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A rest area sculpture on Route 89 in Vermont.
There is a story to these sculptures, I just don't know it yet. Or know all of it. I found a picture of one of them online with this caption:
"One of 18 sculptures designed and fabricated during the International Sculpture Symposium held in Vermont in 1968 and 1971. Matching grant funding was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts."
From another source I learned the sculpture symposiums were organized by a much-loved and now deceased UVM professor. The sculptors came from all over the world, and the output was set at rest areas on Routes 89 and 91.
In Tennessee.
What's the point here -- that the people you see in those places are flat? Two-dimensional at most?
But, I must say ... it is nice to come across something besides vending machines, picnic tables and signs pointing to the restrooms.
Wesley Chapel, FL- I-75 N Bound at a Rest Area between both Wesley Chapel exits serving the needs of travelers along the Miami to Saulte Ste. Marie interstate.
St. Lucie County, FL- I-95 N Bound encounters a rest area north of Fort Pierce with its exit 3/4 mile ahead.
We left after 11pm the night before, got in a couple hours of driving and crashed at the Chuck Olsen Rest Area somewhere off I-35 in Iowa.
U.P.A. repost
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It was almost tranquil, I95 NB is off to the right, and a massive wall separating suburbia from the turnpike is off to the left.
I turned around after taking the previous photo and took this shot of our van parked under an interesting formation made of the finely layered red stone which covered much of the area. My wife waved for the photo.
While the sign where we entered had warned that there were 'no services' for the next 100 miles, each of the stops along the interstate did have the most minimal of bathroom facilities. The small round metal structure in the center left of this photo is a restroom, of sorts.
At Mile Marker 48 lies the Will Rogers Turnpike's only service area. The 29,135 square foot building is built over the highway and houses two restaurants, a gift shop, and restrooms free of charge to all turnpike patrons. Also the seating area overlooks the turnpike itself and the high vaulted ceiling gives the dining area a roomy atmosphere.
One of the most amazing works of art that I have ever seen is this statue standing on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River near Chamberlain South Dakota. The 50-foot statues call Dignity stands in the I-90 rest area just east of Chamberlain. It depicts a Native American woman in Plains dress receiving a Star Quilt. The statue pays tribute to the Lakota and Dakota People of South Dakota.