SHOPPING!!!!!!!!(THIRD TIME)

Well, on our first day at Petoskey, we sent some things home (to our Roswell Address) by way of UPS. I also sent one of my best friend's a book I read a that I thought we would like. I got to the last chapter of Le Morte D Arthur, which I decided to read the whole chapter to Mom. We didn't do it then, though, because we were in the car doing things. I had no other book, save a biography about the Wright Bro's, and that I didn't bring into town. The nook (electronic reader) was somewhere in the R.V., thus I had no book to read. So, I just looked around and enjoyed the sights.

We got into the middle of town, right on the water, with shops everywhere. My Aunt Linda used to live here, so we followed the GPS to her old address and looked at her cute house. We also went by the lake and saw lots of other cool houses. The we parked, ate lunch at a nice cafe, and I had a reuben. I also talked to a middle aged man with blond hair, named Paul. He was reading a bio about Theodore Roosevelt.

We left the cafe, and (sadly) went to a little clothing store. We went to a candy store with all the candy in barrels, and right next to that in the same building was another clothing store, which Rebecca and Mom went into, while Dad and I went to a bookstore across the street. Right by the door, I saw a blond haired lady with short hair and some brown poodle looking dog that she was trying to pull away from the door. The dog was stubborn, but eventually it moved a little. We came into a small store with shelves of books on both sides. "Hullo," the lady said kindly to us. I noticed a strong English accent. "Hi," I said. The English accent explained the union jack outside. I searched a little, and then found Alex Rider: Skeleton Key. (I had read the first Alex Rider, Operation Stormbreaker, a week earlier. The second A.R., was Point Blanc, on the nook. I had not read it yet but thought I should get this one, Skeleton Key, anyway.)

"Can we get this?" I asked to Dad.

"Sure,"

The lady got talking to us, about books and learning and such, and somehow or another it came out that we were going on a big trip around the U.S. for a year, home schooling.

"You lucky duck!" the lady exclaimed.

We told her all we've done, and that what we've been doing. As she ringed the book up, I asked her if she wanted the blog. She said yes, and I asked her what her name was. "Diane," she answered. "Nice to meet you. My name's Andrew," I replied. We then left Diane.

We went to a few other stores, like a two-floor clothing and footwear store, and another store. We also saw a drawbridge go up, and a ship go through. It was very cool. Aunt Linda had told us about the drawbridge. We're glad we got to see it in action.

Back in the jeep, we rode around and Rebecca and Mom went down on the beach to look for Petoskey rocks. They dug into the sand on the shore, and found big rocks that had spots or crater holes in them. Very cool to look at.

We then went home, tired and done. I went to bed.

This is the end of this blog post. Goodbye, for now.

I do not exactly enjoy shopping,

Andrew.