Thursday, September 9, 2010

Tellus Museum

A few months ago my family and I went to the great TELLUS Museum. It was the best museum ever!!! If it's the weekend and you have nothing planned, this is the place to go!



Look at this HUGE yellow truck!!! Don't we all look small in front of it? That was how big it was, and trust me,when you get next to it, it's like standing next to the tallest thing in the whole world!

The wheel is really HUGE too, it was actually kinda scary just standing next to it.



There was an area where you could play with lights, for instance you could turn a prism and the light would go different places and stuff like that.


This is the Girls Bathroom sign, it looked funny, so I asked my mom if she could take a picture of me next to it.


This was one of my favorite parts of the museum. There is a place in the museum where you can pan for gems!!! Not like real priceless gems, but colored rock-stone-things. They were really small but very pretty. My sister and I even went back again to get more!


There was a place where there were mirrors where you looked different, whatever they are called. Weird mirrors are lots of fun!


The room next to the Gem Panning room, is a Fossil Hunting room. That was really fun too. Whenever you are done you get to pick 1 small thing fossil to keep. I got a shark tooth.


At the very entrance there's a pendulume, I forget what it's called exactly but it was really a sight. Every minute (?) the golden pendulume- looking thing will knock down one block, it was really fasinating.

So COOL!!!


Entrance toward the Solar House.


This is a house that is totally green! The walls are made of, well I forget what they're made of but they're made of something that was recycled, and the roof & wallswere made of Solar Panels. Solar panels soak up energy from the sun, and use the energy to make electricity. The inside was extraordinary! It was really bright (but not too bright) and there was a computer system where, if you turn on the lights, and the computer thought that it was bright enough, it would automaticly turn off the lights! It only had one bedroom and stuff, but it was still cool!



There was a guide talking about the house and he told all of us about the light bulbs you should use. It was quite interesting.

Also inside the museum there was a whole giant section where there were a bunch of different rocks and gem stones, which I found interesting and cool! There was a place in the section where foods (they were really plastic) were on the walls and on tables and there were cards that said which minerals were in everyday products.


This is one of the beautiful crystals, isn't it just beautiful?!?!??!


Here are some minerals/gems; all different kinds and sizes.


I have a tiny rock that looks just like this rock! I was amazed when I saw this amazing
gem.

More rocks and crystals. They're so beautiful!


You know when you go to places and there's a thing where you can stand in it and it'll show just your face? Well this is one of those things. This was in the Space Section.



This is a space shuttle thing I think.

This is a jet engine. My dad told me he used to work on these things, I forget how but he did when he was in the Airforce.



This is a GIANT helicopter. It was amazing! The inside was very interesting. (I so want to ride in one now!!!)


This is a Biosatellite, I don't know what that is though, but it was still interesting.



This is HUGE, trust me, whenever you get close to it, and like I said before, it's like standing next to the Statue of Liberty! What I really like about this skeleton was that its tail was really long!


We almost forgot to even look and take pictures of this one, we were looking at other skeletons in front of it, and didn't even notice it at first, so when we remembered, my mom and I went back and took a picture and looked in amazement.


This was really scary- looking, I think it's a Sabertooth Tiger, but I forget.


I forgot what this one is too, but it's pretty cool.


This, I think, is a Wooly Mammoth Skeleton, it's really BIG!!!!!


P.S.

I'm sorry I didn't post for a long time!!! (and I went blueberry picking too a few months ago!)


Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Blue Ridge, GA - Blue Ridge Scenic Railway

A couple of weeks ago we went up to the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway. It was the first time I had ever gone on an actual real train!!! It was really long and we sat in the open car where there was no windows so we could see better, but later it rained so we had to go in a different car.
Before we went on the train we got our ticket and then went to a little bakery. My sister and I got chocolate milk and my dad got a little piece of cake.

Also my sister found this game, she didn't know how to play it so she just made up her own rules and played with my mom. She had a bunch of fun.

There was an old time safe where people would put money in. It didn't have money in it of course but it had an old time coffee grinder in it.


This is a picture of the train we were on, and trust me, they are HUGE and NOISY up close, and when we got on, right before we left, dad walked us through the train. It had a very nice car with shades that you could pull down to take a nap. Also there was one with tables so you could eat, oh, and there was a fast food one with pretzels and other snacks, and then there was the engine, we couldn't go in it, but whatever. When the train has to go back the way it came, it doesn't turn around, it just uses the engine on the other end-the end becomes the front!

When we were riding on the train, we tried to take a picture of the front of the train but it was hard because we where going too fast. Now, I hate to say this but, we all saw a a naked man either peeing or hugging a tree! Thankfully we only saw it for a second but it was TORTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!


We also saw little farms everywhere. It was awesome to see all the sights, there were
nice breezes, people to talk to, and mom gave us a few pieces of candy!


We saw many BEAUTIFUL rivers and lakes, sometimes we even saw ducks! My mom
and dad saw a BEAVER, but I missed it!


It felt so nice to see all kinds of things, I definitely want to go back there sometime.


Did I mention that the trains is supposed to bring you to McCaysville, GA/CopperHill, TN? It was awesome! We went to a Mexican restaurant that was delicious!!! Also there was a ton of little shops and stores.



This is the Mexican restaurant I was talking about, it was in TN



This is me standing in both TN and GA at once!

This shop is where I got fudge that I still didn't finish but is so good, I think
I'll eat the rest today, and I got the cutest webkinz with my birthday money! It's a Cherryblossom bird! It is so cute!!! In the store there were bear footprints on the floor that my sister followed.


BTW, I would like to thank my mom and dad for taking me on this trip,
I really enjoyed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

Monday, May 24, 2010

Double Digits

Hello people from Earth and beyond! It was my birthday last Thursday and I want to tell you about it. This year I got the best cake EVER!!! It was called Shopping Diva, I loved it! The purse part at the top was vannila cake and the bottom was DELICIOUS red velvet! Also the black icing made my tongue and teeth turn black!















This is a new bottlecap I got for my necklace. It has an ipod on it. I love it!!! I also got a flower bottlecap,which I also love.


These are bracelets I got. The bracelet on my hand is a mood bracelet, it has moods like kooky, cheery, rockin' and bummed. The other bracelet I like to wear on my ankle like an anklet.


These are my awesome new pj's. I love them!!!! Oh, and my bffl's gave me an anklet, toe rings, a beautiful necklace, and a jumprope!!! THANKS YOU GUYS!!!


I also got two movies. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Bolt!!! Two of my favorite movies!

Also did I mention my wonderful mom and dad got me some silly bandz!!! and I got the cutest outfit ever!!!

I got the turtle webkinz!!! It is so cute!!!

THANKS MOM AND DAD AND ESPECIALLY MY BFFL'S!!!

I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! :)