Flat Stanley in Paris

I was visiting Paris with Nadia and we visitited many incredible places. I was overwelmed with this beautiful city. This picture is in front of the Grand Palais. As you can see my head is hanging for so many emotions. The others pictures have disappeared from the computer but I promise to came back and take some more. Best regards Ricardo Blanch

Flat Stanley in London, England

Hello Braxton, Thank you for allowing Flat Stanley to come and visit us in England. He arrived during a cold Friday afternoon and we decided to take him into London to see some of the sights on Saturday. We began by taking an overground train from our local station into the city and then had to go on the underground trains to get right into the centre. I took a picture of Stanley at the bottom of the escalator we went on to get down to the underground trains. Our first stop was at the London Eye which was erected as part of our millennium celebrations, from here we walked over Westminster Bridge to visit the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, this is where our politicians meet to make our laws. We were lucky to meet a very nice policeman who showed Stanley where Gordon Brown our Prime Minister lives at 10 Downing Street and he was kind enough to have his photo taken with Stanley. We thought it would be a good idea to visit London most famous toy store, Hamleys. Stanley posed with one of the cuddly bears and beside a sign s howing where he was. He had good fun seeing all the exciting things on display for Christmas. By now we were getting tired and had to stop for a coffee before heading to Carnaby Street which was once the centre for London fashion. They had wonderful floating snowman decorations which made us all smile. Everybody had an enjoyable day meeting interesting people who work in London and seeing some of our attractions, I hope you like the photos. Love Barbara and Jennifer Ranscombe

Flat Stanley in West Michigan.

I had a cultural trip on my visit to West Michigan too. I went to the Grand Rapids Symphony on Halloween night and enjoyed spooky music. Grand Rapids is the largest city near Holland and has lots of fun things to do. I even got a chance to go to the John Ball Park Zoo there.

I think my favorite part of the trip was visiting Lake Michigan and seeing Big Red the lighthouse. Some people are surprised to know that you can’t see across Lake Michigan – it’s so big!

More of Flat Stanley in Holland, Michigan

I had a chance to explore Holland’s beautiful downtown too. The sidewalks are heated underneath so no snow or ice will stay on it!

I visited a great bookstore that has a bunny, a chinchilla and a bird living I it!

I was excited to choose my own pumpkin and help carve it into a jack-o-lantern.

I also got a chance to trick-or-treat for the first time. It was a beautiful Halloween night and there were so many kids out collecting candy all over the neighborhood.

Flat Stanley in Holland, Michigan

My envelope was opened by the O’Connor family in Holland, Michigan. Holland is a city of two lakes – Lake Michigan and Lake Macatawa. When I arrived autumn was in full swing and all the trees were full of yellows, oranges and reds. I got my first taste of the beautiful fall colors on my trip to the DeGraaf Nature Center. The nature center has lots of quiet trails to explore and many of them follow a little bubbling creek.

Flat Stanley visits Civil War battlefields

I am coming home on monday and this weekend we spent doing civil war stuff. first was stones battlefield around murfeesboro, tennessee, then shiloh national military park and then ending with corinth national interpretive center and battle field. it was pretty cool. got lots of stuff to bring home and my hands and pockets are full of "stamps" stamped on me everywhere.

later
flat stanley

Flat Stanely in the Smoky Mountains

just a note to let you know that the smokies are still smoky and the north carolina trip with the biltmore estate was really just one word.... BIG... you know the family house here has 43 bathrooms!!! and not a one for guests to use.

Flat Stanely at Cade's Corner

we went to Cade's Corner in the great smoky mountains today.... what a backward look at people who use to live here... look it up on the internet to see where it is.

tomorrow we go to Ashville, NC to the Biltmore Estate... that is the largest family home in America... should be awesome

later
flat stanley

more from Alaska

Flat Stanley visits Alaska

Dear Mrs. Blackwell. Stanley had a great time in Alaska. He was here in the late fall. Too late to catch salmon and too early for much snow. It was starting to get cold though. He got to take a boat ride on the Kuskokwim river, the second largest river in Alaska. He helped clean snow and ice off of the window and got to drive the boat. He looked for a moose but did not see one. It was a snowy windy day!. The river froze up completely a few days later! He was sad to have to leave so soon.

We would be glad to see him again some time!

Sincerely,

Ky Burden

Flat Stanley in Helen, Georgia - Anaruby Falls - Smith Creek - Unicoi State Park

this was an awesome place to sit and think and pray... awesome

anaruby falls, smith creek, unicoi state park, Helen georgia... the falls were another 1/2 mile up stream from this awesome creek.

wish you all were with us

love ya
the traveling trio

North Carolina & Tennessee State Line - Flat Stanley

we strandled two states today

The Smoky Mountains - Smokey the Bear

sorry about the delay, there was an interruption in internet facilities... can you believe... this fancy place doesn't have WIFI

went to the great smoky mountains today and met some new friends... some wore this funny little hat and he let me try it on!!

will bring you some information that the park ranger gave me

see ya later
flat stanley

Flat Stanley in the Atlanta Zoo

this guy is in the atlanta zoo!! he looks friendly, but he might still like paper kids to nibble on

Flat Stanley in Toccoa, Georgia

today we went to a little town in east georgia called toccoa to see the falling water!! wow, what a lot of water to stand under for a shower... but it was cold! since I would fall apart, I decided to not play in the water... this was so cooool

later
flat stanley

Flat Stanley in Alabama

Alabama has been a neat place to visit. we spent more time in a traffic jam and missed seeing the race track up close, but we did see talladega race way and all of the stuff left behind after the race there this past weekend. (there was a nice lady at the visitor center who fixed my arms and legs from coming unglued) this trip is cool....

Flat Stanley in Louisiana

Had lunch in Louisiana with LSU Tigers.

Flat Stanely in Vicksburg

Vicksburg was awesome with all the guns, ships and the river too. Vicksburg National Park in Vicksburg, Mississippi was so cool...all the park rangers were so used to having a lof of us Flat Stanely's around that they even stamped my backside just to show you after I get back to Veribest.

Flat Stanley crosses the Mississippi River

Flat Stanley in Ft. Worth

Stanley is on a road trip with Suzy Johnson (retired counselor at Veribest). The first night he spend the night in Ft. Worth.