Adventures with S/V Milou

Road side taco stand I never knew about this trip, my parents just said we were going somewhere. My mom said it was code word Milou. When I came home from school one day they were buying plane tickets somewhere, I thought we were maybe going to Los Angeles to visit my cousins. I never thought it could lead to such a drastic change in my life. Two days later after my best friends birthday my mom had packed my bags and said "load up", kinda like a dog. We arrived in Tuscon, AZ the next day and with some drama we got a rental car. I was thinking, seriously I just want to go to a hotel room people. It was like I was stuck in a never ending travel extravaganza. We pull up to the resort, it was hot and sandy I was sore from sitting in the rental car for 5 hours. What the heck are we doing here? Then I saw this! AND I KNEW MY LIFE WAS OVER!!! Marina San Carlos, Mexico

Hi, My name is Ellie. I'm 9 years old and in 4th grade. I live in NE Oregon in a small town called Lostine. My favorite thing to do on the weekends is to read. I'm sorta excited my parents bought a sailboat, but I would prefer to stay home because I'm nervous. I hope I'll make lots of friends. I'm looking forward to swimming, snorkeling and hopefully seeing dolphins. If I see dolphins I'm definitely sending pictures to my best friend Cal. Since she loves dolphins! I really hope I can stay in touch with my best friend. I look forward to seeing Hannah, a girl I met in Mexico while looking at the sailboat. Thank you for reading my blog, I hope you will continue to read my posts.