| Today we drove to Columbus, OH to see the State | | | | What makes this place so special is that it is a 3-D |
| Capital. Being Sunday parking was ample on the | | | | version of George Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on |
| streets and the parking meters do not have to be fed. | | | | the Island of La Grande Jatte." What other adaptation |
| The Capital is really two buildings; the older one being | | | | of that painting has been made? The topiary began in |
| neo-classical and the newer one was French | | | | 1989 and is still a work in progress. Some of the metal |
| Renaissance. Both buildings are connected by a | | | | forms are still visible for the taller figures and the boats |
| covered breezeway, affectionately called Pigeon Alley. | | | | are being added on a pond. |
| The dome does not have a cupola, because the | | | | Our final stop for the say was "The Horseshoe", Ohio |
| building would have been taller than the capital in | | | | Stadium at Ohio State University. The streets were |
| Washington, DC, a no-no at that time. Abraham Lincoln | | | | pretty crowded with a great police presence. The |
| was giving a speech to the General Assembly, when | | | | reason was that it was "Move In" day, the day more |
| news came that he had won the 1860 election. One | | | | than 5,000 freshmen move their possessions into the |
| other interesting aspect of the State Capital is that | | | | dorms. The stadium is very impressive, but Big Blue at |
| there are no metal detectors in sight. The reason given | | | | Ann Arbor, MI still is the best. |
| is that nothing of national importance happens there. | | | | The answer to the above question is the musical by |
| From the Capital we went four blocks to the Topiary | | | | Stephen Sondheim, "Sunday in the Park with George". |
| Garden on the grounds of the School of the Deaf. | | | | |