Mt.Popoatepetl

Mt. Popo is located in Mexico and is one of the highest volcanoes in the world. The author of this book once climbed Mt. Popo. The volcano was sacred to the Aztecs because it played a role in their sacrifices. When you looked at it from their temple, it looked like the sun was gobbled up by the mountain when the sun set. And that was the signal for the priest to strike.

Fort Jefferson

Fort Jefferson was built 120 miles of the coast of Florida. It was built in 1846 to keep out invaders and to keep in prisoners. Its walls are 50 feet high and go straight into the sea. The fort had four hundred guns on top of the walls to defend the fort.

In 1865 John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln and jumped from the box to the stage but broke his leg and still got away. He and a friend went to a doctor named Samuel Mudd who new nothing about Lincoln's death and he helped them.The next day Dr. Mudd was arrested for helping them and taken to Fort Jefferson. Fort Jefferson's mosquitoes carried a disease called yellow-fever and lots of people got sick and died. Doctor Mudd helped the people who got sick but in 1870 the fort was abandoned. In 1935, Fort Jefferson was made into a National Monument.

Boy scout hike

This past weekend I went on a Boy Scout hike with all my friends.

We went to Charleston falls in West Charleston. We got to see the falls and go in a bear cave!! We also got to race around the pond and eat on top of a lookout tower made by eagle scouts. We brought: a pocketknife, a flashlight, hiking boots and some snacks. Here are some pictures of the Boy scout hike:

This is all of the Boy scouts: Will, Max, Caleb(me), Sam, Mark and James.

This is us in the cave. James was not there but Jackson was. ( Jackson is my friend from Indy)

Washington D.C

Washington D.C. is our country's capital. It is also where all of the presidents lived like Teddy Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Bush and Barack Obama. It also has lots of monuments to the presidents like The Washington Monument, The Lincoln Memorial ,the Iwo Jima memorial and The Capitol Building. The author of this book got to meet the president who was Woodrow Wilson at the time.

This is a picture of The Washington monument with the White house in the background.

The Washington Monument is 555 feet tall!!

The Herns visit

This past weekend our friends Jackson, Luke, Emmet and Lilah came from Indy. A few years earlier we went and visited them in Greece which was really cool. During their visit we boxed in our basement were we slept and watched The Three Stooges. Jackson also went on a hike for Boy Scouts with me to a nature preserve with my friends. We also watched the Ohio state Buckeyes beat Illinois in college Football.

These are The Three Stooges Moe, Curly and Larry.

This is us after the game.

This is us playing football.

This is my sister Abby Jane and her cousin Anne Belle with Lilah.

This is us in the huddle making a play.

This is me running to the touchdown.

This is Jackson waiting.....

This is Abby,Anne Belle and Lilah.

This is us playing football with the dads.

New York city

If a alien visited our planet the city that would stun him would be New York city. New York city holds some of the most amazing things on earth including the statue of Liberty and The Empire state building. The Empire state building originally had a mooring mast for dirigibles on the top of the building. The Empire state building is now 1,472 feet high! One of the best places to go is the Central park in Manhattan.

Niagara falls

Niagara falls is one of the three biggest falls in the world. The other two are Victoria falls in Africa and Iguazu falls in South America. The size of the falls is: Niagara's rim is 5,300 feet wide and is 167 feet high! Victoria's rim is 5,700 wide and is 354 feet high! And Iguazu rim is 10,000 feet wide and 237 feet high. Niagara falls is located between lake Erie and lake Ontario.