My second day in capital reef

Well, first we went apricot picking. The area is huge to pick apricots so I bet you'll get some. And its only a dollar a pound! The trees are covered with green yellow red and orange balls. They are very old. The people who planted these trees were the Mormon settlers. the place the orchard is between the red enormous canyon walls. I picked about twelve apricots. I used a thing like some kind of like lacrosse sticks, except longer, to reach the apricots and scoop them up. My sister was also picking them. But she was using a ladder. It was fun picking them because they were right in our campground.

Then we went on a hike. The hike was scary because it was a wash and it was rainy season. In the rainy season, which is right now, it rains so much that you can get swept away. I'm glad we made it out OK.

Then we went to see the India petroglyphs. These are drawings by the Indians on the canyon walls. They looked very funny.

My trip to Utah

Well,First,I did my homework. Then I watched some movies. Then my Dad Forced Thisa and me off the computer. I am now writing to you on. Then we started looking outside then after a while we got to the the campsite Then the person that was doing the campsite registering said, Sorry the campsite is full.

I saw some arches. The arches were Delicate Arch, North Window, Turret Arch, South Window, and Landscape arch. I almost climbed to the top of North Window. And I tried to do the same thing to Turret Arch. There was a hole in the wall and my sister tried to get up there but she needed help from my Dad. So my Dad ended up there too. Then I tried and I got up there all the way by myself. Then after 10 seconds of being there, I started to go down. I got down mostly by myself, but my Mom helped me a little. After that, we walked to the car and drove to Landscape Arch. On the way there I hurt my foot. On the way back, it was dark, so we followed the moon. We had a quick dinner, then left.

Your friend,
Ephim

My second day in Black Canyon of the Gunnison

I went on a walk and I saw blooming cactus some were red, orange, yellow, and pink. We walked all the way to a visitor center. There we watched a movie about Black Canyon and there I got this cap that I am wearing right exact now! The cap says Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park. I got the cap at the visitor center I was talking earlier in the Blog today. And on the way back there were even more blooming cactus and even more colors of red, yellow, orange and pink. So many colors! Then we drove to the dragon on one of walls of Black Canyon and then we drove to some other Black Canyon walls. Afterwards we drove to watch the sunset but we were too loud so we went on a hike and during the hike my mom told me that tomorrow we are going through the dessert into Utah.

My Trip to Black Canyon

Well, I did not do much on the way there. First I did my homework. Then I went to a mining museum, and at the mining museum I saw gold and diamonds. Then we kept on driving and me, I was playing video games, and when I got bored I started to watch a movie. Then we finally got to Black Canyon National Park and now here I am, writing to you from Black Canyon National Park in Colorado.

Your beloved friend in Colorado in Black Canyon National Park,
or to make things shorter,
your friend,
Ephim

My birthday in Colorado

My mom woke me up with a song of happy birthday. And I got to have a cup of hot chocolate with a cupcake.

And after that we went on a 9 mile and 6 hour hike up and down the mountain.

Then we drove for about 2 and a half hours to get to our campsite and tomorrow were leaving. But in those 2 hours and 30 minutes I saw a yellow bellied marmot and some Elks. Then we set up our tents. Then we went to a Mexican restaurant and there I ordered a BBQ chicken quesadilla and now here I am writing to you on the computer.
Your Friend,
Ephim

My Trip to Colorado

My trip to colorado started of with Holly dropping us of at the airport. So we got to see her for a little bit. Then you know, go through security and everything like that. Then we got on the plane and blasted off to Colorado. And when got there I saw a Tornado warning shelter.

Excerpt from Thaisa's Journal

"My Summer"

6/21/11

"I will go to Russian camp"

6/26/11

"I worked in the kitchen"

6/27/11

"I played with fire"

6/28/11

"I burned my finger"