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Sleeping in a water park

Posted by James Davies on Mon, Jun 18, 2007

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Here’s my situation: I’m in a hotel completely geared towards kids (teens too), which has a water park, an arcade with over one hundred games, bunk beds and a separate sleeping area for the kids, and a restaurant which looks like a summer camp. As the t-shirt says, ‘Life is good’. We’re at the Great Wolf Lodge [...]

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Scoops of Fun

Posted by James Davies on Wed, Jun 6, 2007

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Alright, I’ll call this one a dilemma: My mom must have thought that I was a girl or something, because she signed me up for a pedicure. At that very moment, the thought of hurling myself through the window sounded like as the only escape from such a horrible doom. Seeing that my mom stood between the [...]

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American Girl Place - Chicago

Posted by Sally Walker Davies on Fri, Jun 1, 2007

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My name is Maddie Davies and I am nine years old. My family and I are on our summer vacation. My mom surprised me by saying ‘when we go to Chicago, we are going to the American Girl store.’ I was so excited! So we went to the store and at 9:00 am the doors opened. We went [...]

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Lake Michigan = COLD WATER!

Posted by James Davies on Fri, Jun 1, 2007

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“It’s FREEZING in here!” I said, with my shirt glued to my stomach from the icy water ofLake Michigan. As my cargo shorts began to fall off from the weight of the water, I trudged my way to shore through the waist deep waves. Sorry about that – my first-person narratives sometimes come out without warning! My [...]

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Essentials for teen road trips

Posted by Sally Walker Davies on Thu, May 24, 2007

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I’m James Davies, a 14-year-old incoming freshman at Memphis University School.  My mom blogs on travel for the CA, and she thought it would be cool if I blogged over the summer about our vacations. First up is Michigan – we are spending a month there to explore the state.  “Okay, I’m going on a trip with my family [...]

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