churches

St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church
White River Junction, Vermont
Photos taken:  Sept. 2009.

United Methodist Church
White river Junction, VT

vermont

Guilford Visitor Centre just over the Mass. border
Photo taken:  Sept. 2009

skyline

Hartford, Connecticut
Photo taken: Aug 2009

heading to new england

George Washington bridge
Photo taken:  Aug 2009

passing the Bronx on the highway

garbage goat

The Garbage Goat in Riverfront Park was designed by Sister Paula Turnbull, a Catholic nun for Expo ‘74 as a recycling/environment statement.

I got a laugh from the sign :)

benches and a gondola

A couple of artistic aluminum benches
Looks like it could be the Canadian Maple leaf
Photo taken:  July 2009

looks like an American flag

The Skyride

the rotary riverfront fountain

How tall is the fountain?  The stainless steel columns before you are each 24 feet tall. A 30 foot diameter ring is held up by these 5 stainless steel columns. In the warmer seasons, some jets spray towards the middle of the fountain creating a beautiful dome of waterfalls, other jets shoot water upwards, some mist, and a few spray sideways. In all, there are 40 overhead jets. Keeping in mind the environmental theme of Expo’ 74, the artist designed the fountain to conserve water by a filtration and recirculation process.
The fountain’s sculptures were designed by Harold Balazs and Bob Perron.
Info courtesy of  the Spokane Historical website.
Photo taken:  July 2009

clock tower

a 155-foot  clock tower now a Spokane icon. Originally part of the Great Northern Railway Depot, completed in 1902 and demolished in 1973, its “giant grandfather clock” is wound by hand once a week.

riverfront park

is a public park in the northwest United States, in downtown Spokane, Washington. The one-hundred-acre park is located along the Spokane River containing the upper Spokane Falls and just upstream from the lower falls.  It was created 45 years ago for Expo '74, a World's Fair event.
Info courtesy of Wikipedia
Photo taken:  July 2009

World's Largest Radio Flyer Wagon
Built in 1990, 26 tons of steel and reinforced concrete, 12-foot-high, 27-foot-long Radio Flyer Wagon. It can hold as many as 300 people. Spiering spent six to seven days a week for a year building the $36,000 sculpture, for which he received a $30,000 commission.
Info courtesy of  worldslargestthings website

the joy of running together sculptures

The Joy of Running Together is a public work of art in honor of the annual Spokane Bloomsday Run. Located near the finish line of the race, and is meant to give encouragement to the runners in their last leg of the race.
Info courtesy of the Spokane Historical website
Photo taken:  July 2009

abe lincoln

Saw this statue as I was driving by it.

Spokane, Washington
Photo taken:  July 2009

campground

Spokane, Washington
Photo taken:  July 2009

we stayed here for a couple of nights at this koa campground, we had a tent.  This guy with the trailer seemed to bring everything.  He had a cable guy come out and hook up his tv, then sat there watching it.  We laughed later on that night when the rain and thunder started.

roadside ad

for skiing Big Powderhorn Mountain which was about 75 miles away.

Hayward, Wisconsin
West on WI-77E
Photo taken:  August 2009

get money now

Hayward, Wisconsin
Photo taken:  August 2009

bike and a cart

Hayward, Wisconsin
Photo taken:  August 2009

campsite worker

Hayward, Wisconsin
Photo taken:  August 2009

pastika's sport shop

10472 State Rd 27
Hayward, WI
Photo taken:  August 2009

Unfortunately Pastika's has fallen vicitim to the bad economic times....it was foreclosed and demolished; the sign went to the Fishing Hall of Fame.  The store first opened in 1921 and went out of business in the fall of 2012.

car dealership

highway 63
Hayward, Wisconsin
Photo taken:  August 2009

bridge

on highway 63
Hayward, Wisconsin
Photo taken :  August 2009

robert street bridge

is a reinforced concrete multiple-arch bridge that spans the Mississippi River in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Photo taken: August 2009

the brooks building

The Merchants National Bank or Brooks Building is a commercial building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, built and opened in 1892 as a financial center in St. Paul's Lowertown neighborhood at the corner of Jackson Street and Fifth Street. The structure, designed by Edward Bassford, uses sandstone in a Richardsonian Romanesque style.  The ground floor was occupied by an influential bank, while the upper stories provided law offices. Several office tenants went on to great state or national prominence, including Cushman Kellogg Davis, Cordenio Severance, Frank B. Kellogg, Pierce Butler, and William D. Mitchell.  For many years, the building was known as the McColl Building. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The four-story structure was carefully rehabilitated and restored by David A. Brooks, and the building now carries his family name.
Info courtesy of Wikipedia

Behind the Brooks Building is the Galtier Sibley Tower.  It was completed in 1988. It is 340 feet tall and has 33 floors. It was originally constructed as an apartment highrise. It was converted to owner occupied condominiums in early 2003.  Info coutesy of Phorio website.

high bridge

St. Paul, Minnesota
Photo taken:  August 2009

The Smith Avenue High Bridge or the High Bridge is an inverted arch bridge that carries Minnesota State Highway 149 and Smith Avenue over the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It was built and opened in 1987 at a cost of $20 million. The bridge carries two lanes of street traffic over the river and is the highest bridge in St. Paul, with a deck height of 160 ft (49 m) and a clearance below of 149 ft (45 m).  Info courtesy of Wikipedia

st. paul's landmark center

St. Paul's historic Landmark Center, completed in 1902, originally served as the United States Post Office, Courthouse, and Custom House for the state of Minnesota. It was designed by Willoughby J. Edbrooke, who served as Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury Department in 1891–92. Edbrooke designed a body of public architecture, much of which, like this structure, was completed after his 1896 death. Landmark Center stands at 75 West Fifth Street in Rice Park and is now an arts and culture center. (courtesy of Wikipedia)
You can read more about it HERE

a building, a pole and a chair

St. Paul, Minnesota

Photo taken:  August 2009

interesting design

a peace pole

the big chair

St. Paul, MN

St. Paul, Minnesota skyline
Photos taken:  August 2009

Saint Paul's Cathedral is in the background

911 Memorial

Stirling, New Jersey
Photo taken:  August 2009

mall of america

not much to say about this except it is insane.  The sign was removed in 2014 as part of the Phase II expansion.

Mall of America
Bloomington, Minnesota
Photo taken:  August 2009.

the river church in case you're looking for some divine help :)

droopy drawers