Travelog for: Jimbo Elephant

The weather has stayed rather cool so we haven't gone out much but today I got to go for a ride in the truck.  Wourpet even gave me my very own chair to sit in so I would be secure and able to see through the windsheild.

We drove around town and I watched for fresh signs of spring and tender new leaves.

Even though it was cloudy I could still see the mountains all around the valley.

Well here's the whole lot of us.  It was a great day outside so we have been out loading twigs and leaves into the wagon.  Once we get some piled in wourpet lets us all hop in and have a ride.

Its been very windy so the spring cleanup is taking forever because the twigs keep blowing off the trees.  But that means more wagon rides so bye -- gotta get back out ther.

Today a new Toy Voyager arrived from California.  Snuffles has been traveling to some cool places and he had a journal with all of his adventures.  There were lots of very interesitng pictures that he showed us.



Afterwards Wourpet took a picture of all of us together because Mittens and Coney are both leaving tomorrow.  Mittens is going to Russia.  Coney is going back to Ft Bragg to do some more training in the Army and then he is going to Afghanistan.

Today my buddy Frogger and I went out to explore the back yard.  We found a huge raging river when we stopped on the bridge and decided to follow it upstream.



The river stretched out for a long way in the distance.



We found several interesting waypoints.







At the top of the river we came to a huge waterfall and rapids. 



The Wourpet found us and took us up above the falls to see where the water was coming from.  She told us this is for irrigation of the yard and garden and the trees in the orchard.



We thought that was pretty cool and then we went all the way back down stream and sat on the bank and watched the water go by.



I am thinking we might build a raft.

Hi Mom! 

I'm in Miami!  It's a very warm 83°F/28°C here today.  My host picked me up at the post office and then we went to take her daughter to Emerald Acres Stable where she keeps her horse.  I met lots of the barn animals.

Here is Tigger:


Here I am with American Pie:


Then I went to see the miniature donkeys:




Lucky, my host's horse, came to see the donkey:


Lastly, I went to visit Spencer, the pig:


After touring the barn, my host brought me to her house where I  am now.  I've had a busy day today, so I better get some rest.  Bye for now!

I met Ossa today and she invited me to dinner and a movie!

We had Cuban-style picadillo and rice for dinner:


After dinner, we watched The Golden Compass:


We enjoyed the movie very much!  Afterwards, Ossa introduced me to Snowshoe, the cat and we had a nice chat:

Decker the lion arrived today from Russia!  We visited with him outside and shared some cookies.

Today is Mother's Day!  We got up early to make banana pancakes for our host.

First, we gathered all the ingredients that we will need:


We mixed up the batter and then cooked the pancakes in a pan.  The pancakes turned out to be very delicious!


Happy Mother's Day!

This afternoon, Decker and I went to Emerald Acres Stable with our host and her daughters.  I had already been there, but I had told Decker about all the animals there and he wanted me to introduce him to some of them.

Here we are with Tigger:

Decker, Ossa, and I went for a bike ride around the neighborhood with our host.

Here we are in the basket of the bike:


We rode around for awhile, then we came to a pretty little fountain:

Today I went to see downtown Miami!  My host's daughter has jury duty, so we dropped her off at the courthouse and then we went to Bayfront Park.

I didn't know there were so many tall buildings in Miami!


Here I am with Decker, Ossa, and Jadzia Tam enjoying the sunshine and pretty view:


I saw a stature of Christopher Columbus. 


And I saw a boat in Biscayne Bay:


On the way home, Decker and I sat on the dashboard so we could see all the traffic and big buildings on Biscayne Blvd:

Decker and I made some freshly squeezed Florida orange juice this morning!  Decker gathered up all the oranges while I used the juicer.



Yum, there is nothing better than fresh orange juice in the morning!

I went to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull this afternoon with Ossa, Dilbert, and HitchaRideDooey.  We all enjoyed the movie - lots of action Indy style,  Soviet agents, creepy skeletons, and cute ground hogs!

After the movie, we met this girl who was playing outside of the theater:

Today was a busy day!  I am leaving today to go to Oregon! 

But before I leave, my host has to return some books to the library, so I helped her gather up the books.


Then we drove to the library.


After we went to the library, I saw some postcards in the Postal & Parcel store.  I asked my host if I could get one to mail home, and she said yes!




After I bought the postcard, we went home so I could fill out the postcard.


I then climbed into my mailing package and I'm now on my way to Oregon!

I have finaly arrived in California! Appearently Izzy's mail is slow, will have to complain to the post office about this! So first thing we did when I arrived was go to the giant super furniture store IKEA! We ate and walked around for hours, and guess what? the batteries died on the camera! Bummer! I will promptly smack this new host for you mom.