Day Six.

Sorry its been so late again!!

On Tuesday, Aunt Wanda told me that Christie had called saying Emma was in a horrible state because she was so sad that I was leaving and that she may not see me again, so Aunt Wanda said to bring her over that night.

Aunt Wanda and I planned to meet Uncle Lee and my Cousin Ashlee at Ashlee’s Restaurant in Elizabethton. Before we got there, though, we decided to try to look for Shannon Hale’s newest book, Forest Born. We went to Barnes And Noble, but they had just sold out. We then went to two other book stores, but they, too, were sold out. It was then I told Aunt Wanda that they needed to get a Borders. (My favorite book store) We went back to Barnes and Noble, where I got Bend it Like Beckham and the sound tracks to Attack of the Clones and The Phantom Menace. Then it was time to cross the street and go to the restaurant. We waited in the car for Uncle Lee to come, then we were brought to our booth. We ordered our drinks and salads while we waited for Ashlee. I got a sprite and a Caesar. Then Ashlee showed up. We went ahead and ordered our lunch then as well. When the waiter left, Ashlee handed me the present she got me. It was a lovely notebook and pens that I could write in, along with some lifesavers. I thanked her and began to wonder what stories I would write in it. When our lunch came, we ate, then Uncle Lee had to go back to work. Ashlee and Aunt Wanda had to fight over the bill, then we too, headed out. We were going to the Grey Fossil site.

We arrived and entered the building. The next scheduled tour was in fifteen minutes, so we wandered through the museum area. Then, after fifteen minutes had elapsed, we followed the tour guide where she told us about the site. Our shoes got very muddy in the process, so, when we were done, the tour guide let us into the kitchen where we could wash our shoes off. Then Aunt Wanda left her purse in the kitchen, so she had to run back and get it. We went back to the museum and walked through. At the end there was a place where you could try to reconstruct one a Taper, and I had three tiny bones left before I gave up. Then I hurried to the Gift Store. There, I got an adorable Red Panda and Hippo. Then, after paying for them, we went back to drop Ashlee off at her restaurant so she could go home. Aunt Wanda and I stopped by Wendy’s to get some ice cream. I got some chicken, which then gave me a stomach ache on the way back to Roan Mountain. We started on the scrapbook that night while we watched Criminal Minds. Emma then came and helped me name the animals from Grandfather Mountain. It was a lot of fun scrapbooking with both of them. Then Christie came back, and Aunt Wanda said for Emma to say good bye, and Emma smiles and says,

“I don’t need to say good bye! I’m seeing her tomorrow!” We all laughed.