Max's Travel Journal 

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    Today we are in Cottonwood Arizona.  The campground we are staying in is called Verde Valley, ("verde" means "green" in Spanish).  I like this campground because there are lots of activites.  Some of the activities are horseshoes, swimming, a big family rec room with Nintendos, pool table, foosball, air hockey and ping pong.  There is a river really close with a dam.  We went on the dam.  It is all rock.  There are rabbits, wild cows (one was standing on the street), and I saw five deer.

We went to a town called Sedona.  It is really neat because there were lots of trees and good food.  There are lots of hills.  I haven't climbed one yet, but we might today.
 

1/22/99

We are still in Las Vegas Nevada.

We went to one big complex.  It had two factories in it.  One of them made Jet-Puffed marshmallows and one of them bottled Ocean Spray juice.  My favorite one was the marshmallow factory.

The day that we went there they were making coconut covered marshmallows.  We saw the people putting the marshmallows and sticky stuff into mixers that looked like small cement mixers.  Then they put coconut in there too.  Then they scooped them out and put them on a big conveyor belt that went up to the top of the building.  Some of the marshmallows fell onto the floor but they threw those away.  The conveyor belt shook to get the extra coconut off.  The marshmallows fell down a chute and a different machine bagged them.  Then they got on another conveyor belt and went into a different room.  There was a thing in there called a metal detector.  If there was anything in the bag of marshmallows that wasn't supposed to be there it would throw it off of a crack on the edge.  Then the conveyor belt goes by a lady that puts them in boxes.  The boxes went into a machine that closes them up and then they get put into a big truck that takes them to stores.

We are still in Las Vegas Nevada.  We've been here for three weeks.  Here is some stuff we have done.

It was my brother's birthday.  We went to Circus Circus and McDonalds.  I went on my first upside-down loop rollercoaster.  It had two upside-down loops and a corkscrew.  I liked it the most in the family.  I went on it five times.

We went rock climbing.  We were the highest people on the mountain.  The rocks were red because they had iron in them.

We went to see Hoover Dam.  You can go inside the dam. We saw some of the generators that generated the power.  Half of it is in Arizona and half of it is in Nevada.  The border is right in the middle of the dam.
 

Today we are in Las Vegas Nevada.  The campground that we are staying in is called Show Boat. I like it because there is a bowling ally with 106 lanes! Next door is a casino called the Show Boat.

Today we are at six flags it has a BIG roller coaster. My favorite ride was one where you rode in a big inner tube with ten seats.  When you are going down it you will hit a wall and it will turn.  Who ever is in the front when it goes through a wave gets soaked.  My dad got soaked.  The big roller coaster is called collosus.  I went on it twice but I din't like it at all.
 

     Today we are in Pasadena Ca.  We are going to see the Rose Parade.  We had to sit on the sidewalk for twenty two hours, so we could get good seats.  We ate lots of pizza. All of the kids had silly string fights.  Silly-string is stuff in a can and every one was spraying it at each other.  Some kids sprayed it at cars but the police took it away from them. It was fun.   I slept on the street.  The next day the Rose Parade was going to happen, my favorite float was Jurassic Park.
 

12/28/98

     Today we are in San Diego Ca.  The campground we are staying in is called Campland.  I like it because it has alot of activities.  We played bingo, softball, kickball, and field hockey twice.  My favorite activity was kickball.  The campground has four swimming pools and even has a game room.  We are going to the Rose Parade next.

12/23/98 Today we are in San Diego Ca. We are making a candy house at my grampa's house. It took two box is of gram crackers and seven pacs of Necco candies. Here what it looked like when we got done.
 

12/21/98

     Today we are in San Diego Ca.  We are going to see my grandpa's friend.  He has a really big train set.  His name is Rudy.  He has a big house.  The train set took up his garage and two bedrooms.  Just about everything moved.

12/18/98

Now we are at Carlsbad State Park.  It has beach with a two foot sponge.  We bought a Christmas tree.  My grandpa's friend has a GIANT train set.

This week we are in Huntington Beach California.  It has a pier with a resturant on the end.  It is sunny here.

Today we are in Montery California.  It is famos for it's aquarium it is four buildings and it has three floors.

Today we are in Felton, California. It's close to Santa Cruz. It is real sunny here but it is pretty cold too. It took a long time to get here. We saw a dead sea lion and a light house. We even saw the Golden Gate bridge. There is a very long beach. The beach did not smell good because the sea lion stunk. There is a big redwood forest and our campground is inside it. There is a little river by the campground. Our dog likes to play in it.

Today we are in Dunnigan California. We drove a long way to get here. We saw snow by the freeway when we were crossing in to California. We saw thousands of geese when we were driving by a wildlife sanctuary. My dad said it was the most he'd ever seen and it was the most I ever saw in a group.

Today we are staying at Myrtle Creek Oregon. It is a lot of fun because it has a big feild and creek. I like the field becos we are abol to run arond with are dog.

Today we are showing my old class our trailer.  Click here to see a picture of my trailer and class. and best frend

It was our last day of School at Quil Ceda elementary on 11/6/98. We are doing Road School. So far it is a lot of fun. We are packing up so we're ready to travel.