Author: trendfamily

hello again. day 34 of our road trip was nice. it was the first full day we were spending where our rest spot was our grandpa’s old house. we left pretty early after we got up, to go to our cabin. once we got there, which was actually around noon (I got up very late), we checked down at the shore to find out that Charley, Shelby, Caroline, and Grace were all at the beach and in the water. it was the first time in a while when all of our cousins were together at one place. I figured out that there were quite a few combonations of cousins we could have, but that is really hard to explain. Laura and Caroline waded, since they didn’t bring swimsuits, and all of the others started to play a game where we were mermaids. I chose to be an Atlantean, then revealed that I was a polymorphed dragon. the game was really fun, since we were making up silly explanations for what the human devices where, and we played that game throughout the day. we went inside after a while to gt some food, and we found that Caroline was making a scavenger hunt for us to play. we had some food, and I found Caroline’s Nintendo 3DS. I opened it up to find out what it was, and found it loaded and playing Pokemon Sun. I took a few moments to figure this out, and then a character in-game came up and challenged me, and I immediatley flattened his Machop. i then closed it, and then Caroline and Grace’s dad came in holding a Dr. Strange comic book. he offered me the book to read for the day, and I gladly obliged. the story was really cool, since the villains and monsters, despite being scary, were so surreal I wasn’t scared of it! i enjoyed the book all through the day. after we had a snack, Caroline had completed the scavenger hunt, so we played it. it was really fun to do. once we had finished that, we got out a board game about Garfield the cat. Shelby won, and then I watched Caroline play Pokemon sun for a bit. we went outside and back down to the shore to play some more of our game from the morning. i vot bored eventually, and then went and changed back into my dry clothes. we got a fire going in the oven, and toasted some marshmallows. i read some more of the book, then we had to go. we left, and it took me a while to get to sleep. that’s the whole day. that’s all for now. bye! -Colin

Hello! Sorry I’m posting so late. The last couple days have been busy, and I haven’t had much time to write. I’ll hopefully be posting all of them up to yesterday, so if I get all of them done, there will be three to read today! Okay, onto the day. Day 33 was the first long travel day and day we had to get up early in a long time. We got up early, and all of us went to the town of Trinity bay, where we got a boat tour of the bay. The tour was a 2-hour trip, and while that may sound boring because we weren’t able to bring anything to read or play on, there was so much to see there wasn’t time to even want do do anything else! We started off by having to put on these waterproof floatation suits. I also had to put on a life jacket, but that was just because I was younger. Once we got out, we drove at a very fast speed out into the bay, and then went down to a large island(?) where a lot of eagles. Lived. There were a lot of bald eagles, and they don’t sound like what movies make them to sound like. We went there because there is a Stellar’s sea eagle that has been there for a while. The Stellar’s sea eagle normally doesn’t live in Newfoundland as it’s more commonly found in Asia. This eagle is the only one in North America, and it has been seen all over North America for the past two years! The eagle has been very lost for a while, and it’s at least staying farther north now. I’m only saying what I know about it from what my parents have explained to me. The eagle was really cool to see, and we then went to a smaller bay that had an iceberg in it. The iceberg has stayed for much longer than it normally should have, being midsummer and the iceberg is just ice. The iceberg had broken, and there was now another, smaller iceberg that was shaped like a whale’s tail. Once we left there, we explored around the area for a little while, and then in the way back, there was something I have always wanted to see. PUFFINS! Puffins are amazing. They are kind of like platypuses, and I will give some reasons why. 1.) the puffin is known for being a Canadian animal, even though it’s not the first animal you think of when you think Canada. The platypus is similar, as it’s the same thing but for Australia. 2.) the puffin is not a normal animal, although it is a bit more normal than the platypus, since it is a mishmash of various other animals’ features. 3.) the puffin is better at swimming than doing what others in its species can.  Puffins are better at swimming than flying, and the platypus is better at swimming than walking. 4.) they are far smaller than you think. I can’t describe how different they are in words, so I’ll leave it to you to figure out. That is a short list of reasons why the puffin is similar to the platypus. On the way back, we also saw the thing we truly came to see- a whale! The whale was a fin whale, which is the second-largest whale species in the world. There was a young one and a mother, so we saw two whales! They passed quite close to our boat. After all that, we finally arrived back. Once we came back ashore, we went up to an ice creamery at the top of a hill. We walked up there and we found out that the ice cream was homemade and was sold out of a refurbished barn. The ice cream was really good, better than most of the other ice cream I’ve ever had.  We drove down to my grandfather’s old house, and we have been staying there since. The house is really nice, but not everything is good. Most of it isn’t safe or fully complete.  It’s sad. Once we got there, we unpacked and went to bed. That was almost the whole day. Everything interesting. That’s all for now. Bye!          -Colin

Hello! Day 32 of our road trip was a bit strange. It was the last day of staying in St. Johns, so we were a bit sad about that, but we were also excited because we were going to a really cool ice cream spot at the end of the day. the morning was a bit slow, and nothing exciting happened. Afterwards, we went to another family friends’ house, and they had a pool. I put on my wet suit so that I didn’t get too cold, but the water was nice and warm. We played in there for a while, and their daughter, Claire, showed up and joined us in the pool. After an even longer time, we got out and dried off a bit. I swapped back into my normal clothes, and Laura and Claire stayed with the adults who had snacks. Me and Frannie (who was there too) went on the trampoline for a little while. After a while of that, we got off and had to go. We all drove down to a fish and chips spot to get fish and chips. Fish and chips consists of a piece of fish that’s battered and fried, and the chips are what Americans would call French fries. French fries aren’t actually from France, but I can’t remember where they are originally from. On a similar note, Hawaiian pizza is actually from Canada. After we had our fish and chips, we went to the ice cream place! It was called Tinker’s, and they had a huge selection of amazing combinations. They had a thing called Freakshakes, which were huge shakes of ice cream and then all kinds of toppings. Whipped cream, brownies, cherries, various types of berries, peanut butter cups, m&ms, wafers, waffle cones, and they also had ice cream tacos and ice cream nachos. Both the taco shells and the nachos are made out of waffle cone material.I got a brownie sundae, and everyone else got stuff that I also wanted to eat. Once we finished, we walked back to the car and stayed at Frannie’s house for a little while. Once we were done, we said our goodbyes, and left. We went to bed pretty quickly, and that’s all of the day. That’s all for now.  Bye!          -Colin

Hello! day 31 of our road trip was very nice. it all started the normal way: get up, lay some games, have breakfast, get dressed, go somewhere else… nothing fancy. once we got going, though, we went to cape spear, an old army base and lighthouse. we went through the army base and saw some very interesting things, but most of it was normal war stuff, although there were some cannons that were really well hidden, because when they were needed, they came out of little dips in the ground to aim over a wall, and when they weren’t needed, or were hidden, they were inside the little dip. it was really cool to learn about how the cannons were used. the lighthouse was less cool, but more interesting, because it was full of stuff from when the lighthouse needed a keeper to work! there wasn’t much to easily describe there, so I’m moving on! once we came back, me, Laura, Frannie, and Daddy went downtown to look around. there were a lot of different things that were interesting there, and we stopped in a lot of shops. the first shop we got stuff from was actually a resturant, and we all got some bubble tea. I got a lychee flavored one, with lychee lavored bubbles. i like the taste of lychee. we drank these as we explored, and we found quite a few souvenier shops that we got stuff from. Laura got a pair of earrings, and I got a snow globe.I also got a large sperm whale stuffy, which took me a while to name but now is known as Melon. I slept with Melon that night. he is large enough tha i can hug him with my arms and my legs. once we (eventually)got back, we took a break for a bit, and really enjoyed doing what we wanted to. for supper, we went to an Italian place. we all got something, and I chose a margherita pizza. they were quite small pizzas, and didn’t take up a huge amount of room in your stomach. afterwards, we also all got desserts. I got a really really really good chocolate cake that was SUPER fudgy and very satisfying to eat. Laura got a pizza that had Nutella on it. it looked really good, but i was full after eating my shockingly small cake. it was extremely fudgy and filling, but very small too. once we came back from that, we all went back to our places and went to bed. that’s all for now. Bye! -Colin

Hello once again. day 30 of our road trip… it feels wierd that I’m finally at this number. I don’t know how long that the road trip will last. maybe I’ll eventually reach day 50. okay, let’s get to the blog part! day 30 was eventful, but not very fancy. it was eventful in a different way. it started normally, so not much there. afterwards, we went to old family friends’ Geraldine and Ian. I don’t have many memories of them, but Laura has a lot. they are really nice. when we had arrived, they had made cookies for us to enjoy. every christmas, they send u an ornament that they had made on their own. the ornaments are made of wood and painted carefully. every year, me and Laura have enjoyed seeing what they are and this year will be no different. after a little while, we went to another family friends’ house. both me and their son, Tyson, don’t really remember anything about each other, but the moment i came in we did the exact same little fidget as our parents and Laura greeted each other. we turned out to have similar interests, and we became friends very quickly. after a while of hanging around there, we finally went back to our places and went to bed. it was really nice having a friend who is very similar to me. that’s really all I can say about the day yesterday, so bye for now. -Colin

hello for the 30th time. yes, 30th, I started with day 0.5, remember? anyway. on day 29, we packed up from the cabin, and had a five-hour drive to St. john’s, which is another town in Newfoundland. not really anything at all happened that was notable on the drive here. once we arrived, we dropped off the trailer at Pippy Park, a campsite and camper park, we visited Frannie, a family friend. her parents are really nice, and she is about as old as Laura. I like to hang out with her, but normally it’s just her and Laura talking as we all play a board game. when we arrived, we all hung out together for a while, then went and played Jenga for a bit. while we were playing, Daddy called us to the kitchen to choose what we wanted for supper, since we were ordering from Swiss Chalet. Swiss Chalet is a really good resturaunt, that serves mostly rottisserie chicken, but also ribs, and other fast food-like food with a special Chalet Sauce. there’s not really anywhere in the US I can compare it to. it is a chain restuant, but it’s only in Canada. if, for any reason whatsoever, you are in Canada, and also happen to be nearby a Swiss Chalet, I highly recommend that you swap one of your dinners for a meal from Swis Chalet. after we had selected our food, Daddy went to get it, and we kept playing Jenga. after a while, Daddy came back, and we had supper. durng supper, the adults shared various funny stories while the kids tried to figure out everything in them. after supper, me, Frannie, and Laura played a round of Trouble, which i randomly won by rolling a 1 while exactly one away from the end. afterwards, Laura, Frannie, and the adults all talked for a while, while i went and read some Star Wars books in Frannie’s room. once it was time to go, Frannie let me borrow some of the books and then we had to go. that’s all for now. Bye! -Colin

Hello. Day 28 of our road trip was not hugely eventful, but I’ll write about it anyway. it started a bit differently, since we were at the cabin and in the trailer. it was very strange trying to figure out where i was when I woke up. once I had dressed, we packed up the trailer and drove to Charley and Shelby’s house. it wasn’t a long drive, but took a while. once we arrived at their house, we did the usual things that we did anyway. after a while of that, they got in their pool and i didn’t want to go in too. I find their warm to be my cold. I guess I’m just a bit used to warmer water. i stayed inside for a little while, and their mom let me try their SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) remake. they also have an NES, which came first (Nintendo Entertainment System), but I wanted to try the SNES more. I played a game called Yoshi’s Island, where your character is a Yoshi who is carrying baby Mario to Kamek’s castle in order to get baby Luigi back. Yoshi is a Mario character who first appeared in Super Mario World as a character who Mario saves from an egg and can then ride. Yoshi has a large tongue that can eat enemies, and in Yoshi’s Island he can turn them into eggs and throw the eggs. Yoshi. is technically a dinosaur, and his scientific name (please don’t ask why I know this) is T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas. Yoshi’s island is really fun and surprisingly challenging, for a game where you play as a young dinosaur who can jump on air for a short time. Yoshi has changed from an enemy-eating mount to an adorably powerful dinosaur. I have now written a whole paragraph about Yoshi. I like Yoshi a lot. moving on with the day, once they came back inside, me, Laura, and Daddy had to go to the cabin again. we came a bit earlier this time. Grandpa had come with us, and after we had supper, he left again. Daddy had gone to drop off Grandpa, and he had told me and Laura to go and start a fire. we have an oven nearby the water, and down a path to the beach. we went down and found some driftwood and twigs for kindling. once we had it started, I went up to the cabin and found some bubble mixture `and a bubble wand. i found out that bubbles can bounce if they land on salt water and don’t end up landing right next to a rock or something. I really enjoyed blowing a whole bunch of bubbles and seeing them catching the wind and bouncing really far down the beach. once we had finished off a few s’mores, which cooked really, REALLY quickly over the smokestack of the oven, we went back up to the trailer and went to bed. it took me a while to go to sleep because the mosquitos had bitten me all over my legs. once i did go to sleep, which took me really long, the day was over. that’s all for now, so bye. -Colin

Hello once again! I am feeling very nice about writing about yesterday. yesterday was very nice. I woke up and had a little breakfast, then went up to the house to play with Charley and Shelby! we played together on their iPads, which was really fun, and then we went outside to play on their trampoline. we played a game of Marco Polo. Marco Polo is a game where one person is the tagger and has their eyes closed, and then when the tagger yells “Marco” everyone else has to say “Polo”. it’s very simple but easiest to do in a flat and possibly enclosed area. after that, we had a small lunch and then we played a short splash fight using the water. shooters that Charlie and Shelby have. after we got bored of that, we just sat and talked in their inflatable pool. after we dried off and had some homemade pizza, we did some drawing together beforeplaying on their iPads some more. after that, me and daddy and Laura drove down to the cabin before bed. the cabin is a cabin on the water that my grandfather owns, although it’s used more by us. we hooked up the trailer, and went to bed. there’s not anything lef to say, and I don’t have any pictures, so… that’s all for now. bye! -Colin

Hello! day 26 of our road trip felt very long, but it was great! we started off at a campsite nearby-ish to the ferry. I actually made a mistake in my last post, saying that i had already arrived at Charlie and Shelby’s house, but I actually only got there yesterday! sorry. I was very tired when I finished the post, so I wasn’t paying attention. once we got going yesterday, we got in the car and drove across Newfoundland. the drive was extremely scenic, even though we were taking the short route! the drive was amazing, and we finished an audiobook of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which is a hilarious book. we made it to Charlie and Shelby’s house after 5 hours of amazing scenery and fun audiobooks. I hung out with Charlie and Shelby afterwards, and that was… pretty much the whole day. very eventful, but the events were so stretched out that it was fun. there’s not much else to say. Bye! -Colin

Hello! Day 25 of our road trip saw us getting to Newfoundland. We woke up earlier than we would have slept in, but it was fine because we had to get packed. We packed up everything into our camper as usual. However, we also packed two small bags full of stuff for the ferry trip there. We weren’t driving, because Newfoundland is an island. It’s a fairly large one, but it still isn’t close enough to shore to take a road. Actually, let me rephrase that. there is no road. Newfoundland is not connected to the mainland of Canada by a physical bridge. Instead, there is a ferry that crosses that stretch of sea. Officially, the ferry is part of the trans-Canada Highway, and therefore is very well kept. All of the facilities are really good. Actually, most of the facilities throughout Canada are much nicer than the ones in the USA. It’s mainly because most of the campgrounds are much nicer and I really like them. Before I give information about the trip, here are some facts about Newfoundland! 1.) Newfoundland, combined with Labrador, is one of the provinces of Canada. 2.) yes, the Labrador Retriever is named after Newfoundland and Labrador. 3.) there is a type of dog called the Newfoundland Dog that looks very cute and possesses a similar skillset as the Labrador Retriever. 4.) thanks to an even smaller island off of Newfoundland, the second closest country to Canada is France. Yes, that says France. The island is legally part of France. 5.) one of the songs from the band Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers (yes it’s real) is called “Song For Newfoundland”, and you should really listen to it. 6.) I was born in Newfoundland! I am coming home for the summer! It was really nice to come back home, especially when it isn’t freezing and snowy. The boat to get here was nice. It was a very fancy boat, by my standards, so I really liked it. The trip felt very smooth and wasn’t very bumpy at all. The engine occasionally made the ship vibrate, and one time, while I was watching a movie, the ship started vibrating right as a huge door started to open in my movie. It was an unintentional but amazing special effect. The rest of the boat was very big, and there were a few places where food was available. While we were exploring the boat, we found a deck where there were some other people all looking for something in the water. When we asked, they said there was a pod of whales that we were passing. After a bit, we figured out there were quite a few dolphin pods, and one or two whale pods. once we went back inside, there wasn’t a huge amount of time left in the trip, so we started to do what we wanted to do. once we landed, we got back in our car and drove down to my cousins Charlie and Shelby’s house. there was some amazing scenery on the drive, and it was beautiful. that’s all for now. Bye! -Colin