An Outing

We drove up to Buena Vista and rode the ferry.

Then we went to Albany to the Carousel Museum. That's a place well worth visiting.

They are in the process of making an old-time carousel and it's taking years of painstaking volunteer work. The carvers work from pictures. Then the painters take a long time too. Finally an auto shop puts a finish on them. This is a mock up of the carousel.

Eldon on 1st Ave. W. in Albany near the museum

The designer's drawing on the wall

The animals are hollow in the middle to allow for expansion in temperature and humidity changes. So they put a time capsule in each.

Each animal has a sponsor who works with the designer to put on the details they want. For example, there's one animal who's a likeness of a family's dog, a racing dog they adopted after he could no longer race. They sponsored it after he died. They had his collar put in the time capsule.

A carver at work

Being stipple painted

Artist's rendition

The carver is working on it (well, he's taking a rest actually)

A final product

Plans for a building to house it eventually

It is right next to Montieth Park, which will draw a lot of people.