los Alamos, New Mexico

While our parents were in Europe we decided to go visit our cousins in New Mexico. The ride up there was long and a little boring but i managed to survive without saying "are we there yet" like my brother and sister. when we arrived it seemed as if no one was home but as we walked through the front door we were greeted by everyone and were given the grand tour.


Their house was a small condo with 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. i really loved their back yard. despite the hot and dry climate their backyard was all green. Plants, trees, grass, even some of those plants that hang from the ceiling. Also they even had a giant tree house that our aunt and her dad had built together.


The next morning our uncle surprised us with blueberry pancakes. i was the only kid out of 6 who actually enjoyed them. After breakfast we headed toward a campsite up in the mountains by their house. the rest of the day was spent riding bikes and hiking. The next day we had pancakes for breakfast but we forgot the syrup so we used jam instead. After that we went back to the house ate lunch then went hiking up to a water fall.

The hike up was really easy and only took about 20 min walking. The end though was amazing. not one, not two, but 6 waterfalls that all took my breath away.

After playing in the river for a while we dryied off and headed to the house. We had hot dogs for lunch and ate them outside on the patio. After eating we played in the backyard and talked. because most of the equipment in the backyard was for little kids mostly just talked with the adults.

That night we ate a wonderful homemade pizza. we got to put whatever we wanted on it. For desert we had amazing homemade bread. I found out that they gave mom a book a while ago with all of their bread recipes in it.

That night while most of the others went back to the campsite i stayed at their house and slept in a nice soft bed. The nest morning we had pie for breakfast and just talked waiting for the others to arrive from the campsite.

Later that day grandpa hall took me t a nuclear museum that was all about the atomic bomb. it was really interesting and i learned a lot about the history of the town. We spent most of the day their and came home to grilled chicken wings.

That night we all camped in their living room and ate ice cream while watching alice in wonderland.

The next morning We ate bagle sandwiches and got all packed up. we then all said our good byes and piled into the car we then drove 12 hours back to grandmas house and went to sleep immediatly.

This trip was so much fun and i hope that i get to see my cousins there again soon.