Hiking in the Southern USA!

After being in Albuquerque I stayed in the USA and dropped in on Ashley. She lives in Brevard, North Carolina. This is a small town in the Appalachian Mountains. The Appalachian Mountains are the oldest mountains in the world! These mountains go all the way from Georgia to Maine! There is a trail in the Appalachian Mountains that is over 2,000 miles long, and Ashley hiked about 500 miles of it in the Spring right before I got here. 



I really enjoyed looking at the pictures of her hike, the scenery is spectacular.

Since Ashley enjoys hiking so much she took me on a few trails near her home. Here I am walking along one of the trails we explored near Brevard!

While we hiked, Ashley showed me some interesting things in the woods! This is a plant called poison ivy, and some people are very allergic to it. I was very careful not to touch it!

We also hiked around to find different animal tracks. I saw some deer tracks!

Ashley is obviously a teacher. She taught me a lot about nature and how plants get their food while we hiked.

And, this is Looking Glass Falls. It's one of thousands of waterfalls in the area! Brevard is in Transylvania County, and Transylvania County is called "the land of the waterfalls".


It's beautiful, but water alway makes paper little me a bit nevous.

The USA has been great, such interesting people and places. I hope I can return some day it is such a big country and there is still so much to see. But for now I an going too Scotland to catch up with Lily's friends and family.

Saying Goodbye

After spending a few weeks with Agusta's family it was time to say goodbye! I had a wonderful time and so did Agusta. She was sad to see me go and I was sad to leave but after saying goodbye she put me in an envelope and sent me on to my next adventure.

Thank you Agusta, Sara and all the rest of the family for taking such good care of me and including me in your lives.

Now I'm going hiking!

Agusta's Favorite Place

 
Agusta's very most favorite place to go is the Library so she took me there to show it to me.I really liked the Librarians, they were friendly and allowed us to take a photo next to all the books.

 

Agusta reeds at least 5 books a week and they are all very big. She read a little to me, she is finishing up "The Little House on the Prairie" books.

Military Life

Agusta's Dad is in the United States Air Force so she is a Military Kid. It is not always easy for her especially not when her dad has to go far away for a very long time. She also doesn't like moving so much and making new friends all of the time. In Albuquerque she lives with her family on an Air Force Base so sometimes the friends she makes move first.

 The big fat Helicopter is the first Jolly Green

Agusta's dad flies a new one which is similar to the Army's Blackhawk just like the one in this picture. He is a Search and Rescue Pilot and sometimes has to fly for a long time so the big stick on the front of the Aircraft is used to refuel in the air from a big airplane called a C-130.

Homeschool doesn't just happen at home.

Easter Eggs

We got to Paint Easter Eggs it was super fun! I tried to stay out of getting all messy!

We also went on an Easter Egg Hunt at Agusta's Grandparent's park near their house.

We had lots of treats! I loved watching Agusta run around while she hunted for eggs!

Homeschool

In America parents have the choice of sending their children to school or schooling them at home. When they do their education at home it is called Homeschooling. It is legal in all 50 states but every state has different requirements. In New Mexico we have to school for 180 days; learn math, science, english and social studies. The state does not require testing although many of them do.

Agusta and her family have a school room in their home and Sara is their mom and their teacher. Agusta is helping me out with some math in the picture.

Agusta was in 4th grade last year and she did; Math, English, Science, Icelandic, Spanish, History, Government, Social Studies and Bible as the main subjects. She also did Art and crafts and many fun Field trips as well as sewing and cooking.

The benefit of being schooled at home is that every student can get an individualized education and can learn at their own speed and ability. Also we can travel when we want to.

Exploring Albuquerque

We went downtown Albuquerque.

First we went to the History Museum.

We looked at some statues and saw some police officers on horses.

 After the museum I had a Caramel Apple.

Friends and Family

Agusta has another sister, Kala, and a brother, Noi. I liked to play with them. Agusta's siblings are also her classmates, their Mom teaches them at home. I am going to tell you all about their school once I have introduced you to everyone.

 


This is Agusta's Mom's car (or maybe "truck" is a better word for it) it is ginormous. I like to ride right up front, it is so high up that I get a great view of everything.

Agusta, Kala, Noi, Sara (their mom) and I went to the park together. There were some really cool slides.

Agusta also introduced me to some of her friends, we had great fun together.

I wasn't the only visitor staying with Agusta and her family. Agusta's aunt, Þórhalla, was visiting from Iceland, she is really cool. Agusta was born in Iceland, it sound like a really interesting place. I hope I can visit there sometime.

Arrived in America

Inspirational!

Flat Lily has been enjoying herself with Goosie in New Mexico, posts about her visit there will be coming very soon. In the mean time, enjoy this video of one lucky Flat Stanley courtesy of the Flat Stanley Project

Remember to check back soon though for more of our own Flat Lily's adventures.