Letterboxes

A couple of days ago, I went letterboxing with my friends Gabe and Maretta. Their Mom printed out the directions on the computer to find the letterbox. We followed the directions until we came to one trail where it splits into three other trails. It said that Reedies (college students) don't usually chose the middle trail. We didn't go on that middle trail and we went a different trail. It said we had to pass three planks and six earthen risers. We couldn't figure out what six earthen risers were. It said that it was in the heart of a Y before six earthen risers. We looked all around and we couldn't find it. So we went back and chose the middle trail. We walked down that one and after three planks we found six earthen risers - which were steps! We found it in a log that was shaped like a Y, down in the middle of it where it was hollow.

A letterbox is a box that you hide out in the woods. Inside there is a book and a stamp. You follow directions to find it and when you find it you take the stamp in the box and stamp your book which is called a passport and then you take your stamp and stamp it in the book in the box. It's a lot like geocaching.

When I came home I made a letterbox to hide up on Powell Butte. I named my letterbox the crying tree because I'm hiding it near a crying tree which is a tree with sap dripping down it.

I LOVE LETTERBOXING

Cyclo Cross Race

Cycle cross racing is on the road and in the dirt and mud. The adult cycle cross race was 1.5 miles long. I rode on the whole entire course when they were all done racing for the day and taking it apart. I also got to race in the big kid's race. The kid's race is called the Kiddie Cross. I had a fun time at that place because there was a corn maze I got to go through and ride my bike off of jumps. My friends Christopher, Caleb, Elliot and my brother Phelan all came with us. There is a bonfire you can see on the movie with the jump on it. There was a bonfire because it was really cold that day.

What we Like to Do

Here are some things I like to do:

Swim, roller skate, mountain bike
Hike with friends
Read comic books like Tiny Tyrant and Casper
Draw, paint and do ceramics
Build inventions with my Dad like motorized skateboards
Play games like Gin Rummy and Uno
Play with my brother and my friends Asa, Isabel, Caleb, Maretta and Lucas

But mostly, I like to go on rides at Amusement Parks

My brother likes to:

Learn about bodies???
Play Carebears with Isabel
Go Outside
Play Speed Racer with Elliot
Anything to do with dinosaurs
Do paper mosaic art
Take pictures
Learn how to rollerskate

Do you know how to spin wool?

Spinning is pretty hard because the wool will break on you if the string is too long. I learned with my friend Connie with a drop spindle. I made the spindle myself. I took a long stick and put a wheel on it and a hook on one end. First you take yarn and practice spinning it back and forth. Then you use these brushes to make all of the alpace fur go in the same direction. Then you then wind that up into big chunks that you take strips of and wind into yarn.




Un sol is money. Notice in the movie she is asking for un sol. She is asking for un sol because she wants money for her picture being taken. My Mom told me because she's been there. It's in Peru where the deepest canyon is called the Colca Canyon. My Mom told me she hiked to the bottom with my Dad, spent the night and the next morning hiked up. Notice she is also spinning alpaca wool like me.

My photography from the Old Days

I used to do photography and these are some of my photos.

The Weekly Photos at Bridal Veil Falls

My Brother Phelan

Halloween 2008

I'm Ritchie Rich and this is my dog, Dollar.