Camping!

Two days ago I got back from camping and I had a blast! 4 other families were there and all of them contained  at least 1 of my friends.The first thing I did there was play catch with one of my friends since he loves sports so much and since we were the only two families there.Then once all the families were there it was around 3:00. For dinner we had hotdogs [a tradition] and smores [another tradition] and went to bed at around 9:00.

During the night the cicadas were so loud that I could not sleep. Finally I went to sleep.The next day I was the 16th person up. At noon we decided we would go on a walk on a hike. We went on Sleepy Hollow trail first then around 5:00 a second hike took off . I wasn’t in the group .The last day was boring so i’m not going tell you about it.

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Mammoth Cave

This post is dedicated to Teresa in San Francisco who is wondering why I haven’t written in a long time.

For spring break I went to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. It is the biggest cave in the world. It stretches 400 miles and is still growing. My family went there and we took a simple tour because we just came back from North Carolina (see post about Duke and UNC). One of the most interesting things about Mammoth Cave is that during the War of 1812 the British stopped ships from delivering gun powder to America so they had to make their own gun powder. The Americans mined salt peter in Mammoth Cave to make gun powder so they can use it to fight the war.

Another interesting fact is that someone found a dead body inside the cave. The interesting thing is that he still had his organs, muscles and even some berries left in his stomach. This is able to happen because the cave preserved his body because the temperature and climate stays the same 24/7. They named him Lost John.

Duke vs. UNC-Chapel Hill

I’m torn between two sides. Guess where I went for spring break? That’s right…North Carolina.

And guess why I’m torn?

Both Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are in North Carolina. I like both basketball teams and they are both in the NCAA March Madness tournament. I got a Duke basketball jersey for #5 (Mason Plumlee) and then I have UNC-Chapel Hill basketball t-shirt. But I when I wore the basketball jersey for Duke almost every single shot went into the basket at my basketball class. That seriously happened. I shot a 3-pointer without jumping and it went in.

I got the jersey and the shirt at the campuses but I got the UNC shirt at the bookstore. But I got the Duke jersey at a Duke shop. When I went to Red Robin near Durham for lunch wearing a Duke hat, our waitress said, “I did not see that hat!” But then I showed her my Carolina shirt and she was like, “That’s what I’m talking about!”

I also got to see where Michael Jordan played first before the Bulls. We saw the Carmichael Auditorium at UNC.

That’s all for now. I’ll write more about other parts of my road trip in another post. Hint: Mammoth Cave, KY

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