Dunsmuir Railroad Days

My mom & dad surprised us with a trip to Dunsmuir for Railroad Days.  We stayed in a caboose for 2 nights.  It was awesome!

There was a creek behind our caboose. Nearby was a pile of cobblestone. My sister and I took some of that cobblestone to build a dam.  It actually held back so much water that you could see the difference. It held back so much water it actually started flooding the grass up stream of our dam.

We also went to a little railroad museum.  It had a very detailed HO scale layout of the Dunsmuir railroad turntable. I got to ride on an Union Pacific Engine as it turned around on the turntable.

I also got to ride on a speeder car up the track a short distance.  It was fun!

When I was walking on the tracks to see the engines, I found a real railroad spike! 

I had a lot of fun at the Dunsmuir Railroad Days. 

The Blue Pearl

I made this boat.  It is called the "The England Borrower Blue Pearl".  It is inspired by "The Black Pearl".  Jack Sparrow stands on the platform next to the pirate flag.

My Maersk Party

I had a Maersk themed birthday party.  My mom planned fun games to help us learn about container ships.  She also made a phone call and the Maersk company sent 3 packages full of stuff!  There were hats, t-shirts, lanyards, tennis balls, notebooks, pens, back-scratchers,  clip magnets, squishy boats, a tin of cookies, 2 cool table flags, 4 posters, a calendar, and a ruler.   My mom used the squishy boats to help her make the cake.

Building our cargo ships

Testing the cargo capacity of my ship

There was a storm at sea and my ship lost it's cargo

One of the things we did was build ships with aluminum foil.  Then we used Jenga blocks as containers and marbles for more weight.  We tested to see whose boat could carry the most cargo.  My sisters was the best.  It held 4.0 lbs of cargo.

My buddies 

Maersk Rocks!

I love my cake!

It was a great party!  We all had a lot of fun.  

It helped the other kids learn about Maersk.   

Thank you, Fran and all the people at Maersk 

who helped make this the best birthday ever!

The Emma Maersk

Emma Maersk - E Class illustrated by me

I ♥ Maersk!!

Santa brought me the Lego Maersk train!  My mom and dad got me Power Functions and the Lego Maersk container ship!  My sister gave me Flex Track. Christmas this year was awesome!!  I am very happy.

An Open Letter to Maersk

To  Whom it May Concern,

    Hei hei. My name is  "Buddy".  I will be 7 years old in a few months.  When I was in Denmark in May, I saw the Mærsk headquarters when we took a boat tour of Copenhagen.  At home here in California, sometimes I see Mærsk trucks and containers.  They are really cool.  I also like Legos.  I hope to get the Lego Mærsk container ship and train for Christmas. 

     When I grow up, I would like to work  for Mærsk.  Can  you  tell me  about  some  of  the  jobs  at  Mærsk? What should  I  study  at  school? I would like to design Mærsk trains and ships or maybe be a transportation engineer?  I  really  like  math  so  I  think  this  would be a good job.

    Should I learn to speak Danish or another language?  Right now, I am learning Mandarin.  My mom says this will be an important language to know.  

     I  hope you  will  take  time  to  wnite  me  back.  I  really  want  to  learn  more  about Mærsk.    

Sincerely,

"Buddy"

Maersk Line

Maersk trains are cool.  Trains can carry Maersk containers.  The containers can carry many things, even cars.  Maersk is the biggest shipping company in the world.  They operate in 130 countries and have a workforce of more than 108,000 employees.  Maersk works in Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, Brisbane, and in many more places.