The Pump Don’t Work

 

We spent a few days in the twin cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. We visited with my traveling compadres family, waited on a motor company outpost to order, and install the new infotainment device on her motor bike, and we visited sculpture parks.

I did not even know sculpture parks were a thing here, but on the way into town I spotted several shapes through the trees, and the Lorraine Motel sign.

I thought it odd that the Lorraine Motel sign would be in a field outside of Minneapolis, and when I googled it later I discovered the Franconia Sculpture Park

The sign was created by Chris Larson and built because

“This new Lorraine Motel Sign continues a conversation of growth, emphasizing the connection of this historical moment to the contemporary discussion of race, inequality and violence in the south and the north.”

The Franconia Sculpture park is large, several acres large, and has numerous large pieces, that mostly are made from repurposed items

Not to be outdone the city of Minneapolis has its own sculpture garden aptly named the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. It is much more formal than Franconia, and you have to pay to park.

It is just about as much fun, and features an exceptionally large spoon

The park also features a chicken. A giant blue chicken..

What is not to like about a giant chicken.

Looking at works of art always builds up a appetite and after googling restaurants, and calling one to make sure it was open we discovered the Capital Grill in downtown Minneapolis

I guess it is a chain but the steak I had was excellent. It was the steak I have been wanting for a weeks. The service was excellent, and because of covid the  downtown is  still mostly deserted. We had the place mostly to ourselves.

Back on the road with two powerful GPS units showing the path of the beam we skirted around Saint Paul and connected with the Great River Road at Prescot Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin side of the river is just two-lane country road, and a lot less traffic that across the river on the Minnesota side.

Soon we were back in our elements, riding motorbikes, and getting trains to blow their whistles.

At Alma we climbed up on the lock observation deck and watched a small boat traverse the lock. We had a decent lunch along the way. Scored 10 more points on the H-D app for riding by a dealer and was in for the day in time to walk around La Crescent Minnesota.

The Pump Don't Work Cuz The Vandals Took The Handle

 

 

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