Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio

I went to Fort Sam Houston on June 22, 2013. The drive to San Antonio from Chicago took 17 hours and I slept for about half of them. When we went to Fort Sam we couldn’t find the entrance so we had to drive around to find it. We found an entrance and then we went through security. Then we got lost trying to find the museum inside Fort Sam. After we found the museum we went in and we saw people with gas masks and other artifacts. The lady in charge of the museum told me about where my great-grandfather would have been when he was there and gave me a patch. My godfather, Uncle Phil, did his reserve training there. We saw lots of cool things like a helicopter, a tank, 4 cannons, 2 jeeps, and an antiaircraft gun.

Tower of the Americas

Our last day in San Antonio we went to the Tower of the Americas. When we went up the elevator my ears popped a lot! The tower is 622 feet tall and it is the third tallest freestanding building in the U.S.A. My grandma and I ate at a spinning restaurant. When we were there we shared a slice of cheesecake. 

The Alamo

I went to the Alamo when I was in San Antonio. My grandma and I had to stand in line to get in. Once we got in it was big and hot. The church was tall, big and kind of beat up, not like a normal church. An example of how it was beat up was that there were smalls dents in the ceiling. 

Making a Claymation

I went to the Children's Creativity Museum in San Francisco, CA over Spring Break and got to make a claymation.  

Paddle Boating

Paddle boating is fun and easy. Today I went paddle boating with my mom. We were in San Francisco at Stowe Lake which is in Golden Gate Park. It was tricky because the steering was backwards and I couldn't always reach the pedals, but I still did a good job. I went to the top of the hill that is an island in the middle of the lake after I went paddle boating. Afterwards we went down and I fed ducks and other birds stale bread. I would go to Stowe Lake again because it is fun there. You should go there and try paddle boating.