A Day at the Capital

Before heading to our trip to the coast we spent two days in Salem while Dad was working. One of the days we decided to do the State capital tour.

Both kids loved these large statues out front, they were huge.

Then there was the life size replica of the Liberty Bell.

Caleb found this very interesting since he studied about it in history this year.

He wondered where the crack was?

Inside the capital was beautiful. Pictures just don't do it justice, so I won't try.

We did however find this State Seal which the kids were very interested in.

This summer we watched a documentary called "Wasteland".

It was about people who lived by and worked, picking recyclables out of the worlds largest dump found in Brazil.

The artist Vik Muniz used garbage to "paint" the most amazing pictures of some of the people there. You should see it if you can.

Anyways this State Seal was made from garbage found in the sewers in the area.

Hence, my kids found it very interesting to see what they could find in the picture.

Here the crazy kiddos pose outside our state capital with the golden pioneer on top.

Then we took and elevator to the third or forth floor then walked

121 stairs

to the top.

We have the certificate to prove it!

And this picture!

The man's boots are 6 feet tall, just to give you some perspective.

Here is some of the view from the top.

Actually, the long gray building on either side of the tall orange building are the SAIF offices where David works.

Thought that was a fun thing to see while we were up there.