Places I Like to Visit in the USA

I'm sharing great vacation places in the USA.

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 Have you been to these places?

What do you like about these places?

Scoop Dig Scoop Dig -- Fun at the Beach

Scoop scoop. Dig dig. That's what I do with the sand when I go to the beach to look for sand crabs. I go to where the waves crash into the sand then I scoop up wet sand into my hand and wait to see if it tickles. If it does, there's probably sand crabs.



I was at the beach again today with my friends and tried something different. I went closer to the ocean and dug a hole in the sand, then when the ocean waves moved in, I'd dig my hands under the sand and pulled out the sand. I'd slowly move the sand away to see if there's any sand crabs -- and there were lots!

Scoop, dig, scoop, dig -- that's the fun I had today at the beach looking for sand crabs with my friends.

Have you ever caught or seen sand crabs before?

Did they scare you or tickle you?

Tide Pools

I love going to the beach. I love the tide pools because you can find sand dollars in there. I found two whole sand dollars and pieces of others. The ones I kept were already dead, and found an alive one. The alive one is green. When they are dead, they are white or grey. Star fish and snails eat the sand dollars.

Have you ever found sand dollars at the beach?

What do you like to do at the beach?

I wrote this post for the Student Blogging Challenge #2.

I updated the post with a Creative Commons Image from Compfight for Student Blogging Challenge #4.

The beach at high tide. When it's low tide, there are lots of tide pools!

My sand dollars.

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Obon Festival 2012

I went the Obon Festival with Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle, and Auntie. 

I got to dance with Miss Lisa. She showed me how. You just watch the people in front on you, and you follow them.

I didn't have video of it this year. Here's what it looks like, but I'm not in this video:

I love that I get to go to this festival with my family. This is the second time, and I want to go again next year!

What do you like to do at Obon Festivals?

What festivals do you like to go to?

What special family events do you go to?

Sea World

What would be your favorite if you went to Sea World?

We went to Sea World. Listen to my reflection about the day and my favorite:

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What would be your favorite if you went to Sea World?

Obon Festival

Hi, I went to Obon. I liked the dance. I liked to be on the stage. It was cool. Miss Lisa put me on the stage because it was her turn to sing. Miss Lisa taught me the dances. She told me to watch the other people. 




Thank you, Miss Lisa for teaching me Odori dancing. I had the best time!


Your friend,
Emma

Santa Barbara Vacation