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bedsitter23These aren't the highlights of my summer vacation, but they are things I saw..
I can say with a great deal of accuracy that things I observed.
Andy Williams- he of "Moon River" fame, and Branson fame, and bringing the Osmonds to the world, was born in Wall Lake, Iowa. This is certainly his birthplace
Sioux City, Iowa is home of Trinity Heights, an inspirational location for those of the Catholic faith.
They have a thirty foot Mary and a thirty-three foot Jesus. You don't see those every day.
They have a life-size wooden sculpture of the Last Supper.
There are four (I believe) of these in the World, and this is the only one in which the sculptor is still alive.
The sculptor used townsmen to model as the men he sculpted. For the disciples who were boys (you may know this better than me), he used women.
This is something that you can be flippant or jest about, but it's an incredible piece of work.
As commentors have said on that wonderful archive Roadside America, the women who work there are friendly and the Jesus and Mary sculptures look nice and not tacky in any way.
Another place visited in Sioux City was Palmer's Candy- a candy shop slash museum- light on the museum aspect, but heavy on the candy.
Not worth a trip in it self, but if you are in the area, it's worth the trip.
Palmer is famous for the Twin Bing- sorry I am not familiar with the Twin Bing- I assume it's regional- but it is a chewy cherry flavor nougat with peanuts and chocolates.
We opted for fudge and fancy chocolate.
More details on my vacation to come, but wanted to clear some of the later stops first
I can say with a great deal of accuracy that things I observed.
Andy Williams- he of "Moon River" fame, and Branson fame, and bringing the Osmonds to the world, was born in Wall Lake, Iowa. This is certainly his birthplace
Sioux City, Iowa is home of Trinity Heights, an inspirational location for those of the Catholic faith.
They have a thirty foot Mary and a thirty-three foot Jesus. You don't see those every day.
They have a life-size wooden sculpture of the Last Supper.
There are four (I believe) of these in the World, and this is the only one in which the sculptor is still alive.
The sculptor used townsmen to model as the men he sculpted. For the disciples who were boys (you may know this better than me), he used women.
This is something that you can be flippant or jest about, but it's an incredible piece of work.
As commentors have said on that wonderful archive Roadside America, the women who work there are friendly and the Jesus and Mary sculptures look nice and not tacky in any way.
Another place visited in Sioux City was Palmer's Candy- a candy shop slash museum- light on the museum aspect, but heavy on the candy.
Not worth a trip in it self, but if you are in the area, it's worth the trip.
Palmer is famous for the Twin Bing- sorry I am not familiar with the Twin Bing- I assume it's regional- but it is a chewy cherry flavor nougat with peanuts and chocolates.
We opted for fudge and fancy chocolate.
More details on my vacation to come, but wanted to clear some of the later stops first
