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 Yesterday, we went hiking up the Deer Hill.  
Today we went to the Mount Diablo. The weather was fair, but there was dust in the air, so we couldn't really see very far.
We saw a movie about rock formations in the visitor center.  It said that part of the rock Mount DIablo is made of is made out of shells and sea creatures skeletons.
I made "shambols" out of pieces of string and grass.  Shambols are witch's tools from Terry Pratchett's "Wintersmith" book I just finished.
After that I fenced with my mother and my brothers.  We use foam swords, which don't hit hard.  It is still  rather scary.