Finding ‘Art’ in Strange Places
At 4000 feet elevation it is amazing how the temperatures fluctuate
from daytime to nighttime. Yesterday it
hit 29 degrees and last night it dropped to about 10 degrees. We are told that this is typical for this
time of year.
Today we did nothing…well maybe that is not exactly true. We spent 2 hours this morning doing laundry,
answering emails and paying bills. It is
funny how those darn things do not go away even though we are over 1500 km from
home.
One of the strangest things we have found on this trip is the piece of
art located in front of the KOA Office. It
is a dinosaur (we think) made up of all sorts of metal objects welded
together. Just a few we could make out were,
vice grips, wrenches, flywheels, bearings, hinges, springs, shovels, pulleys,
cogs, chain hooks, chain links, locks, and hundreds of other unidentifiable pieces
of scrap metal. At first glance you
think, “how weird” and then upon further observation you realize what an
amazing piece of art it is.
We went into Boone today and had a nice lunch at the Red Onion, a
unique restaurant located across from the campus of Appalachia State
University. We then visited the
Booneshine Brewery for a tasting. What a
strenuous day.
Distance Traveled = 32 km.
Wildlife Sightings = Rabbit, Brown Thrasher, Yellow Bellied Woodpecker,
Phoebe (we rescued it from inside the recreation building), Chipping Sparrow,
Gold Finch.
Art Piece
Our Rig
Allegro Bus - "Just a little jealous!"
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