A Bloy and his Blog

A beautiful day yesterday took me out to ride on Madison’s Capital City Bike Trail. Along the trail, on Patterson Street, is a three-story-tall sculpture by Doctor Evermore called “Dreamkeepers.”

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Dad came with me on my trip (he wanted to spend some time at the National Cathedral and the National Archives). It was good having a traveling companion along.

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I had never been to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial before.

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This afternoon I decided to walk around downtown Madison and see some of the Cow Parade sculptures.

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While I was in Illinois last week to see Cahokia Mounds, I also stopped at a few other historic places.

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Yesterday I returned home from a vacation, the main point of which was to visit Cahokia Mounds, in south-western Illinois (about 13 miles east of St Louis).

Cahokia Mounds are the remnants of a native civilization that at one time, was probably home to 10,000-20,000 people.

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