/s200/Flat_Stanley_Luggage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476374520218441730" border="0" /></a><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> </span></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Flat Stanley usually goes to bed much earlier than that.</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> Check me out on the Dunkin Donuts cup. That cup was HUGE. <br /></span></span></p><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQDJV28YCWCIfdCiYCKRt2FIZhBi_gCQfMU47mny7qySWx449Tm8MEmQhFuo5RMnRJ0liN8rhhYhf4xlqro0UbSkbLstNvxRHUxj2ziZhbO7afMDcejyAlzN4ins67MO6Xa7br23B1BGb/s1600/Flat_Stanley_DD.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQDJV28YCWCIfdCiYCKRt2FIZhBi_gCQfMU47mny7qySWx449Tm8MEmQhFuo5RMnRJ0liN8rhhYhf4xlqro0UbSkbLstNvxRHUxj2ziZhbO7afMDcejyAlzN4ins67MO6Xa7br23B1BGb/s200/Flat_Stanley_DD.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476374515945158466" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Thank you Jon for taking me to the Airport! I can't wait until next week!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-70900026741422735662010-05-28T10:24:00.000-07:002010-05-28T10:27:51.505-07:00With the Sheriff in Florence SC<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA-gAiVZWI5PwH_S_qgQdASpckCjcv4U8_KD74JMAzL6y0wH4xw1pI-_QTJS_81LGuGPrMtqF5lniHKT4K04cS-KfqfkQs4ry1Yug3QeDrtxB-L7NussbyWl6IMqyz_ROJ4ILOHDF5TL2/s1600/sheriff2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA-gAiVZWI5PwH_S_qgQdASpckCjcv4U8_KD74JMAzL6y0wH4xw1pI-_QTJS_81LGuGPrMtqF5lniHKT4K04cS-KfqfkQs4ry1Yug3QeDrtxB-L7NussbyWl6IMqyz_ROJ4ILOHDF5TL2/s200/sheriff2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476373532651686466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Aunt Laura's Uncle is a Deputy in Florence South Carolina. He took me for a ride in his police car. It was very fun!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgEBZ2RUYeLVCNqLmBSLYrnTlVbCWmR5NwFwJELlXnNoxfgfzgHJ2EzIf7GMFMtJUcdtnPRltWAZSMULvxasrebtejLSoO9zI8eGTAIT2D6qlxA5lrdvBDKdHdkHBo4N_UWCQUOmgTsYL/s1600/sheriff1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgEBZ2RUYeLVCNqLmBSLYrnTlVbCWmR5NwFwJELlXnNoxfgfzgHJ2EzIf7GMFMtJUcdtnPRltWAZSMULvxasrebtejLSoO9zI8eGTAIT2D6qlxA5lrdvBDKdHdkHBo4N_UWCQUOmgTsYL/s200/sheriff1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476373525463611682" border="0" /></a><br />We pretended like I got arrested and he put me in the back for a minute:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALdJM_YvZE8BCsahJYSj6JRUw58DtJi6EqmDYUCv4rZgigQSBYEAUoPx1cvFFt2WGvxN9-Gogy0jJ_CvwnhS4fvmVFeMrmNSyjTUja2IDyOvO2JGRCrUrUo6SGScL9SmRbtiaEhjfVBqk/s1600/sheriff3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALdJM_YvZE8BCsahJYSj6JRUw58DtJi6EqmDYUCv4rZgigQSBYEAUoPx1cvFFt2WGvxN9-Gogy0jJ_CvwnhS4fvmVFeMrmNSyjTUja2IDyOvO2JGRCrUrUo6SGScL9SmRbtiaEhjfVBqk/s200/sheriff3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476373528096454050" border="0" /></a>Uh-oh. I didn't like that very much! I like being a good boy so I think I'll not do that again!<br /><br />Thank you Uncle Harry for taking me on a ride in your police car, letting me turn on the lights and the sirens, and having a fun day today!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6494096418725446982.post-32457171215852643492010-05-28T10:07:00.001-07:002010-05-28T10:24:05.865-07:00Rhode IslandToday I had the pleasure of meeting Aunt Laura's friend Pauline. I learned that Pauline, Aunt Laura, and Sam's mom are all in the same sorority, but different schools! How cool is that?<br /><br />We went Narragansett RI today- this area is made up of beaches, and fishing areas. I love the beach and I'm glad I get to see lots of them. This is another one on the Atlantic Ocean! This picture is looking at the Newport Bridge. This is a HUGE bridge that was a little scary going across!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv9yybCfFrUb2TF-ECYVsgudPJgSWH1VJ3lQgjei_cW_UXJeARUMBkxrk8Bn7JD7-iyiVnh536SQ9dfUZUSm4-iohH1O53IwkyP4IcfVZArWwDenQovQa3bvY93j1yjtITN6ibdspKNYCh/s1600/IMG00004-20100525-1801.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv9yybCfFrUb2TF-ECYVsgudPJgSWH1VJ3lQgjei_cW_UXJeARUMBkxrk8Bn7JD7-iyiVnh536SQ9dfUZUSm4-iohH1O53IwkyP4IcfVZArWwDenQovQa3bvY93j1yjtITN6ibdspKNYCh/s200/IMG00004-20100525-1801.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476369246299095938" border="0" /></a><br />When we went across the bridge we met the toll taker, she was nice and took my picture!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2wlQtpdAgCSO7dsRQHIpHJKHBst4YktexWBhrGFwFo4MN0dnzWWGsQIIl2ToIQZQZ9Y6u2b_yd5UR6tkK-LOfTFbSnI4Qis8ghO3ecVFIcMIiGrL5djpJJgC9srvPJF-Toquzs3BK-rjF/s1600/toll.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2wlQtpdAgCSO7dsRQHIpHJKHBst4YktexWBhrGFwFo4MN0dnzWWGsQIIl2ToIQZQZ9Y6u2b_yd5UR6tkK-LOfTFbSnI4Qis8ghO3ecVFIcMIiGrL5djpJJgC9srvPJF-Toquzs3BK-rjF/s200/toll.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476369945641294578" border="0" /></a><br />Here I am looking at the beach and watching for surfers!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHY_6Gn1fuI-YIkteiw_iDErCyNLd0tGZFsieJb6ebN_n6uz27JCTjwQFwjCq9AuWA37JoyxS05IKm4l2KNKiqrVcyj3rWqi7Xqs8VB25BOESQ-Cg_FBIiz_h7aD6vFHoYGep2rJReoGd/s1600/at+point+judith+surf+watching.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHY_6Gn1fuI-YIkteiw_iDErCyNLd0tGZFsieJb6ebN_n6uz27JCTjwQFwjCq9AuWA37JoyxS05IKm4l2KNKiqrVcyj3rWqi7Xqs8VB25BOESQ-Cg_FBIiz_h7aD6vFHoYGep2rJReoGd/s200/at+point+judith+surf+watching.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476370540192935746" border="0" /></a>Found one!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBMWdh_veFu19TqBuCWnVoPNk1hxHStav_jeCk1y34qhbj_GDDYDNzvb8Wc9Ok7ZCzdX1NSlRwxsTKwGam3eMhBLvuHJh_94G3GHD8p-1bE9zN8UJ2xMFfr-fwAD1yH7htM-GOTfHp-5UA/s1600/with+a+surfer+at+point+judith.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBMWdh_veFu19TqBuCWnVoPNk1hxHStav_jeCk1y34qhbj_GDDYDNzvb8Wc9Ok7ZCzdX1NSlRwxsTKwGam3eMhBLvuHJh_94G3GHD8p-1bE9zN8UJ2xMFfr-fwAD1yH7htM-GOTfHp-5UA/s200/with+a+surfer+at+point+judith.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476371618806857954" border="0" /></a><br />This is the Judith Point Light House, pretty!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXh2UMzUVYQgaWfoMpwWYfawRYQ_RINcyb30H41KJEBauqiYpbJT2xyRCtLeAPqmNfWXDEbZywskaQ9xGGnpl5WnstREwCyhKBN6kkXfjYB_YL7lhfplCuy4ezO4vhy8YlKJ1AsKb4SGvH/s1600/at+the+lighthouse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXh2UMzUVYQgaWfoMpwWYfawRYQ_RINcyb30H41KJEBauqiYpbJT2xyRCtLeAPqmNfWXDEbZywskaQ9xGGnpl5WnstREwCyhKBN6kkXfjYB_YL7lhfplCuy4ezO4vhy8YlKJ1AsKb4SGvH/s200/at+the+lighthouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476370546551824162" border="0" /></a>This is on the fishing pier, this is a big boat!! its in a town called Galilee just nearby!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5XSUbUChB5MohXPJkxNAbVJnsqbWLBlOaHtaGVUY9qoL0QLceHL1adTeTcfYsa9aXHanrQXEMklxnf-Nv5GLTlQJiGcmGPIjftbb4Ddd_YpF6ZwOnkB2MekWBRcI0DojKMJwwgLNteq6/s1600/on+fishing+pier-%28fishing+boat+in+back%29+galilee.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5XSUbUChB5MohXPJkxNAbVJnsqbWLBlOaHtaGVUY9qoL0QLceHL1adTeTcfYsa9aXHanrQXEMklxnf-Nv5GLTlQJiGcmGPIjftbb4Ddd_YpF6ZwOnkB2MekWBRcI0DojKMJwwgLNteq6/s200/on+fishing+pier-%28fishing+boat+in+back%29+galilee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476371626221050066" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>This is at a really cool restaurant where I got to taste LOBSTER! Pauline told me that Aunt Laura and Uncle John DIVE and catch lobsters themselves! I hope I get to see that before I leave!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0l946c4a0auDAx9XcK_xPO-0jcPevPfEfH1EnOQnLZLMlE4VFdjDzee_QgSzLxq5RRMl2p0s3C-ZsJRUr3ePVWlLVedTyJssz3a7Muh_SMGx_JBnod5ErKIkyJSeVNQCivdgClJLrtPO/s1600/at+aunt+carrie%27s+local+resturant.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0l946c4a0auDAx9XcK_xPO-0jcPevPfEfH1EnOQnLZLMlE4VFdjDzee_QgSzLxq5RRMl2p0s3C-ZsJRUr3ePVWlLVedTyJssz3a7Muh_SMGx_JBnod5ErKIkyJSeVNQCivdgClJLrtPO/s200/at+aunt+carrie%27s+local+resturant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476370543236791058" border="0" /></a><br />Look.. I'm in the claw -- heheh!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwg6PvRjShldhbuiXIrvdHYT-QTi9n5kElRO2P7E0SpuJwxYrRQfADI7uWU4w3fXva03EylWAbhjS51QUvW8GdPWaVz2aVzy45EAicuRetEUsuzs-nlZozHPLDU0DpATstsfJaJ-xynmZV/s1600/in+the+lobster%27s+claw+%28galilee%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwg6PvRjShldhbuiXIrvdHYT-QTi9n5kElRO2P7E0SpuJwxYrRQfADI7uWU4w3fXva03EylWAbhjS51QUvW8GdPWaVz2aVzy45EAicuRetEUsuzs-nlZozHPLDU0DpATstsfJaJ-xynmZV/s200/in+the+lobster%27s+claw+%28galilee%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476372573373186962" border="0" /></a>This is a big ferry boat that takes people to this island called "Block Island" - it also has nice beaches!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiUOipK_8XmEKevaU2DZQ0N9Q1DKIlB4FF1YAukgyurgPbc7_yHEtPnhpUmaO8jn8jeAFdqn4MfKW64XsKqjFXDkAvMP8_DmRRW0IXFH_P5kNx4SroQAbEI-FyS1JLBzyA2z6Obf7G8HR9/s1600/block+island+ferry.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiUOipK_8XmEKevaU2DZQ0N9Q1DKIlB4FF1YAukgyurgPbc7_yHEtPnhpUmaO8jn8jeAFdqn4MfKW64XsKqjFXDkAvMP8_DmRRW0IXFH_P5kNx4SroQAbEI-FyS1JLBzyA2z6Obf7G8HR9/s200/block+island+ferry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476370554600976834" border="0" /></a>Thank you Pauline for taking me around Rhode Island! Also Happy Birthday to Pauline! (We did get to have some cake)!Laura http://www.blogger.com/profile/16077032671790285649noreply@blogger.com0