When we started our vacation on February 21 we were scheduled to leave the island on the HyLine, but it was cancelled because the harbor was frozen. Just as we suspected. We had a reservation for the 11:00 plane going to Cape Code. So we went down to the airport and got on our plane. One we were in the air, we could see the whole island including all the ice that covered the ocean all the way to Cape Code. When our plane landed, we got on a bus that took us to the airport in Boston. Our plane got delayed because it was snowing. (Not a surprise) When we did get on our plane it was around 7:00 pm and our plane to Phoenix, Arizona was 6 hours long so we didn't get to Phoenix until 12:00 their time, ad 2:00 am our time. We took a taxi to the hotel that we were staying at in Tempe, and went straight to bed.
In the morning we went around town and went to eat breakfast. After breakfast we hiked up the 'A Mountain'.
The A Mountain has a big yellow A on it. Because yellow is the color of the Arizona State University. (ASU) When ASU plays against AU (Arizona University) and wins they keep it yellow, but if AU wins they paint it white because that is their team color.
In the evening we went to a collage basketball game ASU vs. USC. (University of Southern California) ASU was down by 10 points but came back and won. Boy was it an exciting day.
The next day we drove to Tuscan, AZ because we were going to Tanque Verde Ranch. While we were at the ranch we went biking, horse riding, swimming and we had cookouts. It was so much fun. When we were horse riding over the course of 6 days I had 4 different horses: 1st Powder, 2nd Joker, 3rd Tug and 4th Chunk. I grew out of Powder, Joker and Tug so on the last day they gave me Chunk who I loved a lot. Chunk followed commands when I wanted him to trot, but I had to kick him hard when I wanted him to lope.
Once we left the ranch we spent some more time in Arizona. We went to the Sonoran Desert Museum, The Science Museum in Phoenix and Biosphere 2. Biosphere 2 is an enclosed area in the desert with different environments in it. The rainforest, desert and ocean. In 1991 8 people (biospherians) were sealed inside the biosphere for 2 years with no way to get out. They were in there to try to learn more about different environments. Only once did the biospherians have to open the Biosphere, they did this because one day one of the biospherians woke up and didn't know 2+2. The biospherians then knew that they were running out of air so they opened it up. Other than that they never unsealed Biosphere 2.
The ranch was my favorite part about our vacation because we were away from all the technology, I made new friends and last but not lest I now have a great connection with horses that I never had before.
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