Sideling Hill, MD

This is Sideling Hill in Maryland. It is an important geological site. You can learn more at http://www.mgs.md.gov/esic/brochures/sideling.html.

Louisville

This is the Louisville Slugger Museum in Kentucky. There is a museum there and you can get a tour of the factory where they make Louisville Slugger bats. You can learn about it at http://www.sluggermuseum.org/.

Louisville Slugger Museum

This is my son holding a bat that once belonged to Cal Ripkin, Jr. Ripkin used the bat in a game and now it is on display at the Louisville Slugger Museum.

Piestewa Peak, AZ

Piestewa Peak is a great place to go for a hike when you visit Arizona. Arizona is in the Sonoran Desert. Learn about the desert here http://www.desertmuseum.org/desert/sonora.php.

Piestewa Peak

This is another view of Piestewa Peak. Hiking is one of the reasons I love Arizona! You can learn about the animals and plants that live in Arizona at http://azgovernor.gov/Kids.asp.

Piestewa Peak

This is a saguaro cactus. You can read about the saguaro (don't pronounce the "g," say the "w" sound instead) by reading one of my favorite books, Cactus Hotel, or visiting this website: http://www.nps.gov/orpi/naturescience/saguaro-cactus.htm.

North Mountain

This is a view from North Mountain, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Lava River Cave, Coconino Forest

This is Lava Rock Cave, in Flagstaff, Arizona. We went for a hike. The whole thing is underground and it's very dark! There is ice inside, even when it's very warm outside.

Fourth of July Parade

These Hopi dancers led the fourth of July parade in Flagstaff, which is north of Phoenix, in Arizona. It was a great parade!

Santa Monica, California

My son had a surfing lesson in Santa Monica, California. You can see Palisades Park in the background. It was beautiful there!

Hollywood Boulevard

While we were in California, we visited Hollywood. We saw the Walk of Fame, The Guinness Museum, and the Hollywood Wax Museum.

Hollywood

We drove up the hills to see the famous Hollywood sign.

Las Vegas

Our next stop was Las Vegas. It was on a Friday night and the streets were so crowded it was crazy! The lights were pretty and the food was excellent, though.

Mojave

We got to see part of the Mojave desert as we drove across Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado.

Colon, Michigan

My hometown.

Chicago, Illinois

The Art Institute is one of my favorite places in the world.

Chicago, Illinois

There's lots of great public art, too.

Detroit, Michigan

Tigers game.

Mackinac Island, Michigan

Ship Bottom, New Jersey