4 Wheels 4 Girls

June 3rd, after the Catherine Creek trail, we went to the Shreiner Zoo in Washington. Me, Stella, Daddy, and Sarah were riding in the mustang when we pulled up to the zoo. We got really excited and happy. When we first got in there we saw these marmots. We drove some more and saw some zebras. We drove farther and saw a llama on a huge boulder. Then we went farther and saw some camels. Then we saw some deer-like things and then we saw a really tall neck poking out of nowhere. Now what could that be? A giraffe, of course.

Camels, giraffes, and Mount Hood

We got closer and saw some more camels. We saw this really old camel that had foam coming out of its mouth. We asked what the stuff was and Mom said that it was spit. She also said that they like to spit. I thought the camel was going to spit on us.

This says it all about camels and spit. (Thanks to Sarah, for the great photo!)

We saw this other camel that was molting. It was so gross.

I had so much fun there. Thanks to Lori and Sarah. I had never seen a camel in real life.

Friday, June 3rd, we left in two cars to Catherine Creek. The one I was in…actually, I’ll say the other one first. The “other one” was a camper van. I thought it was really cool, but the car I was in was cooler. Ellie, Ana, Jean, and Lori went in the van. Dad, Sarah, Greta, and I went in the… other one. Okay, I’ll tell you now. It was an old 1960s red mustang convertible. It was so cool! But it was also so windy. I had my hair in a braid that day, but by the end it was gone. Well, it wasn’t completely gone, but about 3/4 of it was.

Everyone piled in the Mustang

We drove across the Columbia river into Washington, to a state park called Catherine Creek. It was right on the Columbia river. Ana grabbed the scooter and we started. The little sister poodles ran off ahead. But we didn’t worry because they’d always come panting back. Sometimes I ran after them a little ways, then waited for the crowd to catch up. At one point, Roxanne ran up to some strangers, who were sitting on a bench enjoying the view of the gorge, and she hopped right up onto the man’s lap! He dealt with it pretty well.

We all took turns on the scooter, and we put Lori and Sarah’s little video-camera thing on a strap around our heads. We started the video and then scootered away. It showed everything coming up ahead of us. There was one time when Greta had just put the camera on her head and was scootering away when– CRASH!!!– she wiped out in the grass. It was really funny.

Jean is riding the scooter past lots of California Poppies on the Catherine Creek trail

We had a fun time on the Catherine Creek hike. I hope we come again–with the video-camera and scooter!