Thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, my family and I did not take a vacation this summer.
But last summer I went to my grandparent’s place in Mariposa. It is about an hour away from Yosemite. We stayed the first night at their house. The next morning we went to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo in Fresno, CA.
My mom planned a great breakfast stop on the way. Unfortunately half of Fresno planned to eat at the same restaurant that morning. We had to wait to sit down for about an hour and a half. I was so mad! Once I got my food my attitude immediately changed. I got a burger with avocado and a fried egg on top. It tasted so good!
While we were there we saw cheetahs, lions, elephants, ostriches, and we got to feed giraffes. We also saw emus, tigers, red lemurs and so much more. My favorite exhibit at the zoo was the cheetah enclosure. They have a huge window where you can be face to face with the cheetahs. We got to stand there while a cheetah paced in front of us. It looked me right in the eye.
My parents went back to our house after the zoo and my brother, Logan, and I got to drive back to my grandparents house. On the way there we stopped for dinner at Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino. It is a really nice place to eat. They have a waterfall outside the restaurant.
During the rest of our vacation with them we went fishing and caught bass and catfish. We even saw bats. We went knee boarding too. Knee boarding is fun but it can take time to learn to cross the wake without falling. While we were on the water we also saw a mountain lion, an eagle, and a flock of turkeys.
Sometimes it gets so hot outside that we have to stay indoors after lunch. This is a good time to play a lot of board games and watched a lot of movies too. We also get to swim in their pool. Staying at my grandparents was one of my favorite parts of last summer.
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