World's Largest Metal Sculpture

We went through North Dakota too late to see all the beautiful sunflowers with their heads up.

I did find one that still had its petals. :0)

We could see this metal art from miles away and due to the time crunch of traveling we almost decided to zip on by, but we pulled off the highway and snapped a couple of photos (this is where the field of sunflowers was) before going to try to find the rest of the metal art.

It is certified as being the largest metal sculpture.  Geese in Flight is 110 feet tall and 154 feet wide!  You feel very small standing next to it looking up and at 157,659 lbs I do not think I want it to fall on me.

We decided to travel a little bit of the enchanted highway to see some more of the sculptures along it. The largest grasshopper is somewhere along the route. All we managed to see were the deer before we decided we better move it along. Maybe someday we can go back and see the Pheasants and other things.

Mississippi River Birds

Remember a few weeks ago we went looking for tundra swans?  It was amazing to be able to camp comfortably in November along the Mississippi River in Wisconsin.  We broke camp early and started our search.

We found this large mass of ducks, geese, pelicans and swans - the swans are there, you just have to look hard.

I enjoyed watching them all, just wish I could have gotten closer, but we looked, there was no way to get closer.

the awkward stage

I often see Canadian Geese, adults, and babies, but it was a delight to see some adolescents. Teens that liked hanging out with mom even!

And just like many mothers of human teens, it appears that mother has a headache and would like to escape for a while.

But the teenagers just keep following her, when she tries to scold them, they bury their heads in the water rather than talk back.  I think mom's getting a few gray hairs now, don't you?

A Zoo Trip

The photos I showed you yesterday were taken at Animal Haven, a small zoo in Weyauwega. Thought you might like to see some more of the animals. It was a very challenging trip, trying to shoot through fences is fun, yeah!

Bet you didn’t know hoods could be used for more than your head.

One brown eye, one blue.