First Amendment

1.Give a speech before a large gathering of people and express opinions about the president's abilities.

2.Circulate a petition calling for the repeal of an unpopular law.

3.Post your opinion on your blog about an issue being discussed at a local school board meeting.

4.Write a letter for the editorial page of a newspaper in which you criticize a state legislator.

The first amendment is important to me because I have my own opinions on religions and my family does also. So I think everyone should be able to have their own beliefs and chose what ever religion pleases them.

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June 5, 2009

My last swamp I visited is called Pripet marshes. I know it says marshes, but it's really the largest swamp in Europe. It's in Poland which is surrounded by Ukraine, Germany and Norway. The capital of Poland is Minsk. There are no major bodies of water close to Poland, but the North Atlantic Ocean isn't too far away. The GPS coordinates are 51° 48′ 55″ N, 24° 57′ 10″ E. The climate is cool with lots of precipitation. This swamp looks like the trees are farther above the water. There isn't much grass, and the water is very green. The swamp was discovered in 1872 and is important to all of the many animals that live there. Poland is 4,480 miles from Botswana. I flew a plane to get here, which cost $730. The rental car was $48, and hotel was $74. I felt like I learned a lot about the world while I was away on this trip, not only about landforms, but cultures and different people. The most important thing I learned is about swamps and what they looked like, I never knew that the swamps had so many species of animals living there. My family was excited to see me, and they were proud that I had a good experience.

May 29, 2009

From the Vasyugan swamp, I then went to the Okavango swamp in Botswana. The capital of Botswana is Gaborone and Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe border it. Sowa pan is a body of water that borders Botswana. The GPS coordinates are 46 04'15.06" S 70 02'09.30". The climate is hot and damp, and this swamp looks like a field with shallow water covering it. The history of this swamp is it used to be a delta, but over time also became a swamp. It's important because it is also an eco- system. It's about 10, 314 miles from the last swamp. To get to Botswana I flew. The flight was $1,265, the car was $468, and the hotel cost $715. I haven't really had any problems. But this destination is much different. Africa is very different from the United States, it's very hot and dry here.

May 22, 2009

The next swamp I am visiting is Vasyugan swamp in Indiana. The capital is Indianapolis, which is bordered by Kentucky, Illinois, West Virginia, and Ohio. There are no bodies of water that surround it. The GPS coordinates are 36 08'53.17" N 87 10' 40.45". The climate is cool and obviously wet. This swamp looks like a maze. There aren't any trees just tall grass and bushes with water everywhere and sometimes in the middle of the bushes. There isn't really any history, but it is important because it has many endangered species and is one of the largest swamps in the world. This swamp is about 4, 354.21 miles from my last. To get to my fifth location I took a plane, and there was no layovers. It cost me 1, 427 for the rental car, hotel and flight. I was impressed with my travels. They went smoothly and I had no trouble.

May 15, 2009

The next location I am visiting is Lahuen Ñadi Natural Monument swamp.
It's in Chile, and the capital is Santiago. Argentina, Peru and Bolivia border Chile. For bodies of water there is South Pacific Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean. The GPS coordinates are 41 16'55.22" S 73 00'34.67" and the climate is damp and humid. It looks like the woods, but with gross water surrounding the trees. Truly, there really isn't any history of this swamp. It could be considered important because it has vegetation which not all swamps have. This swamps is about 7,063 miles from the last. To get to the swamp I flew from Sydney, Australia to Chile. I bought the flight and hotel in a package because it cost less, and together they were $1,486. The rental car was $54 a day, and I had it for 2 days so I spent $108. While traveling I didn't have any problems, except at the airport things ran very slowly. I think the biggest difference between this swamp and the last, is the temperature. It's warmer in Florida, than in Santiago.

May 8, 2009

From now on I am going to visit swamps. I found one in South Australia called The Swamp of the Fleurieu Peninsula. Adelaide is the capital of South Australia, Australia is both a continent and country, so no countries border it. But for oceans, there are a lot that border Australia. You have the Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, South Pacific Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean. The swamp, as expected, is very damp with lots of rainfall. It's an interesting sight, with lots of trees and plants. It looks like a forest in the middle of a lake, or something like that. The truth is, there really isn't any history, I guess you could consider this being historic because it's one of few with over 40 species of animals, which is also what makes this location important. The GPS coordinates of this location are 35 o6'46.14" S 138 49'55.20. To get to my second location I flew out from Phoenix, Arizona to Adelaide, Australia. I spent $1,876 for the plane ticket, two night in Holiday City in Adelaide cost me $192. And last for the rental car, $75.44.