This summer I attended Free Spirit Nature Camp upstate in Westtown, NY. This was my third year at the camp. As usual, I had a great time. I stayed with my grandparents. We roasted a lot of marshmallows. We were supposed to have two overnight camping trips but both were cancelled because of rain.
Westtown, NY
I went on a long bike ride with my Grandpa William in the woods one day. We saw a stream that was very nice with lots of birds and other wildlife. We also came across a beaver dam made out of sticks.
Grandma Lyle and I in her garden
One night we had a really huge lemon meringue pie. The meringue was piled so high it looked like a mountain. Everyone enjoyed climbing mount pie!
a mountain of a pie
While we were staying with family in Rio Vista California, we visited the Jelly Belly jelly bean factory. MMMMMM Tasty
Posing as workers in the Jelly Belly factory
Image of a tiger made of jelly beans!
My Stepmom and Grandpa took me on a tour of San Francisco to celebrate my birthday. We took the Painted Lady tour where they take you around in a vintage VW bus. We went down Lombard street “the most crooked street in the world”. We saw the Golden Gate Bridge, The Palace of Fine Arts, Sutro Tower, and Haight Ashbury where the Hippies lived in the 60’s. We visited my cousin Charlotte and ended with a trip to Japan Town where we ate fresh Ramen noodles for dinner.
Our vintage VW ride
Lombard Street
The Golden Gate Bridge
On The Golden Gate Bridge
The view from Sutro Tower
The Palace of Fine Arts
Houses from Full House sitcom
My family and I did a “Grand New England tour” this summer. We visited my 97 year old great grandma in New Hampshire and took her to the beach. We took her to Hampton Beach because it has places where she can sit in the shade and watch us on the beach. She walks with a walker and she can’t go in the sand with it.
My family and I also went on a whale watch on Cape Cod. We left from Provincetown which is at the very tip of the cape and we had very good luck – we saw a humpback whale feeding and breaching. It leapt straight out of the water just like in a movie (see pictures). Everyone cheered! People get very excited when they see whales, but not as much as when they see a great white shark. There were several great white shark sightings while we were there. One day at the beach my family and I were told to get out of the water and stay out for an hour because a shark had been sighted nearby!
I went to Brazil with my mom this summer. While I was there, I got braces. I hung out with my cousin Sophia who came with me to my grandma’s Farm and stayed for a week. We saw a newborn calf. I saw my pet bunny Bianca who is a boy , but we thought he was a girl. Oops! I also visited friends who live by the river Jaqui who have a Jet-Ski. I really like the Jet-Ski. I could ride that thing all day – and I did!
