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As I was sick, it didn’t take as long to leave. We weren’t camping, we were staying at an inn. We drove through Los Angeles and headed out for Joshua Tree National Park. When we got there, we bought a guide to the wildflowers of the California desert. We stopped in the Ocotillo (pronounced “Okoteeyo”) Patch and the cactus and ocotillos were blooming! I just adore succulents. Then, we moved on to a place called the cholla (pronounced “Choiya”) garden, where we found more blooming cacti.We drove out of the Sonoran Desert and entered the Mojave (pronounced “Mohavae”) desert. There were blooming Joshua Trees and Mojave Yuccas.We walked through a campground and onto a trail that led to an arch. At one point, it was quite scrambley and my father had Vertigo, so it was particularly hard for him. We drove out of the National Park and we saw a desolate wilderness owned by the BLM and the US Military. Eventually we crossed a barren plain that was a salt pan. There were mines out there for clorine used in pools. They were all abandoned, and so was the ghost town that operated it. We drove up through the Mojave National Preserve once more, and we could see the faint outline of the Kelso Dunes off in the distance. We went to our inn in Baker, home of the world’s largest thermometer. my parents pretended that they had come all the way from Orlando, Florida just to see the thermometer. The next day we sped through the Mojave Desert to Death Valley National Park. As we were driving down to the floor of the valley, we stopped at Zabriskie Point. It is a touristy place, but it was still worth it. Then, we drove down to the valley floor. We went below sea level and we got junior ranger booklets. Then, we learned that high winds had swept most of the wildflowers away, but there were still many wildflowers at markers 25 and 26. We drove to Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America. There was a lot of salt and some trash. We picked up the trash and made salt angels. We looked in a puddle where I found the rare Badwater Snail and a plastic fork. An adult helped me get the fork.There was a woman who was tracing the coast of south west Africa and saying “Namibia. I’ve been there. Namibia.” I told her that I’d been there too, and then I ran back to the car. We drove over many alluvial fans and bajadas (pronounced “bahada”) and came to one fan that was covered in wildflowers. No picture can describe the gorgeous meadows. Daddy was upset because his camera wasn’t working when he tried to take a picture of a Desert Five-Spot. I took the pictures for him.We drove to a road called the Artist’s Palette. At one point, there were so many colors that it dazzled our eyes. Sam wandered of into the colors and Daddy followed him.There were also flowers there too.We drove back to the visitor’s center and then followed the bloom up north. We frolicked in the fields and found big, juicy caterpillars.  Then we went to Stovepipe Wells and saw some sand dunes. They were nothing compared to the ones I’d seen. Then, we drove back above sea level and drove home. I learned that I needed voice therapy. We ate at an Indian restaurant and went home.

I was very excited. I was going to Mojave National Preserve, the 3rd largest Natural area in the lower 48 states! We drove through the Antelope Valley to the Mojave Desert.We took a detour through the snowy mountains. There were many rocks there.I never have a chance to see snow, and I knew that Mojave National Preserve sometimes had snow. We continued on through the desert to a town called Barstow, where my mother learned of an abandoned water park nearby. We wanted to stop there, but we didn’t. Instead, we drove to Baker, home of the world’s largest thermometer. From there, we drove on the dusty desert roads all the way to the volcanic cinder cones. We drove our car all the way to a place that I knew had a lava tube. There was snow!There were some rickety metal stairs to help us get into the tube.We walked into the lava tube and I found a swallow nest. The tube was so dark that we needed a flashlight.We walked into a chamber with a man and his dog, but the most striking thing was a shaft of light that fell through a hole in the cavern ceiling. The man asked us what campsite we were going to and we told him we didn’t know. He said we should go to the Granite Mountains. We said OK and we walked out of the cave because the sun no longer shone in the tube. We were lucky to catch the last glimpse of it. The cinder cones were covered in snow and I saw a cactus! We stopped at the visitor’s center to get our junior ranger booklets and drove to the Granite Mountains. There were amazing mountains on the way.We accidently drove our car up a hill that almost broke down our car,and we found a campsite. The next day, we got up early to climb to the top of the Kelso Dunes. we crossed a wilderness boundary and trudged through the sand.The sand dunes were a tan color that made it easy to see footprints in the sand.The sun began to rise and we were rewarded with a magificent morning.Sam and I ran across the low dune fields and ran up the crest of the high dunes.At the top of the dune, we could see the granite mountains and other sand dunes.On the Kelso Dunes, you can run down the sand dunes and make them boom. We could hear the booms because Sammy and I ran down at top speed like we did in Namibia. When we got to the car, we wanted to fly the drone. But Daddy said we shouldn’t because it might get lost in the sand. We went back to the campground and began to take down the tent, but Sam and I wanted to explore. Here is what we found:When we left the campsite, we found a jack rabbit.We drove to the visitor’s center. While we were waiting for the video to start, a train went by since the center used to be a train station. Then, Sam pretended he was in jail. We wanted to go to a place called Hole-in-the-Wall. To get there, we had to drive through a burned forest and a strange volcanic place. We drove to the Hole-in-the-Wall visitor’s center where my parents bought me a hat with a gila monster on the front. Then, we walked on the Rings Loop Trail. There were petroglyphs at the beginning, and there was a barrel cactus as well.Then we came to a huge canyon. It is called Banshee Canyon because the echoes sound like the noises of a banshee. The place is called Hole-in-the-Wall because there are holes in the walls. The trail is called the Rings Loop because there are rings helping you climb. We drove back quickly so we could go to the Cima Dome Joshua Trees. These are the densest forests of Joshua Trees in the world. I decided that we should go back to the car and drive to Zzyzx Spring, on the edge of the preserve. We didn’t make it in time for sunset, so we turned back before we reached the spring. But, there were California Date Palms.On our way back, we tried to eat at a Méxican place, but it was closed. There was another Méxican place as well, but it had a crazy name. The name was “Del Taco,” which is español for “Of The Taco.” We ate at a restaurant called Red Robin instead.

I was very excited, because we were going to the Carrizo Plain. I have always wanted to go there, and I finally would. We left a day later than we were going to because I was naughty the night before. We drove to Ojai, where a woman stared screaming because her dog ran away from her. Then we drove on the 33 to the Cuyama Valley, and  through a pass in the Caliente Range into the Carrizo Plain National Monument. We drove on through the grassy plain next to the San Andreas Fault all the way to the Selby Rocks Campground. On the way, we looked for pronghorn and elk. At the campground, there was no one else there, so we pitched our tent and drove to Wallace Creek. Wallace Creek used to be a strait creek but over time the San Andreas Fault made it curve. We walked across the fault and followed a trail that petered out in the grass. We knew were we were going because we could see the fault, but Sam wanted to stay on the trail. We told him that if they let cows trample this landscape, than it isn’t such a big deal if we trample it. But Sam kept fighting us until we got back on the fault and my father told him to say “It’s not my fault, it’s San Andreas Fault.” Then he was happy.We drove over the rough road and made reservations for Painted Rock. Then we found solar panels.We drove back into the National Monument owned by the BLM and we walked over to Soda Lake. Soda Lake is a dry salt pan that fills in the spring in winter with water. Then birds from the ocean come and swim in the marshes of the Carrizo Plain. But since there was no water in Soda Lake, There weren’t any birds. We played tag on the dry lake bed and then walked on the board walk. After we had seen Soda Lake, we went back to the Selby Campground. It was so cold the whole night long. The next day (Thanksgiving), we took our climbing gear to the Selby Rocks. However, It was so cold that my hands couldn’t move, let alone climb. And, there were bird nests at the top so we couldn’t climb that high. There were Yokut pesels carved into the rock.Then, we drove over to the closed Carrizo Plain Interpretive Center. Behind it there were strange machines built in the late 1800’s. We drove to a parking lot where a rabbit jumped into a fallen over sign pole. We walked over the rolling grass to a rock. We walked around the rock called Painted Rock.Then we stepped into an alcove in the rock where another rabbit jumped into a cave. There were petroglyphs everywhere since this is where the Chumash and the Yokuts Traded.A storm began to cloud the horizon as we strolled back to our car. We stopped at one more place before going home. It was the Soda lake overlook. The land around it looked black because of all the dead wildflowers. Soda Lake looked so much bigger from up on top of the hill.We drove on a road called the Elkhorn Road back to the 33. It was 4-wheeled drive, but our van did it. there were many washes everywhere, but we didn’t care because the storm was on the other side of the plain. When we got to the 33, we realized the road was closed. We drove back on the 33 to San Buenaventura, and we sat on the top of a hill where there was a 200 year old cross and a view of Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands.

We jumped in the car and drove with the Cate students to San Buenaventura Harbor. We were going to Santa Cruz Island in Channel Islands National Park, right of shore from my house. On the boat, the sea sprayed us and the wind ruffled our hair. We saw dolphins and sea-lions, but no whales.I spoke with an interesting woman who had never seen a pelican or the ocean before. When we got to the island, the ranger there told us about the rules and regulations and then we walked to our campground. Anyone who has been to Santa Cruz knows that there are foxes. They are endemic to the channel islands and are the size of house cats. The problem about the foxes is that they steal all of your food. They live in caves in the rocks, and sometimes you can find them in the trees eating figs.The Cate students wanted to snorkel and kayak, so we headed down to the water. Unfortunately, the water wasn’t as clear as it was the last time I went there, so we Kayaked instead. We found a small thru-cave that the current pushed our kayak through, and we circled around a rock covered with cormorants, sea gulls, and pelicans. Then we came ashore and headed back through the outhouse-scented canyon.There are also cacti on Santa Cruz Island, and much to my delight, there are dudleas too.On every Channel Island, there is a time in the afternoon when the light hits the hills perfectly. That is what met our eyes as we left the stinky Scorpion Canyon and headed along the bluff to Potato Harbor. Sam liked to pretend he was dead, and we found two foxes. Eventually, Sam and Daddy turned back and I went with the Cate students to the Potato, marveling at the views on the way.I kept looking up at the montañon ridge, wishing that the next day I would climb to the top. The sun began to set over the grassy cliffs in the shadow of the high Sierra Blanca of Santa Cruz Island.When we reached the Potato, the view was stunning, but I was more impressed with the harbor next to it, which had an isolated beach and a sea cave. The sun began to set in the hills, and we headed back to the campground, where I saw a missle from the military explode over the mountains and a woman who dressed up as another woman from the 1910’s.  The next day, I snorkeled around the harbor looking for garibaldi when my mother came in a boat. I had been wanting to go to the top of Montañon Ridge and my mother could finally take me. I quickly got out of my swimsuit and we began our accent from the ocean. It took a while to get to the top, and we had to go on a trail that went strait up the hillside

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We trekked uphill to a place where there was a cliff on either side of us, and it reminded me of Slovenia

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There were no foxes on the top of the mountain, only live oak woodland and small shrubs growing out of the dry, gravely ground. Once at the top of the mountain, my mother and I ate lunch and noted the presence of a geological survey marking.

I streached my arms out on the top of the mountain the way most people do on the top of a mountain. I could almost see Santa Rosa Island!

On the way down from the mountain, we found a cypress grove and some dudleas. 

We made it just in time for our boat back to San Buenaventura, and we saw some rare dolphins on the way.

I was sitting in the middle of my class when my mother came and drove me home. She said to me and Sam that we were going to the eastern Sierra Nevada on a UCSB geology field trip. We drove out into the Mojave Desert only to meet with Andy Weice and his college students at a gas station. We kept driving to a state park called Red Rock Canyon. There were red spires of dirt allover the place.We stopped with the geology vans to find out about the strange hoodoos everywhere. Then, we kept driving off into the night all the way to a place called Alabama Hills. We stayed in the Alabama Hills all night long and in the morning I found cacti everywhere!In the background you can see the Sierra Nevada and Mount Witney. Andy Weice made us all stand around him while he talked about the geology of the Carrizo Plain.Then, we all drove up to a place where my father takes Cate students every year. You can see Owen’s Lake from there, but Owen’s lake was drained by Los Angeles for water so it looks all white.A fault line that was created in an earthquake that killed at least 15 people in the town of Lone Pine was next on the list. A pleasant little stream ran by, only to be guzzled up by the L.A. aqueduct.  We got in the car and drove to a dirt road. Our van isn’t 4-wheeled drive so we had to stop the car when we reached a stream and then we got into one of the UCSB vans. The vans took us to a cinder cone, which we hiked to the top. Andy told us that if we could find a lava bomb, we could take it home. The lava bombs can be as big as a recycling bin or as small as a dime. We found quite a few.From there, we drove of on the valley floor, which is covered in rainbows.We wanted to go to the Bristlecone Pines, but we didn’t have time. We went to a freezing cold lake instead, fringed with yellow and orange trees. There was an island in the lake, so I swam to it and walked around on it.My brother Sam courageously swam to the island with me.The fall foliage was unbelievable!Then, we headed for a place called the Bishop Tuff, in the town of Bishop. The Owen’s River meandered at the base, and Andy told us that it had been made by a huge volcano near there. It was super windy on top of the tuff, and the next day there were rainbows everywhere.Sam and I found some pumice, a type of floating rock, and Andy Weice taught us about volcanoes. We drove to a road cut at the base of the tuff that had a fault. The river next to it was a target of the rocks we found.We then drove to a place called Mammoth Mountain. It is on the flanks of a volcano, but the real estate owners don’t want you to know that. They made the volcano escape route the “Mammoth Senic Drive.” It is a ski resort in the winter, but since it was fall, no snow was there. Instead, there was a thunderstorm. The storm prevented us from going to Devil’s Postpile National Monument. But, Panum Crater was still accessible, so we went there and climbed it to the top. There was a lot of Obsidian on the way.The view of Mono Lake was wonderful.Then, we went to Mono Lake itself, which has tufa towers, swimming flies, and dead birds.We drove back to Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort and found that large RVs have names like “Minnie Winnie” and “The Leprechaun.” Then, we went to a lake that had no islands in it so it wasn’t worth swimming in it.The next day we drove to a place called Manzanar National historic Site. It is the site of a concentration camp used by the USA to control Japanese people during WWII. Then, we went to a place called Fossil Falls, where Owen’s Lake spilled over its banks and carved a gully in the Mojave Desert. On the way home, we saw Beef-O Brady’s. Good sports, Good food. 

I got into the Cate School yukon and sat in the back with the Cate students. I left my school parking lot with Sam and we drove of into the afternoon sky. Mimi and Rosita were in our car as well, and so were their parents. It was October, and our annual Cate School Pinnacles trip was taking place.We stopped after a while in San Luis Obisbo to have dinner. The line there at Chipotle was super long, so we waited and got our food. Sam and I shared a quesadilla. Daddy drove the yukon now, and Anna-lee drove the other one. When we finally entered the National park of Pinnacles, our campground was in the middle of a bunch of RVs. 4 raccoons stole anna-lee’s food, but that didn’t matter. The next morning, we drove through the pines and chaparral where we stopped at Bear Gulch. Since we wanted to rock climb, we took our climbing gear. Our group split into two groups, one going one way and one going the other. We were to meet up at the summit of the mountain. We noticed a group of little kids with harnesses, so we raced them to the climbing spot, but those kids were part of a YMCA group that had reserved the place for themselves. We left the climbing gear in the bushes and hiked across the hillside. Strange rocks spires that looked like upside-down hats penetrated the sky as we trekked over the mountain. We came to a place where there were many switchbacks. We scanned the cliffs for the endangered California Condor. Near the top, we met with the other group and Sam played with his Cate student friend.

The other group decided to turn back to the top of the mountain with us to eat our lunch. They took the wrong trail, and had found a tarantula! We sat at the top and ate our lunch.

The other group moved on, and my group walked on a trail that required railings and stairs to access. debated over wether or not to take the normal route or walk over to the other road into the park, which does not connect with the one we used. 

We also found a man tracking condors.

Once we got to the turnoff, our group debated over wether or not to take the normal route or walk over to the other road into the park, which does not connect with the one we used. Mimi, Rosita, a Cate student, and Chris all walked on the normal trail, while the rest of us trotted down the hill. Once more, there were strange rocks.At the bottom of the hill, we crossed the road and looked at the mountains from the classic Pinnacles viewpoint.Someone noticed 4 black dots hovering high above the pinnacles. We looked at them through the binoculars, and they were condors! We made our way through another canyon. On the canyon walls was an unidentified type of succulent!We entered a cave so dark that we needed flashlights. when we came out, I spied 3 more condors. Anna-lee took us back to the campground. I was upset we didn’t get to go on the ranger-led walk to the barker dam. Later the next day, Daddy took us all to the climbing spot. There was no one their to mess up our climb. I couldn’t reach the top because I was’t tall enough.I went with Mimi, Sam and Rosita back to the car via the Barker Dam and the Bear Gulch Cave.Chris saw a badger on a rock run into a hole, and I found a pool filled with cyanobacteria and a log to walk over it with.Then, we drove back home, and it was raining.

We waited in line for tivoli gardens amusement park, but we finally got in. Sam is a thrill seeker, so the first thing he wanted to do was ride a roller coaster through an artificial mountain. Once it was over, we took the Ferris wheel to calm us down.

On the Ferris wheel.

Next, we took a splashy ride through ” The Mine.” Once that was over, Sam and Daddy did the mountain ride again while the rest of us played in the fun house. The fun house had twisty and shaky floors, moving stairs, and a turning wheel to run in. We met up with Daddy and Sam, but then watched them ride the “fisco” around and around a pirate ship.

Sam and Daddy on the Fisco.

We had lunch on a grassy lawn and then strolled around a pond to a playground with a ride near it. The ride was another twisty one. If you pedaled fast enough, you'd go higher.

The ride and the playground. The next ride was a roller coaster that was a bunch of cars attached together. All the while we were watching a horrible-looking ride with two airplanes attached to two long poles that would spin in a circle the same way you would spin your arms if you were swimming butterfly stroke. Then Daddy and Clara went in chairs that would drop from the top of a golden tower. Sam, Mama and I pulled ourselves up a pole with a rope.

Once we were done with that, we waited in line to get in boats.

In the boats.

We walked to a place where they had a twisty ride with a lever to pull instead of a pedal.

Sam on the ride.

Sam, Daddy, and Clara took another roller coaster ride.

Sam and Clara on the roller coaster.

Daddy took an upside-down roller coaster while Sam and I drove old cars. Then Clara took the upside down roller coaster. Sam and I then rode another turny ride and a miniature version of Daddy and Clara's plunge. We had ice cream after that. Then, Daddy and Sam took a horrible ride while Clara and I took the pirate ride. While Daddy and Sam were on their ride, Mama got stung by a bee.

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We ran out the door of our apartment and came into the taxis waiting to take us to the airport. We entered our plane and flew to Copenhagen. In Copenhagen, we took a taxi to the hotel, which wasn't ready for us yet, so we took a subway into the city. When we got above ground, we joined a parade of soldiers dressed in black.

The parade.

After the parade, we had coffee at a coffee shop with puzzles that you could do.

At the coffee shop.

We came along the canal to a Thai place and ordered lunch to-go.

Along the canal.

We entered a garden next to the canal and played.

Then we headed over to the little mermaid statue. Daddy took a picture with his shirt off next to it. Some people looked at him with disgust.

Daddy's picture

We hiked through the grassy ruins of a castle on a small island in a lake covered with Cyanobacteria. Sam played on the cannons. There was a heron by the water.

Sam and the cannons.

The heron

The castle

We walked back into the city and rhode paper mashey horses.

Riding the horses.

Then, Mama said that she would take Clara and I over the Wonder-of-the-World Øreshund bridge to Sweden. We left Daddy and Sam at the train station and took the train to the central station of Copenhagen, where we got on a large train all the way to Malmö, Sweden, across the Danish Channel. We sat in first class, although the we were shure we weren't supposed to be there. In Sweden, Clara picked up a pebble for her friend and we went to the grocery store to buy dinner, which we had by the main canal in Malmö. After dinner, we all had ice cream. I had raspberry flavor, witch is why my lips appear so pink in the next picture. We walked to the middle of a bridge across the canal. The sun was in my eyes, so I had to squint at the camera.

Clara couldn't stop laughing at the picture until we got off the train back in Denmark. She now has the picture as her screensaver on her smartphone.

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