We went to Sedona in Arizona! Wait, that rhymes! Hahaha My cousins live in Clarkdale next to Sedona. They are named Eli and Finn and I had a really good time with them. I did a lot of historic stuff as in Tuzigoot. Wait, what? Tuzigoot. What the heck does that mean? My mom says it’s a Native American name. Anyway, it was a national monument. The Tuzigoot people were farmers. They grew corn. The upstairs was hotter and the downstairs was cooler. Ok we also went to Montezuma’s Castle. It is a fort. They built it on the mountain because they wanted protection. I think they built it on the mountain because they liked to bungee jump all day. Red Rocks was red. Correction, the rocks were red. We walked through the river and it was really cold. Cross the river at a good spot. If you see a little place with a lot of trees, DON’T do it there!!! Cross at a good spot with lots of flat rocks.
Sedona…dundundun….You should visit because I visited! By Lance
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Carlsbad Caverns is really cool because it is a really BIG cave. It has lots of different rooms. When I say rooms, I don’t mean rooms like in a house, these rooms are big areas that are called rooms. One room is called the big room because it’s HUGE. The tallest spot in the big room is about 225 feet tall. In the big room they have a hole in it called the Bottomless Pit because it is like 972 feet deep. We saw this column that looked like a wizard. A column is when a stalactite and stalagmite touch. A stalactite is something that comes off the top of the cave; a stalagmite is something that comes out of the ground. Another thing that we saw was an old ladder. My dad asked if I wanted to go down, I said no because it looked really shaky! If you really like what I said, then you should really go to Carlsbad Caverns. It is a very unique place and I don't think you can go anywhere else like it in the country. Even though there are a lot of other caves, Carlsbad Caverns is probably my most favorite I've been to out of all the caves. By Lily White Sands is in New Mexico. It is a national monument because it is the largest gypsum dunes. Gypsum was a rock that breaks easily and the wind broke it down and pushed it everywhere to make the dunes. If you go to White Sands, you have to sled. If you go to the visitor center there is a hallway that goes outside to a little area then you go in the other door and ask for a sled. You rent the sled or you can buy it. The sled is a circle sled. You can go sledding wherever you want. We went to the end of the road. They said that’s the best sledding. I wanted to find a tall and steep hill. We kind of found one. I really had a lot of fun sledding with my friends. When you drive to where you go sledding, all the sand looks like snow. About 2 inches deep it is really cold. That part of the sand never hits the sun even though it gets moved around a lot. There is water a foot down under the sand so it makes it colder. The top of the sand is warmer but you could still walk on it. I liked it better than beach sand because it didn’t stick to you. The first lizards that came to White Sands were all dark colored, so they got eaten. The ones who survived, survived because they were a lighter color and blended into the sand. Now the lizards are white and light brown so they don’t get eaten because they are camouflaged. I think that is really cool. White Sands was one of my favorite National Mounuments because you can go sledding. I think you should try and make it there, especially if you have kids.
By Lance Big Bend National Park is in Texas. It is where the big bend is in the Rio Grande River between Mexico and Texas. There were lots of things we did in Big Bend including the Hot Springs, the Window Hike, going in the river, and going to Mexico. We went across the river to Mexico. You would expect a big town but it was just a small town. The town was called Boquillas. We had lunch and the tacos were good. Lily thought they were awesome. We walked around and saw trinkets that we could buy. People should go and see the town. We sat in the river three times. We went there because we wanted to cool off. We also went to the hot springs. There were little rapids that you could jump in. They were really fast but it was shallow at the end so you could hit the bottom and stand up. We did four hikes. My favorite was the Window hike. You got to the end of the hike and you could see past everywhere but it was kind of fuzzy. The stuff in the air, they thought was from Mexico so they were mad at Mexico. But then they tested the air and it was actually from the Ohio Valley. The hike was cool because of the view. In Big Bend we hiked, we went to Mexico, and we went to some cool hot springs. When you go you have to do the Window Hike because that was my favorite thing in Big Bend.
By Lance Animal Kingdom was different than most zoos because it had roller coasters and some animals. It also had lots of educational stuff about the animals. At Animal Kingdom, the first ride we went on was called Dinosaur. It was like you went back in time and had to bring back a certain dinosaur. It was a lot of fun. The second ride was called Everest. In the beginning the tracks look like they are broken. You go backwards for a little bit then you do a big U drop. It’s fun! We went on a safari and saw lots of animals. We did it twice, one in the daytime and one at night. During the nighttime one we saw a female lion awake. After everything, I liked Animal Kingdom a lot. If you’re an animal lover like me and also like roller coasters, Disney’s Animal Kingdom is the place for you!
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