Halicarnassus

Halicarnassus is located in Asia Minor ans is home to one of the greatest tombs ever. In 250 B.C the king of Halicarnssus was named Mausolus and he was a good and kind king. His queen Artemisia ruled after him and built for him a tomb that would be the most magnificent monument Greek genius could fashion. She sent for the most skilled sculptors, architects and artists in Athens and soon the tomb of Mausolus began to rise. The tomb is about 140 feet high and is crested by a marble chariot of the king and his wife. The tomb was destroyed by earthquakes in 1404, but in 1859 archaeologists found pieces of the chariot and the columns.

summer wrap up

This past summer I have been really busy with Baseball, vacation my 12th birthday, boyscout camp, camp outs and family camp!

My baseball team ended up in first place in our league and we had a really good season.

For vacation this year we went to : Lake Anne which is in Michigan, Lake Erie, Ocean City NJ and then I went back to lake Erie for a camp out!

For my birthday this year I turned 12 years old! My mom and dad gave me my own computer and they also activated my phone number! We got to go see a Cincinnati Reds game and they won!

This the first year our boy scout troop got to go the Woodland Trails Scout Reservation scout camp! We had a blast at camp and we had another boy (Joe) come and stay with us with his dad (Rob). We each got 5 merit badges and I got the Honor Camper Award!

A few weeks after I left Lake Erie I was back up there with my boy scout troop! We went tubing, fishing and swimming. While we were up there we saw someone we would have never expected to see there. 

It was Joe and his dad Rob!!

A few days ago we went with all of our church to Family Camp! We had a blast there and we had a youth service Sunday morning with plays and songs. Every year at family camp we rent golf carts and the little kids love them! This year at family camp we played ultimate frisbee, baseball and basketball.

Here are some pictures:

Boy Scout camp

 This is a fort we had to build for a requirement!

 The sunset at camp.

 This is what one of the instructors carved!

Lake Anne

 Sleeping Bear Dunes

 The view was amazing!

 More of Sleeping Bear

 Pierce stocking 

This is right after I climbed up it in 8 minutes!

 Lake Erie

 Yummy ice cream!

 Awww How cute

 This is the Great Wolf Lodge water park where we stayed for a few days.

 Woah!

Ocean City NJ

 Ocean City has tons on cool thing to do on it. Here is a Ferris wheel.

 This is the entrance to one of the amusement parks.

 Say hello the worlds biggest elephant : Lucy!

Lake Erie fishing trip

 These are the three walleye the dads caught.

 The sunset at Lake Erie.

 This is a dead catfish we found.

Family Camp

This is Family Camp.