Nature Walks

Do you like to explore nature? Well I do! One of my favorite things to do outside is to go on a nature walk. Here are some great things about them:
You can collect stuff to do science projects with.
They are free.
You can do a short nature walk or a long nature walk.
You can look at interesting things.

Here are some pictures of me doing science:

Where do you like to go on nature walks? What is the coolest thing you ever found on one? Please answer on the comments section.

-Blake

The Big Apple Circus

You might have read my last post about the national harbor and there is something special there called the Big Apple Circus. It is from February 14th (Valentines day) to March 24th. It is a great circus from juggling  to the trapeze and from the trampoline  to musical entertainers. There are very talented acrobats in the Big Apple Circus and you have to be very talented in circus skills to join them.   Here is a picture of the circus:                                                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        There is one 20 minute intermission.
There is food at the circus. Some snacks, drinks, and there are also toys to buy.
To go to the Big Apple Circus, you need to get tickets. There are tickets for $20, $35, and more per ticket.   There is more one show per day on the weekends.

On a scale of one to ten, I give it an 8. The adults in my group liked it too just like me!

-Blake

National Harbor

You know probably some stuff about Washington DC and maybe you know a little about national harbor but if you don't this will be new to you. So national harbor is a place in Washington DC that has a big hotel called the National Harbor Gaylord. The hotel is a big resort with an outside patio that you can walk on that goes along the Potomac River. If you see a plane that looks like Air Force One, do not walk along the river towards it because there is a gate blocking you. It is a restricted area. You have to go around another way. Next time I go, I will check it out with my family and tell you about it.
If you walk in the opposite direction of where the plane is, you will reach the area where the ferris wheel and all of the boats are.

At night, the ferris wheel lights up. The ferris wheel is called the Capital Wheel and it costs $15 for adults and $11.25 for kids.
Here is a picture of me holding the ferris wheel. (I am not actually holding the ferris wheel.)

If you keep walking you will see a big grassy area with stairs down to a big sandy area with a couple big statues of a man lying in the sand. The biggest is his knee. There is also a statue of his head and one of each of his hands. The last one is his foot. The foot looks easy, but it is actually really hard to climb to the top.
Here are some pictures of me playing on the statues.

If you walk back up the steps down the main road, you will see statues of important people. There is a statue of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a wheelchair, Abraham Lincoln, and Henry Ford, and many more.
Here is a picture of me with the Henry Ford statue.

And if you see the statue of the famous kiss for when the man is heading off to war, then you are in front of a restaurant called Granite City Food & Brewery. This is where we ate dinner. The kids menu was good and some of the food included on the kids menu was macaroni and cheese, spaghetti, hamburger, chicken, salmon, and a lot of other stuff. The adults I was with seemed happy with their meals.
I hope you enjoy your visit there!
-Blake