Hello! day 47 of our road trip had the biggest stop for a while. we were staying where we were for one more day, so we could visit the Statue of Liberty! we got up kind of early (7:30), got ready, and went out. we were a bit late for the boat we were aiming for, but that didn’t matter. we got on the next boat, and we were off! the trip was relatively short, and we first visited Ellis Island, which was an immigration center for the US, but is now a museum. the museum had information about the settling of America, and about the immigration center. the information was complicated, and i couldn’t fit much of it in to here nor choose which things to write about. once we left there, we visited Liberty Island. Liberty Island is the name of the island with the Statue of Liberty on it. the Statue of Liberty is placed upon an old army base called Fort Wood, and that is located on Liberty Island. the Statue of Liberty was gifted to the US from France, in something of a birthday present, celebrating the day when the US officially seperated from Great Britain. it is made of copper, which seems strange since it is green. it is green because the copper oxidises, which makes it turn green after having been exposed to oxygen. we didn’t go up into the Statue, since it is also technically a building, but we walked around the statue and went to a museum about it. in the museum, there was information on the design, construction, meaning, and purpose of the statue of liberty. the official name is Liberty Enlightening the World. it is meant to celebrate freedom, and almost everything on the statue is a metaphor for something. that would take a really long time to explain. the most interesting thing to me was the torch. the torch was originally made of copper, much like the statue. however, the US altered it by adding portholes and windows to allow a lantern inside to shed light. they then changed the entire flame by swapping it for a lot of stained glass window panels, followed closely by adding a skylight. due to the windows, rain regularily entered the statue, and has now been replaced by a copy of the original design, covered in 24-karat gold. while we were visiting the island, daddy let me play some pokemon go. i opened the app, and then was almost immediately swarmed by a lot of Poliwag. Poliwag is adorable. it turned out it was a special day for catching Poliwag, and i caught almost 50! they were also providing candies, which is how you evolve pokemon in pokemon GO. i caught two shiny Poliwag, and since i caught so many others, i was able to evolve both of them to maximum form. Poliwag has two evolutions, and i evolved to both of them. it isn’t rare for pokemon to have more than one possible evolution, but it is normally controlled by, say gender or an item. i got some pretty strong pokemon, but i feel like I’m rambling. that’s all for now. Bye! -Colin
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