1/21/18
Andi: Yesterday we had a quiet morning. Then we scrambled on
the rocks. We got to a hard and low part that I had trouble getting down. Then
Nick and I started the robot we got for Christmas. We watched a movie and went
to bed.
1/22/18
Nick: Yesterday we drove most of the day. We stopped at
a gas station along the way. When we got to our site Andi and I played Wii for
a little while. Then we had dinner. After it was dark we went to a viewing
station. You look at some lights off in the desert. Nobody really knows what
they are. They flicker on and off. They get bright and then dim and they move
around a little. There is no town or anything man-made where they are. It was
kind of cool. Then we came home and went to bed.
1/23/18
Nick: Yesterday we drove for a while in the morning.
When we got to our site in Monahans Sand Dunes, Andi and I went sledding on the
dunes for a while. It was way faster than White Sands. We had a great time.
Then we came back and had lunch. Then Andi and I played Wii for a while. Next
we had dinner and watched a movie.
1/24/18
1/25/18
Nick: Yesterday we slept in and had breakfast. Then we
packed up the camper and drove about 1 hour to our next site. When we got there
we set up our camper. Then we had lunch. Next we got Mom from the airport. It
was good to see her again. Then we came home and opened Christmas presents from
Uncle Dan and Kayleigh. I got a game called Bears and Babies. It looked really
fun. I have not got to try it yet. I also got a gift card. Next we went out
to dinner with Mr. Robert. He is my 1st cousin once removed. We had
not seen him in a couple of years. He was really nice and it was good to see
him again. The food was good. Then we said bye and came home.
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| Sitting in a race car at the Petroleum Museum |
Nick: Yesterday we had a lazy morning and got going at
about 11:00. We went to the Petroleum Museum. It was about how they pumped oil
from the ground and what the oil was used for. My favorite exhibit was a side
exhibit that wasn’t about oil. It was about race cars. There were real race
cars in the building. You got to sit in one of them. Then we had lunch at the
rig. Then we came back to the museum and looked around for a while again. Next
we came back to the camper for dinner. Then we came back to the museum again
to do a science program. They had all sorts of cool experiments. My favorite one
was “program your own robot”. Then we went to an ice cream place with Mr.
Robert. Next we said bye and came home.
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| Andi wearing firefighting gear at the Science Program |
Andi: Yesterday we went to the Petroleum Museum. We went to the future and saw what oil pumping would look like in the future. They had a flying ship that had the ability to fly 1,000 miles per second and go underwater and hold three types of robots: the sea spider that only had six legs, the nanobots that were microscopic robots that could fly, and the robots that scanned for oil. It also had a laser that would dig a hole down to the oil. The laser made a ceramic lining around the hole so it wouldn’t cave in. it was all CGI though. Then we watched the Mythcracker show. It was kind of like Jeopardy except you got points and not money. We looked at the rest of the museum throughout the day. We saw race cars. One car was so low that it sucked itself to the ground and it wouldn’t fly off the track so it won every race until the government said that they couldn’t let it drive anymore. Then we went home and had dinner. Then we went back to the museum for a family science program. Then we had ice cream with Robert.
1/27/18
Nick: Yesterday we drove to our next site near San
Angelo. It was not a long drive. When we got there we set up our camp and then
we drove around San Angelo. We saw the apartment Mom and Dad lived in for 6
weeks. We also saw the hospital Mom worked at while she lived here. Then we
found a playground that Andi and I played at for a while. Then we came home and
had enchiladas for dinner.
Andi: Yesterday we drove around San Angelo with no destination in particular. We saw Mom’s old clinic, Mom’s favorite burrito place, and played at a playground. Then on the way home we went shopping. Then we had dinner.
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| 5K start in San Angelo |
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| the home stretch of the 5K |
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| Cheering for Nick during the 5K |
Andi: We signed Nick up for a 5K race in the morning. He got 13th out of about 75 people. Then we tried Nick’s slingshot out. We did chemistry also. Then we played with the slingshot some more. We had dinner and played Bears vs. Babies.
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| Best. Breakfast. Burritos. EVER! |
1/29/2018
Nick: Yesterday we drove most of the day to Dallas,
Texas. That is where I was born. When we got to our site we unhooked. Then we
drove around Dallas. We saw the house I lived in for my first 7 months of life.
It was a small house. We also saw the hospital I was born in. it was a nice
city. Then we had dinner out at Los Lupes. It was a Mexican place that Mom and
Dad ate at a lot. Then we came home and went to bed. I forgot to mention that
we had burritos for breakfast.
Andi: Yesterday we drove to Dallas. We saw the old house. Then we saw the new Parkland Clinic. It had 862 beds and Mom’s clinic at home only has 30. Then we went to Los Lupes for dinner. We went shopping and I got a slingshot. We came home and went to bed.
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| Standing on a hay bale |
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| Driving the gator with Dr. Henry |
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| This tractor was HUGE! |
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| Dr. Henry's cattle herd |
Nick: Yesterday we drove to our next site in Mother
Neff State Park. We got there before noon. Then we went to Dr. Henry’s house.
My mom used to work with him when we lived in Texas. His wife was Mrs. Vicky.
They were both very nice. When we got to their house we ate lunch meat on
really good bread for lunch. Then Dr. Henry showed us around his ranch. He had
750 acres. To get around, Dr. Henry and Mom drove in his car. Andi and I took
turns driving the gator, which is a little ATV that seats 2 people. The first
thing we did was set the pig trap. There is a bucket of food in the middle of a
cage and when the pigs ate from the bucket the cage door closed. Next we
rounded up all of his cows and fed them. He had tons of cows. We got to hand
feed some of them. Their tongues were really gross. They felt like sandpaper.
They also drooled a lot. One of his cows was part longhorn. She had little
horns. Next we drove to the place where he stored the hay bales. We got to
drive a giant tractor that moved the hay bales into a field where the cows
could eat them. The tractor we used to move the hay bales had spikes on it that
you stuck into the hay bale and then you lifted up. It could carry 3 bales at a
time. Dr. Henry let us drive the tractor. Then you dump the hay bales off and
make sure they are right side up. Next we had to take the plastic wrapping off
so the cows could eat it. We had to do that by hand. Next we started heading
back to Dr. Henry’s house. I got to drive back. When we got back Dr. Henry let
us drive his bulldozer. He had some trees he didn’t like so we took them down.
It was like snapping a toothpick. The controls were really fun. Mrs. Vicky had
made pot roast and we had that for dinner. It was really good. We also had ice
cream. Then we said bye and came home.
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| Andi driving the huge tractor |
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