I come from the most humble of origins. On February 1, 2008, I was pulled from a bear-claw game machine in Gary, Indiana (hence my name!). I was whisked into a world of road trips, sugar binges, lodging in various hotel rooms, books, and historic sites. My life has been turned into one big classroom and I love to share my learning with others!!
On February 3, 2008, I noticed my human and I were approaching the exit to the Herbert Hoover Birthplace and Presidential Memorial in West Branch, Iowa. I begged her to stop (hey, she said we needed to gather some dead presidents!) and found my greatest love! It was really really cool seeing the two-room house where President Hoover was born, and thinking how he went from that to becoming President!
I got to thinking... I would soon be back in OHIO (which I had never been to before, being from Indiana and all) and Ohio is known as the MOTHER OF PRESIDENTS because 7 were born there, and 8 have historic sites there! SWEEEET!!! My mission was clear....I need to visit presidential sites and learn as much as I can about the men who once lead our nation, and pay my respects where I can!
When I am not visiting presidential sites, I decided anywhere else where I could learn was great as well, especially if it was something that shaped the history of our nation! My human likes history anyways, so it worked out great for me because she now takes me EVERYWHERE! I love museums, historic sites...the closer I can get to the history, the better!! We're now compiling my adventures into a book!
Meet my Human!
Her name is Ani and she is the one who adopted me, taught me how to read, and takes me everywhere. She also teaches me about the places I've visited, posts my pictures, runs my MySpace page, and pretty much is my slave. I snap my fingers and say jump, she gets out the trampoline! Humans *laugh* I love them!
This is my traveling partner, Nacho !
He is visiting from the Boston area of Massachusetts and Ani is nice enough to tote us everywhere. Nacho will travel with me periodically when he isn't with his human! He's my best friend and a lot of fun to travel with!
I try my best to get around and see and learn as much as I can about anywhere I go, and I've seen some cool stuff so far! I've been to museums and historic sites across 16 states and have visited every Great Lake!
I take lots of pictures and I post them in my photo albums and I also post links to any new albums in my Blog, so be sure to subscribe to stay updated on where I've been and what I've learned!
SEE MY PHOTO ALBUMS! All my adventures up to June 1, 2008 are in there... the rest.... there's previews in my MySpace albums but you'll have to wait for the book!
Disclaimer: For the record I'm Independent and don't follow any political party. I loved following the Presidential election and it was amazing watching the process unfold!
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