The schools closed on March 20th in the UK. Although it was not really a surprise when they announced the closure, it was still sad. The Monday after that the lockdown was initiated and people were only allowed out for work or buying essential items, or for exercise. Luckily, since I live in Alaska half the… Continue reading Quarantine
Category: Posts – Annabelle
Preparing to Leave
When you’re preparing to leave the country or state, you should do a lot of research into your destination. For example; when I first went to South America, I knew nothing about it. I thought it would like it was in the movies, but it was a lot different. People spoke another language, and… Continue reading Preparing to Leave
Northern Ireland and Dublin
We got to Northern Ireland on a ferry that went into Belfast. The ferry ride was two and a half hours long, but it had free movies and wifi which was pretty cool! Once we got off the boat we parked the camper, and went into Belfast. Belfast was a pretty gross place, my parents… Continue reading Northern Ireland and Dublin
Highland Dance
I’m a Scottish Highland Dancer with the Red Hackle Pipe Band in Fairbanks. Highland Dancing is more of a athletic dancing and physically demanding. It’s also solo and competitive. I know 4 1/2 dances, the Highland Fling, the Lilt, the Flora, the Sword Dance, and the Seann Triubhas, (I only know half of the Flora).… Continue reading Highland Dance
Halifax
It was dark when we arrived in Halifax, we all went over to the grocery store. We got some stuff for dinner and went back to the camper. The next morning the camper had a transmission problem and it needed to get fixed, they said it would be a two day job. But we we’re… Continue reading Halifax
Florida
We packed up for hours the day we left. The flight we had went all night, and I don’t particularly like planes . When we got to Tampa, Florida we called an uber car to come pick us up to take me, my sister and mother to Dunedin where my grandparents lived, they weren’t there… Continue reading Florida
The New York Roller Coaster — Annabelle
While we were in Las Vegas, I really, really wanted to ride on the New York, New York Roller Coaster. I wanted to ride it because it looked really awesome and fun. The roller coaster went up 203 feet and then dropped you down 144 feet. They said it took 15 minutes to ride it… Continue reading The New York Roller Coaster — Annabelle
Rodeo — Annabelle
We left Las Vegas. We were headed to Sisters, Oregon to watch a rodeo. Mom told me rodeos were really fun. We drove through Nevada, California and then we got to Oregon. In California, we went to Nevada City and we went to visit Aunt Marian! Aunt Marian lives in a little camp. It has… Continue reading Rodeo — Annabelle
The Amazon Part One — Annabelle
Living in Lima was pretty fun. We lived in Lima for three weeks. We did not have any big grocery stores, just tiny stores on the side of the street that sold candy bars, chips, vegetables, fruit, bread, water and sometimes things like black pepper. My brother and I bought glass bottles of soda that… Continue reading The Amazon Part One — Annabelle
The Beach House — Annabelle
We left Chile very early in the morning at 4am. The plane was awesome! It had movies in your own tv, breakfast and drinks. It was very cool watching the sun rise. After 3 hours, the plane landed. We got off and got our bags and a guy came up and told us the dogs… Continue reading The Beach House — Annabelle