Seg #14 Bella
Vista/Bentonville (“Waltonville”) AR Trails: 4/9/13
Start |
Bella Vista, AR
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N 36.43361W-94.22905
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N-S miles 9.9*
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End
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Rogers, AR
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N 36.29126W-94.17176
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Trl lgth13.6 Ride 27.5mi
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The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is a beautiful building filled with historical, contemporary and modern American art.
Alice Walton, Sam’s daughter, is the major benefactor of this 220,000 square foot building and grounds surrounding Crystal Bridges museum. |
A Place Where They Cried commemorates the Native Americans that perished during the forced migration/"relocation" under Andrew Jackson in the 1880's (see Post # 1 Maiden Ride Epilogue) |
There are many other pieces of sculpture on the museum grounds, from a life sized pregnant sow to Roxy Paines’ incredible stainless steel tree entitled Yield. Crystal Bridges is the first major art museum built since 1974. It’s a trip worth taking. I hope to take Connie there when I head to Oklahoma to do Tulsa and Oklahoma City trails.
Mazer gives a Thumbs Up for Yield by Roxy Paine |
I ran out of daylight so found a motel and I
finished off the last ten miles of the Bentonville ride Tuesday morning. It had
rained all night and threatened to do so in the morning but other than a few
sprinkles, I escaped the down pours that crashed on me just after pulling out
of town. I don’t like driving at night, in the rain and especially at night in
the rain. The only good thing was it was daylight most of the way back to Coralville. But, the pitchfork and hammer handle downpours coupled with pea soup fog, limited visibility to a few hundred feet, particularly when a huge semi-truck came whizzing past. Damn those guys!
Nine and a half hours later, I was back in Coralville bushed but no worse for wear except for my sore ribs :-(