End of August - Andi

Oregon Trail Visitor Center

Aug. 25, 2017

Two days ago we dropped the camper off at a workshop. Then we went to the Oregon Trail Visitor Center. I did the bingo and Junior Ranger Program. I got a bracelet, magnet and a sticker. There were fun kids’ activities and boring stuff too. Anyways we stayed there for a while and looked around. Then we picked our camper up and came back to the Visitor Center. Then we parked at a campground and went to bed.

Yesterday we did laundry and played for a while. Then in the afternoon we went to the shop and walked to the hotel and swam the whole afternoon. Then we went to dinner. Then we came back and swam and then went to bed.

Aug. 26, 2017

Yesterday we ate breakfast at the hotel. Then we swam for a while with our friends. Then we drove to our next campground and ate dinner. Then we watched Croods.

Pahoehoe - flowing lava

A, a - crumbly lava

Today we went to Craters of the Moon. It is a volcano site. There are two different lava formations. One is when the lava is smooth and flows places. That is the pahoehoe (Pa-hoy-hoy). Number two is when the lava is mounted like a pile of rubble that is crumbling off red hot pieces of ash and rock. That is called a,a (ah-ah). We also did hikes around there. Then we went home and explored the campground. Then we had dinner.

Aug. 28, 2017

Yesterday we hiked in four caves. The first three caves all had really high ceilings and were either really skinny and long or fat and short. The fourth cave had really low ceilings and we had to do army crawl to get through it. You could also see lava marks on the sides of the caves. Then we had dinner and played two games of Dominion.

August 30, 2017

Yesterday we hiked in City of Rocks National Park. We went to the Visitor Center first. Then we went to the trailhead. We climbed on a couple rocks and then kept hiking. We saw cool views at times and other times we saw pure rock cliffs. We climbed on rocks too. Then we came home, played the Wii and had dinner. Then we watched a movie with popcorn.

Today we hiked five miles. We saw super duper cool views of the mountains. We also saw lots of climbers and geckos. I learned how to read maps without turning them. We ate lunch and watched people at the same time. Then we went home, ate dinner, played games, and read.

City of Rocks