July Letter

Dear Family & Friends, 

Hello. This month was great. We had the Daley's come down to hang out with us this month. We went to Salem pond with them and we jumped off the bridge there a ton. We also brought kayaks and had a great time with them. We watched a movie with them when we got back and it was a lot of fun.

We went up to yellowstone this month and before we entered the park we went on a river rafting trip with our cousins. It was so much fun and I definitely want to do it again sometime. We did it at 8 i the morning so it was really cold. I promised everybody on the boat that I would do a backflip off the boat and that is exactly what I did. It was really cold but it still fun.

In Yellowstone we rented a boat for a few hours along with a guide and went fishing. We caught 7 fish but had to put all of the fish back because they were cutthroat and cutthroat are an endangered species. The guide that took us had a lot of really nice fishing rods for us to use and especially an awesome rod with a depth reader and it would click when a fish was caught on it. We had a ton of fun and it was an awesome experience.

We went to a really cool spot in yellowstone called the prismatic spring and it was really cool. The color of the sediment in the water determined what color the steam coming off of the water was. There was blue and red and green steam and it was so super cool to look at.

We have been doing a lot of work in the backyard since we are getting it done. A couple of our neighbors have been super helpful and are using their heavy machinery to make the process a whole lot easier. We have a water feature and boulders in right now and our neighbor is working on putting in sprinklers now.

The summer is almost over and it is almost time to go back to school. I have been doing cross country this summer and it was great because I got to meet a lot of new people and make a lot of more friends. I'm excited for our season during the school year. I'm different from most people because I like running. It is great exercise and you don't have to learn tricks or plays or anything. I like playing on my xbox and I like to play minecraft and fortnite. I hope you all have a great summer. Bye. 

Love, Eric James Barnhisel.