Sonny took Peace, Bronty and me away from the computer for a while on a fieldtrip to the Petrified Forest he has found hidden between two mountains way up high. We had to climb for hours to get there, and we sometimes had to use ropes to reach some real scarey parts. We wore helmets too so we wouldn't get hurt! Sonny makes sure we take them with us, just like when we go cave exploring with him.

You should have seen how high up we climbed. The valley and the tall trees below looked like miniatures from some model railroad.

Then we scrambled over very large boulders and had to crawl through a tiny opening in the rocks that led into this big room, and at the other end we saw sunlight and a whole valley with high cliffs all around it that seemed to go on and on for miles.

There were lots of really huge cactus and strange looking palm trees, and waterfalls and streams. You wouldn't believe what we saw flying around! There were Pterodactyls and giant dragonflies all over the place, and I thought I saw some baby dinosaurs through my binoculars, but they were too far away and I wasn't really sure.

WOW! We had lots of fun running around and looking for fossils. Did you ever go out to find fossils? Sometimes we even wade through a shallow stream bed and find shark teeth and seashells that are older than as I am!

Peace, who always helps me with my emails, just relaxed in the sun against a fossil tree trunk, while Bronty and I walked along this gigantic colorful petrified log. We could even count the tree rings on it. Have you ever figured out the age of a tree by counting the rings on a cut section? Each ring counts as one year in the life of the tree. Why are some rings thinner than others? That would make a really great Science Fair project!

Bronty was the lucky one! He found a fossil skull, so he proudly posed in front of his new discovery.

What a nice day for some fun in the Sun. Sonny is really kewl!

Thanks, Sonny, from the three of us, for taking us on this trip. Do you always say "thank you" when your family or a friend does something nice for you?