In Seattle they have a couple different parks that are totally unique. One of them is the Gas Works park. It used to be an old gas refinery. They closed it down but left all the equiptment.
Signs were everywhere telling us to not climb on the material. Apparently, we do not read very well.
I swear I am more tan that this picture is implying!
I liked all the bright colors. The chose a very fun palate of colors. you can see some purple in the background of this picture. I will they had little plaques explaining how everything worked at one point or another.
Gorgeous view of Seattle!
After that we went to visit a statue of Lenin. I guess the story goes that someone purchased it and brought it back from Russia. This statue is true to communist form. We saw A LOT of communist art work while we were in Hungary and it look pretty similar to this.
Some may ask "What does "this" mean?" Well communist artwork is suppose to inspire a sense of community, hard work, and equalization. Since Lenin was the leader of the Soviet Communist Party, typical art would consider it odd that he is in a walking position with average work clothes on. This suggest that he is a common man. It is also very typical to see communist art work combined with some sort of rock structuring. As you can see Lenin is coming out of stone, this suggest that his pathway and his will are unbreakable even when compared to the solidarity of rock. These are things that we saw a lot in Eastern Europe so it was kinda nice seeing some familiar looking pieces.
If you are wondering I did not google my analysis, it was all my own which is why it could be WAY off! Needless to say, it is pretty controversial to have in Seattle since the US has never supported communism or its propaganda.
Once we were finished looking at Lenin we went to find the Troll that was featured in the movie 10 things I hate about you! They were doing construction right next the the Troll but had it opened for people to climb on. I was trying to see if they carved out his nostrils, and they did.
This thing was GIANT! In his hand he had a full VW bug!
Brent just relaxing. you can see the VW bug, and the construction much better in this picture!
The troll was one of my favorite stops! I am still not sure why the troll is there, but I will more people took advantage of unusual art spots!
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We went with Audrey and Toren to the Aviation Museum at Boeing. It was very interesting. You should check it out next time you are in Seattle. It is amazing how quickly we went from jumping of hills with paper wings to landing on the moon.
Mom
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