We are winding down to the end of the trip. What a privilege it has been to be with the class this past week. We have had so much fun and so many memories!
This morning started with a drive to town for a tour of the State Capitol. In years past, this experience always started with a long search for parking, at least a ten block walk, and then a packed Capitol building. Sunday mornings are a completely different experience! We parked in front, walked into an empty building, and pretty much got an exclusive tour of the building with only a few other tourists walking around. Kyle, our guide was so much fun. He let us do a little more roaming than usual. The students learned quite a bit about the Senate and the Assembly. We discovered some secrets about the beautiful building, its structure and design. Ask your student about the nickname of the Bear statue in front of the Governor's office..
On the way out, we walked the grounds, spoke to a policeman on his horse and hugged a tree :) We made the decision to pass on the Reno trip in order to keep the sanity of the adults in the group. It seems a ten mile ride around here can take twice as long to get to due to windy, one lane roads. When we discovered that the drive on paper was only a couple hours would be at the least 3 hours one way, we decided to stay local. We could not see the sense in driving over six hours tonight, then another four tomorrow to Big Sur.
Because of this change of plans, we were able to slow it down a bit today and relax near the river. The girls went to the gift store at Sutter's Mill to buy tails (!). Maddie and Nicholas went down to the river to pan for gold. Some kids went to the pool and others hiked around.
Around 4:30 we loaded into the cars on a trek to the highest point around to watch the annular eclipse. We made some pinhole viewers, and looked up a live feed on my computer. Fortunately, after we arrived, another couple came up to the mountain. They had a welders mask that they graciously allowed all of us to use. It was neat to see the change as the moon came over the sun. If it wasn't for the slightly darker and cooler air for a few moments, the sky was so blue and the sun was so bright, it was hardly noticeable until we used our pinhole viewers and the welder's mask. Although we did not get the opportunity to meet with my cousin Bryan, an astrophysicist and an expert in this stuff, I think we made the right decision by not driving to Reno! It was nice to have a relaxing evening around the campground. Hope everyone had a nice weekend!
Question of the day: What is the significance of and colors of the Senate room and the Assembly room in the State Capitol?
5 comments:
The inside color is red witch is a reference to the British house of lords
The public is invited to witness the Assembly's proceedings from a balcony gallery overlooking the chamber floor. This architectural feature reflects and reinforces the concepts of an open democratic system by providing access to all citizens, who are invited to observe their elected officials in action. The color green dominates the chamber, a design element borrowed from the British Parliament's House of Commons.
-takumi
the red represents the British House of Lords and the green and red colors of each room distinguish one another.
red the color is red for the british house of lords.
Red is for the British house of lords? I would think it stood it would be because of the blood. You know the war between U.S.A. and Mexico? Anyways it because of the British house of lords, but I would think it would for that.
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