My River Trip

I have not posted to this blog in a long time. I've been busy. I went on a river rafting trip on the Green River in Desolation Canyon. It was really fun and there was a lot of rapids. We camped on the sand beaches and slept under the stars.


We saw some Native American rock art along the river. Really cool drawings.


My dad found a giant horse skull. We don't have a picture of it.

Hike

I went to a sled dog race in Montana. I got to look at and pet the dogs. It was a qualifying race for the Iditarod. It was fun to see them start the race. The dogs get excited.

More Florida Pictures

The best dog in the world.


This is salt marsh/palm island near Ozello.

West Indian Manatee

Here are some pictures of Missy, the manatee I met at Crystal River in Florida back in January. Manatees are an Endangered Species. She came right up to the boat and played with us like a kitten.

We cleaned her and she cleaned the boat. She had algae on her skin and so did the bottom of the boat.

Missy likes Crystal River in the winter because the air is cold and the spring water there is warm, much warmer than the ocean water. Manatees eat aquatic plants.

Did you know that Manatees have fingernails. They do. Their ancestors lived on land.

My Lake

Gray sandhill cranes are flying down
The sunset's color is sky-blue pink
The blue stem grass is golden brown
Our lake is colorful, don't you think?

The lake is blue, purple, and green
Lichens are orange, brown, and red
Sun dews are garnet (I don't know what that means)
Pine needles form my bed.

Last Sunday we went to Jonathan Dickinson State Park again to do a bike race with my Dad and his friends Jimbo and Kristen. We all raced and I am the girls 9 and under Florida State Cyclocross Champion. It was really fun and I won a medal. Here is a picture.

Is anyone out there asking, "What is Cyclocross?" Here is a video.

Wet Roots

We went to South Florida last week. Here are some pictures from my canoe trip at Jonathan Dickinson State Park. Cypress trees are really cool. Because they need a way to get Oxygen to their roots which are always under water, they have "knees." Yes, plants need Oxygen for respiration just like animals.

Check out the "stain line" that shows how deep the water can get.


Red mangroves have "prop roots."

Hello Mr. Slider!
Here is a picture of me getting my roots wet at Bahia Honda State Park in the Florida Keys.

This is my first blog post. I am in Florida and it is hot. You can't do this in Utah!


Last night my dad decided to burn down our house and yard. Actually, he was trying to only burn the brush pile. Here is a picture.

This was really fun. But, we went away to take my cousin home. My dad thought the fire was out. It was not. The next day our yard looked like this.
I really like ecology, birds, plants, and other animals. I like to study them. Here are some friends of mine. They are salmon that spawned and died. Their bodies provided food for other animals in the stream. That is what ecology is all about, interactions between living things and the environment.

Here are some more of my friends.

A few months ago, I went to Montana and saw a bighorn sheep.

I also like to ride my bicycle.

Thanks for reading. I will blog again soon.