Photos and stuff

The giant mantis is entirely made of wood. It was at the Lakeside Lab at Lake Okoboji. They also had giant ants, a spider with a 15'X 15' web, a ladybug, a dragon fly and some others. They are an art installation.



This one is from my trip to South Dakota which I have explained in a previous post. I am at Mount Rushmore in this photo.

My Trip to South Dakota

Me and my family went to South Dakota for our vacation.

Our first stop was the Corn Palace. If you haven't been there, it's cool. The main thing I saw was the bird eating the corn.

We stayed in Hot Springs, South Dakota. It was a little ways down the road from The Mammoth Site. It was basically a hot springs death trap. The mammoths would come in to drink and would be trapped. More than a hundred mammoths were trapped and only three of those were wooly mammoths.

We also went to Devil's Tower.

We went to Mount Rushmore the day we got there and we got rained out, but we still got to see it light up - from both the lightning and the lights. The lightning was cool.

We went to Rushmore Cave. This time, it was better. One of the rules in it is that if you find a room in the cave, you get to name it.

We also went to Reptile Gardens which was very cool. We saw a snake show and an alligator show. They were hosted by the same guy. He tried to make some jokes which some few were actually funny. One was, he would never wrestle a female alligator because the females never close their mouths. I got a black light, glow in the dark, toy snake.

We went to Mount Rushmore again. This time we didn't get rained out and I did get to buy three flags and a flag holder. Each one means something to me. Oklahoma, where I was born. The United States flag, where I have never been out of. Iowa - where I currently live.

Piano Playin'

I had a birthday party for my blog and we roasted marshmallows.

A few days after that, I was the entertainment at the nursing home. I played four songs on the piano and sang a song I learned at Bible Camp. I played The Marines' Hymn, Kumbaya, Michael Row The Boat Ashore and Ode To Joy.

We are getting the bathroom remodeled and we are getting a whirlpool tub. And a new sink and toilet.

See ya.
Chris

All about it

The only reason I did this is I saw my mom's site. I thought it was cool. So I wanted one.

So, as this is my first post, to be honest, I'm not really sure what to say. So I'm just gonna say what I'm going to be doing this summer and what I did.

I went to bible camp for the first time. I was away from my parents and basically anyone I know. Boy, was it fun. My camp counselors were Loren and Zach. The first game we did, we had to say our name and something that describes us. It had to start with the first letter of our name. Mine was Creative Christopher. I was in Lindon A. We had a BBQ the first night and the rest of the time we ate at the new dining hall. We went swimming every day although I only did it the first day. During that swimming time, I jumped on the giant water trampoline. The next day, we tried to make a squid out of sand, but it did not work. The next day we planned on making a sea turtle. That turned out pretty easy and we did it pretty fast. We also made a starfish. We were going to make a clam, but it ended up looking more like a horseshoe crab. So we made a horseshoe crab. I found out that Zach could play the song Tetris on the piano. I can't wait until I go for a whole week next year.

Me and my family are going to go to the Black Hills sometime this summer.

I learned about the weird named cookie, Fig Newton.

That is all for now. I shall post more later.

See ya.
Chris