We got a new car. It is a red 1972 Buick Centurion. It is old, and it has a top that can be put down. When we bought it, it was loud because it had a hole in its exhaust and it needed fixing. We took it to a mechanic and it needed exhaust manifolds. Because it was an old car, no one made manifolds for it any more. My Dad had to find some old ones to put on the car. Two or three weeks later, our car was back and a lot less noisy! The car was shining. Last week, we took the car to my karate tournament in Franconia, New Hampshire. My Aunt Michelle came up to see me in it. She let me play on her phone on the way. We had a good time. At the tournament I won two 1st places and one 3rd place. After the tournament, we went to McDonald's. The line was so big, and we ate at a picnic table outside. The line was also too big to get an ice-cream-cone after lunch. When we left, I fell into a deep sleep. I slept for hours!. Then I woke up... After leaving McDonald's, we went for a drive on the Kancamagus Highway. It is one of the most scenic highways in New England. We saw the coolest thing. Well, my Dad and Aunt did. I slept through it. A picture of what they saw is above. THE MOUNTAINS! For the rest of the ride I was in a big deep sleep and didn't get up until we were home. My Dad and Aunt loved their ride in the convertible. The rest of us slept through the entire ride. It is much windier in the back of the car and my hair got messy. Next time, I want to sit in front!
Ashleigh
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I really want to go somewhere. Do you know where I want to go? I want to go to a zoo but I also want to go to a Aquarium to see fish like seahorses, and dolphins. I want to see giraffes, zebras, and elephants at the zoo.
Ashleigh On Tuesday, July 5th we left for a cross-country trip across the U.S. by rail. We started in Boston and completed the journey in San Francisco. Unfortunately, Amtrak does not have WiFi on its trains running west of Chicago. My next few posts will be a catch up for the days we were travelling. I am going to add lots of photos to these next few blogs, showing off the beauty of our country. The Rocky Mountains were truly stunning! This post will focus on pictures from Boston to Chicago. And so it begins. Not much to see that is new or interesting as we leave Boston. So here is a picture of my Mom and Ashleigh. In upstate New York, we get our first view of how much of our country really looks. While the coastlines are highly populated, the interior of the country is largely farmland, and reasonably empty, except near the major waterways. This is a bridge over either the Eerie Canal or the Mohawk River... Likely the Eerie Canal. Unfortunately, I didn't know what I was looking at when I snapped the picture. I do know we were still in New York when I took the photo. This is a shot crossing the Mohawk River. Dusk on the river. Sunrise west of Toledo. Not everything is corn fields and rivers though. We also passed a number of industrial properties. Here are three examples below. Every once in a while, the sun hit the window in such a way that the picture comes out looking really freaky. I call this next shot "Ohio On Acid"! Sometimes, it is fun watching others trying to line up the perfect shot. I'll finish today's missive with a shot of Maddie trying to line up a photo.
On Tuesday we leave on a cross-country train trip.I have always wanted my daughters to see the country, and I could think of no better way to do it than by taking the train coast to coast.
We leave from Boston on early Tuesday morning, and arrive in California Friday evening. Over the course of our trip we will see some of the prettiest shorelines in the U.S. On Tuesday, we'll start in Boston and travel through the Berkshires, eventually stopping in Albany. We'll switch trains there and roll through the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. The train parallels the Eerie canal for a stretch and then rolls along the Mohawk River. Finally, we'll travel along the south shore of Lake Michigan right up into Chicago. In Chicago, we switch trains and then it's off to California on the California Zephyr, which is known as one of the most beautiful train trips in all of North America! After passing through the great plains, the train will go up through the Rocky Mountains and then ramble on through the Sierra Nevadas. On Friday we will eventually pull in to Emeryville California and a short bus trip into San Francisco. We'll stay in San Francisco until Tuesday morning, and then fly back to New Hampshire. Needless to say, over the next week, we'll be posting a lot of pictures from as we cross the United States, and give our thoughts on the trip. Bon Voyage readers! Our traveling posts will start on Tuesday. |
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