Thank You!

    Thank you to all of the wonderful schools, educators, and students that joined us our our journey.  We would also like to thank all of our readers around the globe!

St. George, Utah

    On our trip, we went by a really friendly town called St. George in Utah. When we got there, we asked a couple questions to learn about their state to see what will convince us to come back.

    They came up with a bunch of great reasons. First, they told us about all of the beautiful national parks. Then, they told us about snakes in their state, which they mentioned often. They added after the snake part that their nature was exquisite. If you were wondering about winter, they said they went skiing for fun. I wouldn’t be bored if I was skiing down a hill in the middle of winter, would you?  Utah is famous around for its fantastic weather that attracts many people from around the states.

    We discovered many interesting facts about their state also. We learned that the California gull was their state bird, which was interesting since it only had lakes but no oceans. Speaking of animals, the people said they had many diverse ones, such as deer and snakes (as mentioned before). There was also a creature that had not four, not six, but 100 legs, the centipede. The children wouldn’t like to leave that part out!

    Giving the animals a break from the spotlight, the Olympics were held in Salt Lake City in 2002. After that, they told us about the Olympic torch, which was carried through their town. When we asked if they saw the Olympics, they pointed out the fact about being six hours away from Salt Lake City. One teacher and her family had seen the torch but not the games. It might have been fun for those living close to Salt Lake, but, like I said, St. George wasn’t that close.

    If you were interested about the land forms, Utah is said to be promontory. Promontory Point is a point of high land that juts out of a sea or lake, in Utah’s case, a lake.  This is where the Golden Spike was driven through to join the railroad in the east and west.

    Anyway, we, being kids, wanted to learn about the fun things to do in a state like ours. They liked to do what we liked to, no surprise. They loved to swim, boat, hike, and camp, and one thing that we didn’t do very often was rock climb.

    But in the recess case, it is an entirely different story, giving time to explain that the kids didn’t do homework they don’t play outside. The kids in a certain school pay if they play when they should’ve been doing their homework. If they do, they like to play four square, run, kickball, and basketball, which are a lot of things we like to do. We would’ve stayed and played with them, but we had to go home and tell others about the wonders we’ve seen on our adventures across the states.

Pocatello, Idaho

    We finally reached our last stop across the the U.S. in Pocatello, Idaho.  While we were stopped in Idaho, we went to a small classroom and they started telling us some facts about their state.  Favorite activities include fishing, hunting, rock climbing, camping, and skiing.

    After they told us, some reasons to visit their state, they told us some facts about their state.  Did you know that Idaho is the 43rd state?  The state nickname is the geothermic capital.  Their major crop is the potato.  They have silver mines, and the Lewis and Clark Expedition was there.

    When we were finished with the history, they told us some fun things to do, including boating, ice fishing, sledding, snowboarding, and snow shoeing.  If you just want to relax, you should at the beautiful landscape of the lush, green trees and the towering mountains.  That's the end of our journey across the United States, perhaps...

Casper, Wyoming

    Our last stop was in Casper, Wyoming, where we asked the five famous What questions? The first question was what are the top 5 reasons to visit your state. They talked about hiking, hot springs, the very famous Yellowstone National Park with its glorious camp sites with moose and buffalo and the wagon trail west. When they replied to our question, we were surprised that they were the least populated state and that they have 23 governors, a lot of coal mining, and their state had their first woman governor! The third question they replied by saying that some fun things to do in their state were going to the Monument, college sports, hunting, rodeo and frontier days.

    There were many answers in question number four. Here are some of them. They said that they did sports, tag, hide-and-go-seek, swings, slides, and little dolly walker, which the girls like to play. The last things that they wanted to tell us was that they were called the Equality State, rivers are high, Wyoming is close to the shape of a square, and they have over 23 mountains. This was all from the beauty of Wyoming.

Ozawkie, Kansas

    While we were travlin' down the U.S. road, we drove through the interesting state of Kansas. We decided to collect some facts about the state so we could tell you. So, we went on a hunt for answers. We found some reasons you should go to Kansas, like the Kansas River, the Legends that contain the Yellow Brick Road, and the Kansas Museum. We also thought you would like to know some facts, too. Dodge City is the windiest city in America, the population is about 2 million, and they have so much wheat that they are called the Bread Basket of America.

    If your family is planning to go there, you should know some fun things to do there, like cooking, going to museums, going to the park, going to the zoo, and playing sports. Since it wasn't summer break yet, we decided to ask some kids what they liked to do at recess. They said they liked to play soccer, tag, swings, slides, and imaginary games. We all wanted to stay in Kansas, but we all had to return to Tucson, Arizona (our home base) for summer break.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Join us as we stop at the famous state of Las Vegas, Nevada. We learned some really cool, new facts and hopefully you do to. We learned some wonderful reasons why you visit their state. You can go to the Titanic Museum, the Hoover Dam, Shark Reef, a wax museum, the Lion King play and more.

We also found out some cool facts and things to do in Nevada, like their state bird is the mountain blue bird. They like to visit the springs reserve, Red Rock National Park, zip lining, and the shark exhibit.

Next, we found some useful games that kids play in Nevada. Basketball, knock-out, five square, 2 square, and football. Lastly, we found out some awesome things that people might what to now about their state, like the inventor of the ferris wheel lived there, and they have lots of fun activities to do. That’s all we found out about the great state of Nevada.  

Seattle, Washington

    On our trip across the US, we took a stop in Seattle, Washington.  If you happen to go there, the kids said that you should keep your eyes out for the Space Needle, the Puyallup County Fair, and the beautiful lakes. Some things you want to do there are to play in the rain and go snowboarding. Don’t those seem fun?

    When you’re planning your trip to go there, you should know a little about that state.  Here are 5 facts about Washington: 1.They are the Evergreen State. 2.The state is named after George Washington. 3.They export lots of seafood. 4 They export the most apples. 5.They have the biggest parking garage in the entire country. Those are some facts about Washington.

    When you go there, you want something fun to do. Here is what the kids came up with: there are lots of festivals and events, museums, Mount St. Helens, Family Fun Center, and the State Works Exhibit.  They also like to play outside they play games like tag, kickball, dodge ball, base ball, Pac-man tag, and copy cat. They didn’t tell us what Pac-man tag and Copycat were, but they sound interesting

     Some extra things they want you to know are that Starbucks and Amazon were founded there. Rain shadows and double rainbows are also common, and the water sheds use hydroelectric power to help the state. That’s why you should go to Washington.