Monday, July 22, 2013

Tennis Camp

Three weeks ago, my sister and I started going to tennis camp for the summer. We go to camp at the Calabasas Tennis and Swim Center. Each day at eleven o'clock we go and start playing tennis. We first stretch and then we do a drill called "shadows". Shadows is a drill where we practice our swings. After that we start to work on our forehands and backhands. Those are the main things that we practice. When we finish that we practice other swings like approach shots. Approach shots are where the player runs up to the net to hit a short ball. Then we do some court to court challenges and then we have lunch.
                                                        


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   After lunch, we play some games such as Winners and Losers. We also play some matches against each other. At four o'clock we leave the camp and go home. 

                                    
  Do you go to summer camp?

          If so, which one?               

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

My Trip To Yosemite

      For the first week of summer, my family and I decided to go to Yosemite National Park. We left on June 15th. It was a very long two day drive. We drove for a long time until we stopped at a hotel in Fresno. The next day we continued to drive until we reached Yosemite. The place we were living in was a place called "Curry Village". It was like a village with tent houses. The interior of the houses were a wooden frame. The exterior was water proof fabric. On outside, there is a bear box to keep our where bears can't get to it. 

  
        
This is a tent in Curry Village.

       The first thing we did was unpack all our stuff. We then took a rest because we were very weary from all that driving and sitting. Next we went to the Visitor Center. In the Visitor Center, it had a 3-D map of Yosemite Valley. It also had a 2-D map of the whole Park hanging on the wall. I want to the section where it explains about Yosemite's history. It was very interesting to learn all that stuff. On fact is that John Muir founded Yosemite. 


        The next thing we did was to climb to the top of the side of Yosemite Falls. We first climbed the right side of Yosemite Falls, which was shorter than the left side. Then we decided to climb the left side next and we did! All in all, it was very fun.

This is Yosemite Falls. If you look closely, you can see people climbing the slope.


    
       After that, we went to Mirror Lake. Mirror Lake was shallow and the water was clear. You can even see the refection of Half Dome! That is why they call it Mirror Lake. Mirror Lake's water is just melted snow from winter. People could wade in the lake too.
This is a section of Mirror Lake.


   The next day we went to Glacier Point. It is a steep 4.6 hike to the top. We spent seven hours hiking up the steep mountain but we made it. The view was absolutely amazing. We then hiked down after we rested. The hike down was much faster and we got back at nine o' clock.

You can see Half Dome from Glacier Point.

   
   On Wednesday, we hiked to Vernal Falls. It was a 3 hour round trip, but it was easy. The water there was very fast and could sweep you away. The top of Vernal Falls was very high up. About fifty yards away, there was a lake that supplied Vernal falls with water. Some people where even swimming in it!

Sometimes, you can see a rainbow while hiking to the top of Vernal  Falls.

  
     After all, my trip to Yosemite was very exciting and fun.  



Have you ever been to Yosemite?


If so, which places did you visit?


Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Welcome To My Awesome Blog


Photo by Ryan's dad
           Welcome To My Awesome Blog. I am starting my blog right after I graduated 5th grade. Things that I like is playing baseball.  Baseball is very fun and exciting. In the picture above, I am catching the ball at home plate. Another thing I like to do is to read. Some of my favorite books are the Harry Potter series. The best thing about the series is the fantasy in it. I am a great fan of fantasy.

Photo by Heather
           I also have some pets. I have a pet dog, Rocky, and a pet bunny, Bunny Wunny. Rocky is a lovable golden retriever. He is a awesome pet. He has a short legs due to the fact he is part Chou. Bunny Wunny is a brown rabbit that we got recently. He is also very cute too.

Do you have a pet?

If so what kind?


What are some of your hobbies?