Memphis, Tennessee

Home.

What can I say?

Snap.

It's good to not be driving.

It's GREAT to see Mom.

But I wish there was a beach nearby. I wish there was someplace like Universal just a few miles away instead of across the ENTIRE COUNTRY! I wish I had a giant sandbox or a great big hole, or great big cave, or huge waves to play in or rocks to climb.

Why is Memphis so far from all of this cool stuff?!

Snap.

I wish summer could last forever.

I wish...

Dallas, TX

Mom's family is huge. But, for some reason, Dad's family is pretty small. There's Gramma and Grandpa, Uncle Chuck and Aunt Violet, Uncle Mike (I think) and then, Uncle Charles and Aunt Sue in Dallas where we spent our last day of vacation.

Uncle Charles and Aunt Sue are great! Uncle Charles is always curious about my Gameboy games. He asks lots of questions when I'm playing (as opposed to Dad who always bugs me about playing my Gameboy.) And Aunt Sue loves to take me to museums. Last time we were here, she took me to the Kid's Museum of Science. Very Cool! This time we went to the Museum of Aviation History. Cool again!! She says she wants to take me to a new museum every time we go to Dallas. Okay!

The night we got in we ate at the Mexican restaurant where Uncle Charles had his birthday party. I had beans and lots of cheese and chips. Dad had vegetable fajitas that he thought came to the table with meat. But it turned out to be mushrooms.

I wish that we could've stayed another day in Dallas. Maybe we can go back soon. I want to see the museum of fun. Dallas is so big, they've got to have one.

Carlsbad Caverns / Abilene, Texas

I guess I didn't get my sleep out the night before, cause while Dad drove this morning, I slept. I guess I didn't miss anything...probably. I'm sure Dad would've woken me up.

After lunchtime we arrived at Carlsbad Caverns. Another big hole. Only this time, I WENT IN! Here's a picture of me doing just that. I know this looks like a little hole in the picture, but it went down, like, forever. Dad said we'd be going down 750 feet before we got to the bottom. And we did...down, down and down more.

This is my first really big cave and it's really cool. Almost cold. HA! At least it wasn't like the walk at Arches. I felt fine all the way down and saw all kinds of rock formations, some that came down, some that went up, some that went both ways, and some that went both ways but didn't quite touch. Those were my favorite.

I hate that the ranger that took our tickets before we went in told us we had to whisper whe we were in the cave. Carlsbad Caverns is great for echoes. And I love making echoes! Unfortunately Dad was the only one making echoes. He started pooting when we were about half way down. They were louder than usual, if that's even possible.

I'll be coming back here someday (only WITHOUT ol' Trumpet Butt!)

After the caverns, we drove into night until we got lost in Abilene, Texas. When we finally found the hotel, it was real late so we just passed out.