My nephew, Chris, sent a little flat version of himself to us for a little adventure. Here is his journal.
What I Did For Spring Break
2011
By Flat Chris
Tuesday April 5th
I got to Aunt Joyce’s house in Pocatello in Idaho. She was happy to see me! Uncle Greg and Cousin Glen and Sarah and Logan and Lucas were happy to see me too. Sarah is Glen’s wife. Logan is almost two. Lucas is a baby.
We ate a yummy chicken dinner and potatoes. Did you know potatoes grow in Idaho?
Some of the potatoes get really big!
I was tired after my long trip. It was nice to sleep in my soft warm bed. Good-night!
Wednesday April 6th
Uncle Greg is an eye doctor.
Today he gave me an eye check up.
My eyes were okay, I didn’t need glasses.
There was a rodeo in town. Three bulls ran away and ran through the town! The cowboys rode their horses after them. The bulls ran to a park. The cowboys threw their lassos to catch the bulls. They put the bulls on a truck. Then they took them back to the rodeo.
Thursday April 7th
Cousin Glen goes to college. Today I went with him! He is learning about electronics. Glen showed me the robot bug he is making. The robot has six legs. Can you see its eyes?
Glen makes the computer tell the robot how to walk.
This is R2D2!
Friday April 8th
It was cold today, and it snowed! Idaho is up high in the mountains so it snows a lot.
It was fun building a snowman.
I tried snowboarding too. I only fell down five times!
The snow melted in the afternoon. Then we went to the library and a fountain. The fountain isn’t running yet because it’s too cold.
The fountain is salmon jumping. Aunt Joyce told me that baby salmon go down the Salmon River to the ocean. They grow up in the ocean. When they are big, they swim back up the river to lay their eggs. They have to jump up waterfalls!
Did you know there was a huge flood in Pocatello 14 thousand years ago?
This stone tells about it.
Here I am at the library. I like to read!
Tomorrow we are going on a trip!
Saturday April 9th
Today we went to Yellowstone Park in Wyoming. It was a long drive. It was cold and snowy there.
Yellowstone has geysers. Water goes down in the ground. The magma under the ground makes the water hot. Then the hot water shoots out the geyser. This geyser is very loud. It sounds like a train chugging along.
Sometimes the water bubbles up and makes mud pots! They make a funny sound like, “Blub, blub, blub.” I saw buffalo and elk too.
It was a really fun day. We got home really late. I fell asleep in the car.
Sunday April 10th
After church, we went to see an old lava flow. There are lots of volcanoes in Idaho, but they don’t erupt anymore.
This kind of lava is called aa lava. That’s because when you walk on it with bare feet you say, “Aa! Aa! Aa! Ouch!
Aunt Joyce gave me some obsidian lava. It’s shiny and very sharp on the edges. People used to make arrow heads with it.
Monday April 11th
Glen and his family are going to Salt Lake City in Utah, and Las Vegas, Nevada, and I am going with them!
I said goodbye to Aunt Joyce and Uncle Greg and they gave me a hug and a kiss. I sat next to Logan and Lucas in the car and made them laugh.
We stayed with Glen’s brother, Alex. Here I am with Lanette, and Alex, and baby Cedar.
Aedin was having a birthday party. He is seven. Aunt Joyce sent him a compass, a kite, and some games. Glen and Sarah gave him a fun book about Dinosaurs.
His dad and mom gave him a big inflated ball you could get inside! I tried it, it was fun!
Winrey and I are in the ball. You can crawl inside the ball and make it roll! It makes your hair stick up!
Wednesday April 13th
Yesterday we drove all day to get to Las Vegas.
Now we are here! Glen is at a Tech Fair. He will see lots of robots and computers.
It’s hot in Las Vegas, so we got to go swimming! I am having so much fun, but I miss you. This is the last day of my trip. I will be coming home tomorrow.
See you soon!
Love,
Flat Chris
