Chester the Traveling Cheetah

08/10/2024

08/10/2024

I’ve been traveling for two weeks with mom, dad, and my friend Fiona, the hippo. We drove through nine states: Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Idaho, Ohio, Missouri, and Kansas. It was a great trip and we saw so much!

Our first stop was the Rosebud Indian Reservation and the Saint Francis Indian School (still use these names). Dad’s mom grew up here. She had a hard life. We saw the church and the museum. The church is beautiful!

Next stop, The Nebraska Junk Jaunt, with family. Everyone had fun!

Off to Iowa to see Aaron and Family. We ate at the biggest truck stop in the world, it’s on I-80. It was huge! Then we went to visit the Field of Dreams movie site. They built it and we came. Then we drove to LeClaire, Ioowa to visit Antiqur Archeology from the American Pickers TV show. Mom forgot to take pictures of me, but I was there! Iowa is so green and pretty.

Our last stop was The Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio. We went to see Fiona, Fritz, Bibi, and Tucker the famous hippo bloat. They didn’t disappoint. They were playful and active. They like children and stuffed animals, they come right up to the glass and seem to pose for pictures. In my first video you can hear Tucker wheeze honk. He is showing us he’s boss. We also visited the cheetah. I was shocked to see it catch and eat a squirrel! I do not eat squirrels. A pretty zoo and the third oldest in the country.

24/06/2024

Yesterday mom and I visited the sponge docks in Tarpon Springs, Florida. We learned how they collect, clean, and shape sponges. We also learned that real sponges can hold 80% more water than a synthetic sponge. They are easier to keep clean and can last forever. Mom remembered a movie she had seen about sponge divers with Robert Wagner and Ronald Coleman, Beneath the 12 Mile Reef. It was filmed in Tarpon Springs.

15/06/2024

Today I visited Clearwater Beach in Florida. It was a nice day , but we got rained out. The weather made the beach a new interesting experience. When I first got to the beach the lifeguard flag was green (safe), then it changed to yellow(caution), then a really loud siren started screaming and a voice said the beach is closed because of lightning. We got out when it was yellow. It poured rain for over an hour, so we went to lunch at Frenchy’s. Yum! Crab stuffed grouper was delicious!! I’d visit again.

14/09/2023

I have had so much fun in Hawaii. We went to Volcanoes National Park and I was lucky enough to see Kilauea erupting. Spectacular and a little scary! A once in a cheetah lifetime experience.

11/09/2023

I’ve been in Hawaii this week. Today I visited Pearl Harbor, the Arizona, the Bowfin (a submarine), the Missouri where the peace treaty with Japan was signed, and the aviation museum. I saw a Stearman biplane, like the one I flew in, except it’s pilot had been George W. Bush. It was a long and wonderful day, but my paws are tired!

17/10/2022

Today I went to Siesta Key Beach in Florida with my mom. It was a beautiful day! The water is getting clearer (it was murky because of Hurricane Ian) and you could find seashells easily. Mom found some good ones, and she saw a little tiny sea snake, and a sea urchin. Ii liked finding out about the flags they fly at the guard towers. They flew green and purple. Purple because two stingrays we're sighted in the water. We didn't see them.

30/09/2022

I am down in Tampa, FL visiting grandma and grandpa. Hurricane Ian didn't damage their house but destroyed three of their neighbor's homes. We don't have electricity or hot water, but we are fine. Hurricanes cause a lot of damage and we aren't even close to the ocean.

14/06/2022

I'm on my way back to Denver. I had a nice time in Florida. I went to the beach four times, Ybor City, and a Tampa Rays game. Here are some pictures I didn't post.

07/06/2022

Tonight I'm visiting Tropicana Field in Tampa, Florida. We are watching the Tampa Bay Rays vs. the St. Louis Cardinals. They have a Ray Museum inside the stadium. I loved that they illuminated the dome in red, white, and blue during The National Anthem. Go Cardinals.

05/06/2022

Today I visited a U.S. Merchant Marine Museum in Tampa, Florida. It is aboard S.S. American Victory, a cargo ship used in WW2, Korea, and Vietnam. I could climb and explore everywhere. So much history!

02/06/2022

Today I'm having a ball visiting the Tampa Bay Baseball Museum and home of player and manager Al Lopez. It is in Ybor City.