What started out as a way to find something educational and cheap has evolved into a goal. We've now gotten 3 state capitols under our belt. Our latest being Springfield, IL.
This capitol was the smallest so far, but Mookie said it was her favorite. It is probably the oldest. It was interesting though to see the contrast of the old and the new with the large digitized screens that were in the House and Senate chambers.
Of the three capitol buildings we've visited so far, it was the one that was the most sparsely decorated with statues, and displays. We didn't feel like we were missing out though. These buildings are so grand they just kind of blow you away ;)
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| they wanted a pic with each of them on a star |
Our trip wasn't merely for art, architecture and history mind you. We found fossils in the floor, and Mookie proudly told me what each type of stone was in the base of these columns. Do you know where she got that information. No, not Mom the teacher - Mindcraft of all places! Well, that will temper my threats to throw that out the window some days...
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| Bubby with his foot by the shell fossil & the different stone in the column |
We had the awesome opportunity to take a buddy with us to lunch and needed to kill a little more time, so we headed to the State Museum. I'll tell you I am a little thankful for the having to kill time. We had to park by the
State Museum when we landed and Shorty about died when we passed it by to go to some dumb old capitol (which he usually enjoys, but not in comparison to something like that!).
Shorty made some buddies and played with the animals while the big kids dug for dino fossils...
Right before we left, we were in the area where you could put together pottery replicas. I was telling Bubby how I used to put together Native American pottery for real when I worked in an archaeology lab. He laughed and said, "let me see what you got old lady!". So the race was on...yeah, I beat the socks off of him ;)
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| pottery reconstruction |
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