Norwitz Notions

This is two days in Taos.  [Mom says: it’s actually three days.  Miriam says: But there are no pictures from the first day.]  We are at the Taos Pueblo.  So we are at the Taos’s little town.  This is a sign that says “sorry, we’re open” instead of “yes, we’re open.”  Why would you be […]

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This the pool in Moab, Utah, after we left Arches.  This has an indoor and an outdoor pool.  This is the indoor pool and a huge water slide.  There’s two diving boards way in the back. This the shallow pool and three little water slides on those brown rocks.  It was too little for me. […]

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This is Landscape Arch.  It was a very long and hard hike to it. This is me and my mom in front of landscape Arch. This is the sign for the tour of the Fiery Furnace.  *chol!*  It’s a three hour long tour, including stops.  There was lots of rock climbing, lots of challenges.  It […]

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This is Broken Arch. It was a long hike. Balanced Rock is cool. I love it! This is windows. We sat under it. It was a little fun! This is me going into a little cottage in Wolfe Ranch.  It never ever got moved.  The family lived there. This is the other cottage which you’re […]

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We arrived at Arches National Park and our tent is set up and this is our campsite.  Those gray clouds are rainclouds.  There was a huge thunderstorm with lightening and really strong wind and really hard rain.  Our tent almost blew away. This is a beautiful sunset.  We could see it from our campsite. This […]

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This is our last day in Salt Lake City last Saturday. This is the Salt Lake City library and I am in the children’s section looking at Rainbow Magic fairy books.  The second and the third shelves is all fairy books and I’m looking at one.  There are so many, I couldn’t believe my eyes. […]

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Bridgers Bay Beach on Antelope Island, UT. It was a really really REALLY long walk to the water.  When we were about 3/4 of the way to to the water, it started sprinkling, and we thought it was nothing.  Then it started raining raining.  And then it started pouring and then when we were further […]

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This me mining for gold in a creek at the Heritage Center.  I found about 5 or 6 pieces. This is me in a ship back in the old days laying down in the beds they slept in. This is some leather I put stamps on and a necklace I made in the crafts center […]

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We’re driving across the Nevada desert.  It is very beautiful.  Seeing all the mountains.  But it was very very hot. This is me eating coconut tapioca pudding.  It is delicious. I am at a playground at Wendover town.  This is spinning very fast.  So fast I can’t even get on it to stand up.  This […]

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This is me posing for a picture for my mom at Meeks Bay beach in Lake Tahoe. This is me jumping off a rock in the water. The water in the lake was VERY cold.  I could barely even swim in it. This is me reading a book with my sunglasses on because the sun […]

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This is the first day of our trip, driving to Tahoe. This is my mom and me by a lake.  By Donner Lake. These are some people we met.  They bicycle all around the US.  The person’s name is Ron and the dog’s name is Buddy. This is Meeks Bay lake.  This is where we […]

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My name is Miriam Norwitz.  I am 7 years old.  I am in second grade but I can’t go to school because my school sprayed pesticides and they make me sick.  I can’t go back until we have a really hard rain.  My mom and I are taking a trip instead of me going to […]

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