We let the boys sleep in today so we didn't get started until 10:00 a.m. We drove to Des Moines to see the state capitol building of Iowa. We have passed by Des Moines so many times but never saw the capitol building. We had heard that it was beautiful and we discovered this to be true. It was worth the visit.
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| Capitol Building |
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| View of the street that leads up to the capitol building. |
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| My fellow sightseers. Hunter, Keegan, Carol |
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| The dome of the capitol. |
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| One of many paintings inside the building. |
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| Several of these are located around the main lobby of the capitol. They used to be heaters to keep the lobby warm. |
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| This is the senate side of the capitol. The president of the senate is the grandson of Charles Grassley who is a senator from Iowa. Politics must run in the Grassley Family. |
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| The House of Representative chambers. |
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| Some of the desks look like the representative is actually working. |
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| The law library. There are two spiral staircases located at each end of the library. |
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| Second spiral staircase. |
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| Original dumbwaiter was used to move books between the floors of the library. |
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| Hunter comes to the library to study for his classes at Iowa State University. This is the desk at which he always sits. |
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| We spent a couple of hours touring the capitol building; then, it was time for lunch. This is where we ate. |
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| The title of these sculptures was "Black and White Snowmen." |
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| The title of this was "The Thinker." |
After we walked through the park, we drove back to Hunter's apartment for another game of Crazy Cards before having supper at Freddies. We drove back to the motel for one final game of cards. Everyone had a great time exploring the capitol building and the sculpture park and playing more cards. It was a beautiful day to be outside. Tomorrow we head back to Decatur. Hunter is supposed to have Keegan back at the motel by 8:30 a.m. We hope to be on the road earlier than today.
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