Happy Saturday!
So this is my first-ever venture into the Five for Friday
foray, and of course, I’m also a day late! I know a Teeny Tiny Teacher
regularly posts a Five for Fraturday, so hopefully it’s okay if I follow her
lead! Here we go...
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Mr. Cronin and I started the week in Las Vegas, where he
joined me towards the end of the SDE I Teach Second! Conference. Funny story—it’s
HOT there. 111°, to be precise. We had a lovely evening on Friday trying
happy hour apps at a couple of lovely restaurants, and although we had
beverages along with the food, I was very much focused on making sure to drink
plenty of water. We were headed off to the High Roller, the grown-up Ferris
wheel, for a lovely nighttime view of the Strip, and I wasn’t feeling great. At
first I thought I might have eaten something that didn’t agree, but turns out—I
was dehydrated! And I had just been drinking water! Anyways, I was fine once I had some more water, but Mr. Cronin wouldn’t let me go on the High Roller
that night. Luckily, we had one more day (we checked out the Titanic exhibit at
the Luxor—pretty cool!) and night in Vegas, so we did finally get on there
Saturday night, and the view, as you can see, was quite spectacular.
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Sunday we headed out for the Hoover Dam, and that view is
also totally spectacular. It is still HOT there, and guess who got woozy after
our leisurely walk from the car snapping photos? (I’ll give you a hint—it
wasn’t me this time!) Luckily, we still enjoyed our tour once we upped the
water consumption, and learning about dams turned out to be very interesting.
For example, I didn’t realize that the arched shape distributes pressure evenly
across the dam, and also forces the sides of the dam into the canyon walls.
We’re planning on doing some work in the classroom with dams this year as we start implementing
the new Science standards, so I’m looking forward to applying my new learning!
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We headed up to the Grand Canyon after that, and saw a
beautiful sunset Sunday night. Monday morning we hiked around the Canyon rim
some more, and then we headed off for our helicopter tour! I thought I might be
scared, but I really wasn’t. It is such an incredible way to see the Canyon,
and really gives you perspective on the different climates at each rim.
Unfortunately, because you’re taking pictures through the helicopter glass, my
pictures from the ride aren’t as clear as my others, but definitely offer
incredible views!
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Three times on our way out of the park, we got to see some
up-close wildlife. Twice, we saw these beautiful mule deer (I think...), which are way less
skittish than the deer we have out east. They were very content to munch grass
by the side of the road, and I was able to get this picture. Once we saw elk
just off the road in the woods, but the rule-following teacher in me refused to
get out of the car and snap photos like so many others because the park guides
say to stay SIX car lengths away from the wildlife, and I wanted to respect
that rule...but others did not. So sadly, I don’t have a photo of the beautiful
elk. :(
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One teacher-related photo here—my Prime Day splurge arrived! I have pulled it out of the box so far...and that's about it. I'm not sure what I'll be doing with it, how to use it, or even where to start, but I'm very excited to have joined the Cameo-owning world. I'll be posting about my journey from newbie to novice as I go!
Thanks for joining me today!
-Lisa
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