The big easel and Pooh
Mara climbing on the vents, probably breaking the rules.
Um... Is it a bunch of peas...?
One of Deborah Butterfield's horses, actually made out of sticks and mud
The giant shuttlecocksWe woke up in Independence, and called our friend (cousin) Jan again. She invited us over for lunch, and said we could stay the night if we wanted to. So we canceled our second night at our hotel, packed up our suitcases, and drove over to her house. When her husband Jim came home, we had lunch, and went to the Nelson Art Gallery. And there. Were. The. Shuttlecocks. And they were HUGE! Claus Oldenburg had designed them, along with a giant light switch, a giant crumpled saxophone, and a few in St. Paul such as a giant bag of french fries, a giant outlet with a giant cord and the ever so giant Spoon and Cherry. The Shuttlecocks were one of the coolest things I've ever seen. You were allowed to touch them, or at least I thought you were, because everyone did and they were in a field, but there was no graffiti. Which was very nice. We saw a bunch of more art, which you can see in the photos. Then we ended the day with a game of Phase 10 which got much harder when Jim and his son Joel started playing. So today we said goodbye to our friends and set off on our drive. We stopped at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Museum and Childhood Home. We saw a short movie about him, then bought a pin and saw a sculpture. Then we drove again. For a LONG time. For the entire time we drove for nine hours, including being held up by three trains in the same town. Finally, after driving for a long time, we stopped at the worlds largest easel with a van Gogh painting on it, of sunflowers, for the sunflower state (Kansas). It was huge! And there was a nice red-brick pathway to it. Then, we left the painting at 7:00 and arrived at our hotel at 6:30. (How did it happen? Did we time travel? Did we drive backwards? Did we lie about it? Comment and guess!) Now we are in Burlington, Colorado, and tomorrow we're heading to Boulder. Keep watching!
8 comments:
Deborah Butterfield!!!!
thats so cool that you saw a deborah butterfield!!! And it was the time change.
Keep Me Updated on the amazing trip!!
Sarah, that's cheating. You were just here. And I'm pretty sure that it really was made out of sticks and mud and it wasn't fake.
~mAra
bropcali
Is Sarah with you guys?! Awesome! Mara- visit and comment on my blog. I literally don't have any comments except for Mikkel's. You speak french, righhhhhht?????.........
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no, sarah isn't with us. she was just on a vaca 2 colorado, so that's the cheating part. and no, but i try to speak it.
geomen
Oh! Seeing Pooh has made me homesick for you gals! But, I'm resting easy knowing you're seeing such great things and going great places. Be careful to get enough oxygen up in those mountains. We don't want you being any dizzier than you already are :)!!!
The sculpture park looks awesome!
And you are both amazing writers. I am loving being able to follow you.
Amy, John, and Leo are coming over for a picnic tonight. We'll miss you but will have a s'more in your honor. Hazelnut says 'woof' and wishes she was chasing prairie dogs with you. xo!
merg i already knew that!!!!!!!!
the time change thing!!! because whenever we tavel it happens!!!
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