Sitka was really cool. We got to Sitka late that night.  We spent that night at a hotel. The next day we walked around totem trail in Sitka that was really cool because we saw a bunch of totem poles. Then we went ocean kayaking. That was really fun I went with Daddy in the same kayak, Mommy and Jadon in the same kayak, Rahab and the tour guide. We saw sea lions and a sea otter, we got to hold star fish.  One was a rare star fish called the leather star it was smooth and slimy the other star fish was hard and bumpy. We all so kayaked to a old world war two fort we kayaked about four and a half miles round trip. After we were done kayaking we went and saw the old Russian church in the middle of the road that was really pretty. Then we went to the old bishop’s house because Sitka is on a island the bishop had some sailers from Finland build his house for him so the house was built uniquely. Then we went to castle hill there was two canons with the American flag and a really pretty view of Sitka. I really like Sitka.

August 6-7, 2017

The Top of the World

I went to the top of the world! I touched the Arctic Ocean it was really cold and the sand was really soft. We got a really nice day in Barrow, AK although it was only 45 degrees Fahrenheit (really cold.) But we had lots of fun. We saw the whale bones they were really big. Before I thought whales were much smaller but they were twice as big as I thought they would be. It was really hard to believe how big they are. I saw a big sign with lots of arrows pointing to lots of different country’s showing how far away they are. There was not one paved road in Barrow, AK. We went to the Heritage center and learned all about the natives history which I thought was really cool. We did not see any polar bears. So I have been to the top of the world touched the Arctic Ocean been in the arctic circle and been to the most northern most point in the United States.

August 8, 2017

Esther Ireland