Oliver Lee Memorial State Park (by Caleb)

The Ultimate Adventures of the Johns Family at Oliver Lee Memorial State Park

Poem by Caleb

(Story below) 

Up the land to Oliver Lee

Driving up in our RV

Just desert in sight not one tree

We set up at a Campsite quite hastily

For it was getting dark and hard to see

then we went to sleep nice and tight

and slept slept slept to sleep out the night

The next day we hiked to a spring

It had a lot of bees (Asher got a sting)

And I don't remember much else of that that date

Other then we went to bed late

We went to sleep nice and tight 

And slept slept slept to sleep out the night

Back at Carlsbad KOA 

We met a kid named Max so today

He came here and with him we played

And for a few days he stayed 

And when he came we went on a trail

It was a perfect day no rain or hail

We hiked to a creek then a grotto

With cattail, ferns, and ocotillo

Along with the stream were three waterfalls

And the ferns were pretty and hanging off walls

There in the stream we made a dam

We made it out of mud and rock and sand

But later we left to White Sands

Which is a giant white sandy land

And if you pick up the sand 

It is very soft in your hand

Then we went home and slept nice and tight

And slept slept slept to sleep out the night

The next day we toured Oliver Lee's cabin

He had a Ranch to keep his cows in

And a medium house with a lot of doors

A lot of rooms with dirt floors

And there were his wife and kids to help with chores

Then we went to the library

I wanted to get away and was happy and merry

Then we went to sleep nice and tight

And slept slept slept to sleep out the night

The next day we went with Max back to the stream

Then rebuilt our dam as a team

Later with Max we went to a library

And there was an annoying little kid named Mary

who was running around

and making loud sounds

also at the library there's turtles and hissing cockroaches

that hiss if someone approaches

then went back and had dinner

And went to bed nice and tight

and slept slept slept to sleep out the night

The next day we mostly did school

But went to a night sky program which was cool

then we went to a desert garden and played hide and seek

and when you're in the dark you can't peek

it was hard to do without the light

and trying not to trip over cacti without sight

then we went to sleep nice and tight

and slept slept slept to sleep out the night

The last day we went to White Sands with dad

we sledded down the dunes the day wasn't bad

we also had a sand war and we all made bases

it was fun unless someone threw sand chunks in peoples faces

then later we went back home and slept tight

and slept slept slept to sleep out the night

Then we packed up and drove away

Driving driving to Las Cruces KOA

I have noticed that the poem might be confusing, and it is very unspecific of our journey

to you reader, so I will give you a brief writing of our Journey through Oliver Lee.

It started when we arrived. We set up and before it got dark drove to a playground. We played there a bit
then after it got dark went to Walmart to get groceries for our stay.

The next day we hiked on a nature trail that went to a pretty spring. It was almost out of water (yes, Asher got stung).

The next day Max came we hiked down a nature trail to a grotto which is a lush place with water going through. The three waterfalls were just three thin steep ramps of rock water ran down. We went to the dam one more time later in the week with Max and broke it. A lot of water rushed through.

Two days later we went to White Sands with dad and sledded and built sand forts and had sand fights with sand chunks that had been stuck together by the sand getting wet and the water evaporating. Also the sand looked like snow.