BEARS ON THE ROAD

When we got to Nassau, I couldn't believe it. It was the exact opposite of Freeport- warm, sunny, with fish swimming in the port. We didn't have to wait to get to our bus, and we got in immediately. While waiting for the boat, we cruised the shop. I saw a shirt that I wanted. It had a shark on it. Then the boat was ready to leave. Our first site was famous. It has a prop from one of the ''Jaws ''movie. The prop was a sunken plane. We saw many fish through the CLEAR and WARM water with the ALIVE reef. After that site, we visited a site with lots of other fish. The snorkel gear was much better, so I could actually snorkel. The last site was the site I had been most afraid of-the shark site. After much hmming and hawing, I decided to get in. The sharks were about 25 feet down. I saw 3 of them. Then they brought the bait box up, and I saw one of the things I'd always wanted to see-the dorsal fin of a shark sticking out of the water. ( we were out of the water wh...

InFreeport, or FREEZEport, we got to enjoy about an hour of standing in the cold. After that, we FINALLY boarded a boat. We were allowed to sit on deck, and we saw flying fish! After a while, my parents made me get off. >:-(!! When we got into the water, I discovered something else-Bahamian water is deceptive. When you are not in it, it looks warm, but when you are in it, you know that it's cold. 9 tenths of the reef was dead. After several attempts at snorkeling, during which I nearly drowned twice, got a drink of saltwater through my leaking snorkel, and got a huge rash on the inside of my leg from my flotation device, which seemed to be busy making my rear end hurt rather than making sure other boats didn't kill me on accident. In the end, I gave up, of course, right before my parents saw a trumpetfish, a needlefish, and a moray eel. So, of course, ONCE AGAIN, I miss the interesting stuff. Bleh!

We then drove to Washington to see my friend Molly.First, though, we stopped at Mt. Rainier, the worlds most photogenic mountain. We went to the Lodge of Paradise. It was really cool.Then we went to Issaquah and stayed with Molly for 2 days. We had dinner at this pizza place, and then we went and played with the cats, then we played on the computer until it was time for bed.The next day, we got up and Molly presented me with a REALLY COOL stuffed llama and a hat with a pegasus on it. What made them even more cool was the fact that she knitted them FREEHAND. Then we got to Boehms and I got a chocolate fish lollipop and a block of fudge. We ate them and we went to Snoqualmie Falls. After getting sprayed, we went to... the gift shop. We got a lemonade with 2 straws, and I got a bee candle and honey stick. Then we went to her house and we went to 2 playgrounds by ourselves. Soon, it was time to go.

We drove to Montana in our car, and our next stop was Glacier National Park. The glaciers were really small! But you could still see them. When I got the Junior ranger Badge, my mom started talking-well, showing off, really, and saying how many Junior Rangers I had, and the ranger asked if I was a Girl Scout, and I said yes, and then he went and dug in a closet to retrieve a Girl Scout Ranger Badge and a badge with a mountain goat on it.Then we drove to a corral, and there we rode horses. My mom had promised me we could ride horses. My dad doesn't like riding horses. My horse was named Winchester, but people call her Winnie because she's soft like a teddy bear like Winnie the Pooh. My dads horse was named Smooth, and my moms horse was named Moose. Before I got on, Winnie put her head on my stomach and rubbed her head on my stomach. Then, I got on, and we rode. We saw 2 coyotes. Then we went kayaking. The water was very cold. My moms horse tried to bite her and push her feet ou...

State number 46 was MINNESOTA, but not really, we were just driving through to get to real state number 46 WISCONSIN! State of cheese! In Wisconsin we went to St. Croix National Scenic River. It was extremely scenic with a colorful array of wildflowers. I did the Junior Ranger program and we explored the river a bit - not enough. We really needed to bring our own canoe or kayaks and spend a few days, but there were mosquitoes the size of mini-coopers! It was so bad that layers and layers of mosquito repellant couldn't hold them off and we are still scratching! Wisconsin, beautiful, but itchy. State number 47 was MINNESOTA! Really this time (I am not allowed to say I have been somewhere unless I have actually gotten out of the car and done something special or unique to the place - my mom's rule). We went to the International Wolf Center, in Ely. It was superbly, supremely the best thing ever! I adopted a wolf and am now the proud sponsor of Maya, the only female ambassador wolf...

Camp Half Blood was so specatacularly awesome there really isn't a word for it. Take the words: Spectacularly awesome. Now multiply those words by 10,000,000,000. You still won't even be close to how awesome camp was. OK, so I got there, which goes without saying. I met my couns-eler Kelsey. I was in... Apollo. I was TOTALLY not expecting that. Athena-maybe. Poseidon-likely. Not Apollo. I HATE the sun. Oh well. So, when camp began, I met the sword master, Master Thomas. We learned our marching commands, and practiced.Then we went inside. After this, we played capture the flag. My team lost three times and won twice. After that, we went inside and had snack. Gany did not have a very good insult. Gany's full name is Ganymede. He likes insulting the campers. He is hiding in our radio at camp. Once or twice he intercepts an enemy transmission. Our enemy is called the League of Monsters and Machines. A word about the League: they are all children of Hephaestus. They SAY,"Su...

We came to Trujillo on "Cruz del Sur!" "El placer en viajar en bus!" I think that means, The pleasure of travelling by bus! We had the pleasure of travelling by bus for 2 days! Now, to the casual observer, noticing that Cruz del Sur has reclining seats, pillows, and blankets, you'd think I could sleep well. WRONG! 3 reasons why. 1. there are movies playing 24/7. 2. there are horrible movies playing 24/7. 3.there are movies so fantasticly horrible playing people think they are going to die if they are not rescued immediately 24/7. Finally we got there, took a taxi to our hotel, and did the coolest thing ever. WE...slept. We got in our bedclothes, ran to the beds, and slept. When we woke up the next morning, we ate breakfast and then took a tour with the owner of the hotel, Senora Clara. She took us to Tucume, and then we went to the El Museo Tumbes Reales de Sipan, where they have all the magnificent treasures from the grave of the Lord of Sipan. First, Tucume is...