Chicago History Museum

We went to Chicago’s History Museum first because we thought it was good to know the history of the place. It is a big museum which you get to on the brown line. First we went to the cafe were Lottie and I had a not to good tuna sandwich. Then we went and started in a section about the history of the city (of COURSE), They had one of the old L cars from the 1900s. Mama really liked it and you could go inside and see the seats. You could also sit on the seats which we did on the second time. (You will see later). Then we went to see the diplomas. There was one of the great fire and another of the worlds fair. Lottie liked those best. Then we went to the kids bit where we made a postcard and played around. There was an old bicycle that was so cool! Then we went to get and ice cream-or so we thought! There was Pinkberry with frozen yogurt and a ice cream shop too. Mama got carried away with the name Pinkberry so we went there. It was really really yummy! Then we walked back and took the L line back home.

chicago day 1

 Our first day in chicago was a really hot one. We went downtown and had lunch at Panera Bread. Then we went and got books at a book shop. I got a book called Wild Wood. It is a thick book and there is a sequel coming out in September-on KINDLE!!!! I will definetly buy it! Then we went to the famouse Crown fountain in Millienium park. We also looked at the "Cloud Gate" a.k.a "The BEAN" Why not call it the bean cause it is shaped like one! I dont agree with the name! Anyway that was basicly the whole day.

Ames, IA

A few weeks ago we went to Ames,IA to see my dads old friend he met in Florence called Mellisa. She has a five year old Called Vivienne. She is really funny and we liked playing games with her. We went to this farm called Living History Farms which is where you see what it was like to live a hundred years ago and it was really cool. But that day it was wet and rainy so we did not really do that much. We went to Des Moines and had a girls day out where we got new clothes at a mall. I got some really really cute dresses and me and Lottie got some sandals. Mine are red and Lotties are white. We stayed in a B&B called the Iowa House. It was a really nice B&B and the food was nice. I liked it. Sorry if I did not included it all!! I am very busy which is why is why I have not been blogging longggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
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Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse

A few weeks ago we went to Mount Rushmore and then Crazy Horse. It was a wet day and we were going to also go to Jewel Cave but chose not to! We only went to MR and CH. Mama wrote a weird blog post too. She was not that impressed about MR but was about CH. I liked Crazy Horse better (SORRY!). It was fun and then we went home and had good pizza and then went for dessert at a really good pie place (almost as good as mission pie!) It was really nice and they had rubarb pie which Lottie had.  Did you know that each face on MR is 60 feet long? Sorry if this is another short blog post!!!!!!!Here are some pictures though!

There it is, The mount Rushmore!

"If I cant see them they cant see me!"(but I can!!)

The non finished Crazy Horse with the horses head painted on.

The model of Crazy Horse.

The Badlands

I am so sorry that I have not blogged for a long time but we were very busy! We are now in Chicago "The Windy City". I think San Francisco’s windy too though! Chicago is a really nice city. A few weeks ago we went to The Badlands,South Dakota. It was really really hot (91 f) which basicly put Lottie of speaking! It was a really good day out even though we had to drive for two hours to get there! The rock formations were really really pink and there were lots of layers. We went to the visitor center to watch the " Award winning film" that did not really tell us about the formations. Then we went to do a short fossil walk with fossils and the drove home. It was really fun and there were lots of prarie dogs. On the way back there were lots of signs saying Wall Drug 5 cent coffee and Wall Drug exit 109. They were very entertaining and we saw about 30! Im sorry if I have not written much but I have many blog posts to write! Here are some photos:

Hills over and over and over again!

That hills in the way!

Lots of different rock formations!

Lottie: This is too hot so I will stay like this and not speak!

Wind cave!

I am so sorry that I have not been blogging for a while. About a week ago Lottie,Mama, and I went to a national park called Wind Cave. It was really amazing. We went on a tour of the cave and the original entrance of the cave was a small circle in a rock. The story is said that two brothers were horse riding down the path and one of them heard distinctive noises. He got off the horse and put his head near the hole. His hat blew off. They went off and then came back with lots of people. Again he stuck his head near the hole and this time his hat blew down the hole lost and gone forever. They thought they had found... GOLD!

It turned out that it was a cave. And there was NO gold to be found in it. In the 1900s a 16 year old boy called Alvin McDonald came and lived there. In his back yard there was the entrance to the cave. Of course when you are sixteen and have nothing to do where would you go? INTO THE CAVE! He explored the cave lots and losts. He wanted to tell the whole world about his favourite thing-the cave. He asked his father if he could go to the world fair in Chicago. His father agreed and they went together. At the fair he caught Typhus. He came home still extremely sick and lay in bed wishing and wishing that he could go down to the cave. He did and did that for four days going in and out in and out. That made him catch pneumonia. A few days later he died at the age of 20.

I am so glad that we have the light bulb and you will find out in this paragraph. Down in the cave our tour guide showed us what it was like on a tour with Alvin McDonald. There was a tin can on its side with a candle inside. Then she showed us what it would be like without ANY light. I was 300 feet below the surface and in complete pitch black. I was TERRIFIED! It was basicly the reason that I wanted to get out of there! It was still really really fun! I liked the national park alot but was glad to see the sky again. It was easy to get out because of the elevator!

The Museum of flight

A few weeks ago we went to a museum called The Museum of Flight. Now if you love aeroplanes and you are in Seattle this is the museum for you! It has a ton of stuff about them and you can got in the concord and the presidents aeroplanes. Now I hate flying but flying in the presidents aeroplane with a real bed would be fine! It was really cool and I would reccomend it. First we went to a bit about aeroplanes and space. I do not want to go to space because of the terrible beds and you do not want a tired me or I will do NOTHING. Then we went and learnt about how they used aeroplanes in the wars. It was really interesting and I learned about the signs that are on the edge of the aeroplane. It was interesting and I liked doing it. I love learning. Then we went to the café and had muffins. Then we left. It was a great day and if you are in Seattle I recommend that you go because it is so so cool.

The first aeroplane

A mail aeroplane.

Two mini models of navy aeroplanes.

The concord