Zsa Zsa's Flat Stanley Visits England!

After his adventures in the Isle of Man, Zsa Zsa's Flat Stanley and Rosie flew across the water to the beautiful coastal towns of North Devon. They spent a few days in Lynton and Lynmouth and enjoyed some long walks in the countryside.

There is a very old water-powered cliff railcar that takes passengers from Lynton (at the top of the hill) to the town of Lynmouth (at the bottom) and back up again. After all the scenic walks Flat Stanley and Rosie were relieved to take a trip on the railway to save their legs from climbing the steep hill!

http://www.cliffrailwaylynton.co.uk/

Sydney's Flat Stanley has arrived in Gorham, Maine!

Welcome back to Sydney's Flat Stanley!  He has arrived safe and sound at Great Falls School in Gorham, Maine!

 

Sydney's Flat Stanley in California!

Sydney's Flat Stanley has been traveling all around the country and has ended up in California with lots of Sydney's relatives!

Sydney's cousins Mindy and Jack in front of the Golden Gate bridge!

Sydney's cousins Mindy, Louise and Amy at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California!

Night view of the fountains of the Rising and Setting Sun illuminating the Court of the Universe at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915.

Teagan's Flat Stanley in Florida!

Teagan's Flat Stanley has been relaxing in sunny North Port, Florida with Teagan's grammy!  It has been so nice and warm here, and he has loved spending the winter here!

Flat Stanley loved swimming with the manatees! They are so beautiful and gentle.

Flat Stanley having fun climbing the palm trees! Looks great, Stanley!

Flat Stanley getting ready to take a dip in the pool!

Flat Stanley relaxing outside on the porch!

 

Samuel's Flat Stanley in Virginia!

Flat Stanley arrived safe and sound in Fredericksburg, VA and Dakota Yee showed me a few
sites while I visited!

First we took a twenty minute drive to Westmoreland
County to the birth place of our first President George Washington.
Originally settled by John Washington, George Washington's great-grandfather,
our President was born here on February 22, 1732.  The
property overlooks the Potomac River.

Speaking of the civil war, Dakota lives minutes away from Fredericksburg and
Spotsylvania County Battlefields.  It is here that the two Civil War armies
clashed in and around Fredericksburg in four battles within an 18 month span
resulting in over 100,000 casualties.

Another famous
person's birthplace is about anther fifteen minutes from here.  Stratford Hall
Plantation also in Westmoreland County, Virginia, was the home of four
generations of the Lee family of Virginia, including two signers of the
Declaration of Independence, and it was the birthplace of Robert Edward Lee
(1807-70), who commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the
American Civil War.

 

I'm now off to Omak, Washington to meet Dakota's great aunt Sally across the
country!

Katelyn's Flat Stanley in Colorado!

Flat Stanley at 17 mile house: former stagecoach stop with a square log structure covered with clapboard. It was a stopping place during the 1800s along the Smoky Hill Trail. It is one of the last two remaining trail houses left on the trail.

Flat Stan at the town marker of Parker, Colorado.

Flat Stanley visiting an circa 1800’s train car in Parker Colorado. Flat Stanley would love a ride on that train!

 

Flat Stanley on the way to Pikes Peak: Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The ultra-prominent14,115-foot (4,302.31 m) and hosts the annual  Pikes Peak International Hill Climb; The track measures 12.42 miles (19.99 km) over 156 turns, climbing 4,720 ft. (1,440 m) from the start on Pikes Peak Highway, to the finish at 14,110 ft. (4,300 m) The race has taken place since 1916, making it the second oldest motorsport event in the Western Hemisphere behind the Indianapolis 500.

Zsa Zsa's Flat Stanley's Adventures Continue on the Isle of Man

These photos show Flat Stanley at Peel Castle and on a springtime stroll down the river!  We wish we were there, Flat Stanley! It looks beautiful!

Zsa Zsa's Flat Stanley travels across the globe to the Isle of Man!

   Zsa Zsa's Flat Stanley is in the Isle of Man, right in the middle of the Irish Sea! Click on the link below to see a map and find out some further information about its history!

                                      http://www.isleofman.com/welcome/get-to-know-us/

Flat Stanley and Rosie have been out visiting local landmarks, such as the 'Lady Isabella' Laxey Wheel (one of the biggest and oldest functioning water wheels in the world!) They also spotted some local Loughtan sheep - with lambs! Loughtan sheep are particular to the island, and are remarkable due to their four horns. They've been to Corrin's Tower, giving lovely views over the western town of Peel, and out to the castle, built by the Vikings on the most western tip of the island.

Flat Stanley got to meet some Loughtan sheep--they have 4 horns!!! Flat Stanley thought they were fabulous!

Flat Stanley enjoying his time at the Laxey Wheel!

Flat Stanley standing in front of Corrin's Tower! Wow, Stanley!  What a tall tower!

Flat Stanley and Rosie are hoping to adventure further in the British Isles before returning home again so we'll keep you updated on our journey!
Sending lots of love from Rosie and Flat Stanley in the Isle of Man.

Gabe's Flat Stanley has fun in Boca Raton, Florida!

Gabe's Flat Stanley has been having tons  of fun with his Nannie and Grampy playing golf and visiting lots of nice animals!

Flat Stanley is at the Golf Championship with Nannie at Broken Sound Course, Boca Raton, Florida.  It looks so nice and sunny there, Stanley!

Flat Stanley with Grampy's golf clubs!

Enjoying the nice sun and ocean waves with Grampy! Thank you for the beach shells and coral! We will save these for our ocean unit.  They will be perfect!

We see you Flat Stanley!  He's having a great time hiding in Nannie's palm tree in Boca Raton, Florida!

Flat Stanley had lots of fun at this Nature Center.  He saw fish, monarch caterpillars, and even a sea turtle rehabilitation center!

Flat Stanley visiting with a sea turtle statue at Gumbo Limbo!  Look below to see who else got to visit Gumbo Limbo!

Gabe got to visit that very same sea turtle statue!!

Flat Stanley had a great time here with the animals and children!

Gabe's Flat Stanley had tons of fun on this Lion Country Safari! He made some new lion friends!

Gabe's Flat Stanley travels to North Carolina!

Gabe's Flat Stanley is having a fabulous time on the golf course with Mr. Caldwell in Pinehurst North Carolina! They visited Pinehurst Golf Resort, which is home of the 2014 US Open Championship Golf Tournament.

Flat Stanley visiting the Carolina Hotel, which is one of three hotels at Pinehurst Resort. People come from all over the world to play golf here!

Flat Stanley with Putter Boy, who is an historic symbol of Pinehurst.

Flat Stanley posing with Payne Stewart, a professional golfer who won the 1999 U.S. Open in a dramatic fashion.

Ryan's Flat Stanley in Daytona Beach, Florida!

Ryan's Flat Stanley sure is having tons of fun in Florida!

First he spotted a giant hamburger motorcycle on Main Street on the first day of biker week!

He has been helping out with TURTLEPALOOZA: helping return Kemp's ridleys turtles to the ocean!

 

Aidan's Flat Stanley Travels to South Africa!

Aidan's Flat Stanley is excited to report that he is been to Stellenbosch and Cape Town, South Africa! (Flat Stanley & I surmise that he descends directly from the famous British explorer Henry Morton Stanley, a  Welsh journalist and explorer known for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone). Very exciting for Flat Stanley!

Stanley at Heathrow Airport in London (Terminal 5). Have a great trip, Flat Stanley!

Stanley in the wine region of Stellenbosch, South Africa (the Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek valleys form the Cape Winelands, the larger of the two main wine growing regions in South Africa).

Stanley in front of Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa (in 2012, Table Mountain was named one of the 7 Wonders of Nature!).

Stanley in front of the British frigate HMS Dragon, at port in Cape Town, South Africa (HMS Dragon is the fourth ship of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the British Royal Navy. She was launched in November 2008 and commissioned on 20 April 2012.  She's a beauty!).

  Stanley and I at breakfast near Table Mountain (note the clouds rolling off the mountain in the background ... there also were lots of gulls trying to steal our breakfast).

Stanley piloting a helicopter of Her Majesty's Royal Navy aboard the HMS Dragon (the pointy mountain you see in the background is called the Lion's Head, which stands near Table Mountain!).

  Stanley and I meet the Captain of the HMS Dragon in Cape Town.  Quite a nice chap with a great deal of responsibility on his hands!

The helicopter aboard the HMS Dragon that Stanley flew.

Stanley with a British bloke aboard the HMS Dragon.

 

Stanley is currently en route to Belgium to continue his adventures.  He is scheduled to arrive this Friday.  He'll be picked up by an officer of the United States Marine Corps, and given a room outside of Brussels in the municipality of Tervuren in the province of Flemish Brabant, Flanders.It was a great honor to spend time with Stanley, who is excited to see Aidan again soon and tell him of his adventures!  Many thanks to Aidan Smith's and Flat Stanley's great pal, Stephen Loynd!