Eureka II: The Sequel

(Today's blogger: Elena) On Friday, we went to the Borders in Eureka. Me, Joshua & Maria were excited to go there because there's a series that we like & we wanted to find the 4th book in that series. We went inside, and in the front there was a rack of books from that author, but the book we were looking for wasn't there. I asked one of the employees, but by the time he showed me where the book was, Joshua had already found it. Then we read for a bit. Then we left and went to the Eureka Sequoia Park Zoo.
We got in free to the zoo because most of the exhibits closed at 4 and it was almost 4 when we arrived. We saw flamingos, llamas (which Joshua called Kuzco, a character on Disney's Emperor's New Groove), and this really cute furry animal that looked like a cross between a kangaroo, a rabbit and a squirrel. We caught a peek of the Barnyard, but it was closed. All in all, it was a fun little zoo.
We then went to Josh and Amy's house. When we got there we saw said hello and then went to their backyard while the adults chatted inside. As soon as we got in the backyard Joshua zoomed in on the BB gun. At first I was nervous with Joshua having a gun, but when Martin, Josh's brother showed him how, I saw that he was really good. We took turns on the BB gun and Maria shot the can targets three times in a row. They had a fire going in an old wood stove in the backyard. I stoked it for a bit and then we went inside for dinner. When I was going to put my shoes back on to go outside, I saw they had a bow and arrow set. Once they said I could use it, I went out in the backyard to try it out and immediately saw that I wasn't that good at all. They also had chickens in the backyard, too!
The next morning we had breakfast and watched cartoons for a while (it was Saturday morning) and then we went down to the river that was right by their house and went for a canoe ride, though Mom didn't want to come. It was fun learning how to row. We rowed across the river and parked the canoes and went for a walk on the beach, since the river was very close to the ocean. We walked along the beach and found this old log formation thingy. We went back but on the way back to the canoes, Amy saw a snake but I was sure to stay far away from it!