Great American Road Trip Day 1

Today we started out on our big trip to Minnesota! Mike's kids were out to visit for the past week and a half, and now we're all headed to the big Lovejoy family reunion. We left our cute little house in Steilacoom late this afternoon, and started heading east. I like to see interesting things along the way, so I got on roadsideamerica.com and started looking for cool roadside attractions. The first one that we found was the wild stallion sculptures, in Vantage, WA, overlooking the Columbia River.

From a news story on the web by Terry Richard:

A sculpture of 15 wild horses has crowned a barren Central Washington hillside for more nearly two decades, but the rusted sheets of steel still are an inspiring sight to travelers along busy I- 90.

The 200-foot line of life-size charging horses, the creation of David Govedare of Chewelah, Wash., captures a mystical spirit from a time when real wild horses roamed the steppes.

Titled "Grandfather Cuts Loose the Ponies," the scene symbolically re-creates the Great Spirit turning loose a herd of wild horses above the Columbia River's Wanapum Lake.

So... We stopped and looked, then decided to hike up and see them up close. Not exactly a long hike, but not very easy either with flip-flops on, carrying a 4-year old, and leading the dog, while trying to keep up with Mike and his son Ayden! It was still pretty cool, and I got some good pictures!