Author: trendfamily

hello! Day 5 was very good. it was a long driving day again. After we got up, we got dressed, had breakfast, got packed, and left. The day was very good for driving. there wasn’t anything notable on the drive, but our destination was Grandmother and Grampy’s. When we got there, we got our stuff unpacked and had some supper. I went downstairs to the basement afterwards, and spent a while playing with their classic Space LEGO. It’s really fun to see what the old sets used rather than create new pieces. After a while, me and Grandmother went to the park, and I spent a while there, playing mainly on the swings. then we came back, and I went to bed. It was a good day overall. I’m sorry that this is a couple days late, but i will try my hardest to get caught up on the blogs. Bye! -Colin

Day 4 of our road trip wasn’t very eventful. we got up, had some breakfast, and then me and Dadyy went out to play golf. we came back, had some lunch, then played some board games. the whole day was nice, but there wasn’t anything notable. sorry that today’s blog is a bit short, but it wasn’t very eventful yesterday. Bye! -Colin

Hello! day 3 was fun. we started out in Indiana,Ohio, and Michgan and we are now in Canada! Yaaay! the drive was long and chill. Indiana and Ohio were interesting, but not really notable. In Michigan, though, the welcome center had a lot of an insect called fish flies. they are large and scary, but dont have mouths or stingers so cant hurt you. they also crunch when crushed and smell terrible. there were way, WAY too many of them all around the welcome center. it was really gross. once we got to Canada, we drove to my aunts’ house and met them! I went with on of them to go on falcon watch. Falcon watch is pretty self-explanatory. we were watching the falcons because there were young falcons who had hatched recently. they had taken their first flight on Sunday, so we were making sure that they didn’t get hurt. I took Daddy’s camera, and i was able to get some very nice pictures of them. none of the falcons got hurt, and we got back home with some good photos. we had some food and went to bed. it was a good day! -Colin

Day 2 was long, but good. we got up in the hotel where we stayed the night before, got everything packed, then got on the road. we were on the on the road for about 3 hours, got lunch from Subway, then got back on the road for another few hours. the driving was uneventful, but it was nice to have some peace and quiet for a while. Then we arrived at a friend’s house! we had not seen them for a few years, since the last time was when we lived in Dallas! I played “Gourmet Race” from Kirby Super Star in a small concert with Gigi and Bean, full names Jillian and Bronwyn, then we went upstairs and played some games together. after a while, Daddy and I went to our hotel room for the night, and i had some supper with a new TV show before going to bed. Altogether, it was a long but successful day. I’ll see you later! -Colin P.S. sorry this is late. i wasn’t able to send it yesterday.

Hello! Our road trip has finally started and i am… VERY tired. this time, it’s just me and Daddy on the drive. Our first day was almost entirely driving with a few stops for fuel and food. We have been going since around 6:30 in the morning. We started out by actually packing the things into the car and trailer. after we got all of that done, which took a while and felt kind of like playing Tetris (minus the music). We got on the road at around 9:30 and have been going ever since. Today, we have gone through Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri. the border between Texas and Arkansas is a town called Texarkana, which is a very fun little geography fact. other than that, there weren’t many notable places we stopped. okay, after all that, i have an announcement to make. we have a special companion with us! It is a small plush toy of a displacer beast named Bennet. a displacer beast is a panther with six legs and two tentacles coming out of its back, which can refract light to make them look like they’re where they aren’t. basically, if it looks like it’s here, it’s probably actually over there. anyway, Bennet is the “mascot” for my school D&D club, and he has been entrusted to me for the summer! He will be coming with us on our adventures this year! I will add pictures of him with this post. I am very excited for our trip this year, and I will write more tomorrow! Bye! -Colin

Hello! I’m doing blogging for our road trip again. we are doing a much more straightforward route to Canada this year, rather than the touristy route we took last year. I am looking forward to the trip! today was very busy. Most of the time we were packing. Tomorrow will be more interesting! Anyway, this was just a quick first blog post. Bye! -Colin

Colin has been thoroughly enjoying playing percussion, and has recently started on the drum kit. He is very pleased with this Christmas gift. And it’s all electronic, so quiet practice session, which everybody enjoys.

We started the new year with a 10 km hike with friends at Lake Houston Wilderness Park. It was a lovely day for it and we saw 15 bird species.

Cliff is nearly finished his anniversary puzzle.