New Bridge
Monday after school I met Mom and B at the Forks. We had dinner at Sals on the new bridge (seen above), and then walked down Broadway to see the painted polar bears. If you're curious, here's the official Bears on Broadway webpage.
Broadway is one of the large streets downtown, and it's quite pretty. It has two lanes each way, with a wide boulevard down the center, and well-established American elms.
Here are some of my favourite bears:
(Click on the photos to get bear titles and artists names.)
Here's the Manitoba legislature with some more bears out front:
After seeing all the bears, (well, those that were on or near Broadway) we went down to the riverwalk and walked back to the Forks where the car was parked. Mom was wearing a pedometer... the walk was 4km.
A nice walk. Of course, I already had two walks at the university, one short and one long, and walked from the downtown library (where I got off the bus) to the Forks... that trip was probably 1.5km.
I was rather sore and achy by the time I got home. I didn't regret any of it, though. ;)
Here's the view of the bridge when we got back to the Forks:
4 comments:
Those bears are awesome! Ulm has sparrows instead. Now I wish I had taken pictures of more of them while I was there.
My dad and the boy fixed the a/c :D
Cute sparrow. ;) A lot of cities seem to be doing this themed, painted animal thing these days. I think the bears are going to be auctioned off to support cancer care.
Yay for AC!!!!!
Yeah, Houston did painted cows a few years back. You still find one or two around in various places these days, but I think they're wherever the people who bought them on auction put them.
I like the bears, though. Especially the one in the kangaroo pajamas! ;)
Love the bears.
Sallie
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