This morning, it was like driving in soup. While I had decent visibility to see th road ahead, there wasn't an opportunity to see the interesting parts of the Enchanted Highway, so I continued along I-94 into Montana. I will need to return when I do a proper exploration of this area in better weather.
I did manage to stop at "Geese in Flight" at the top of the highway. This interesting sculpture is about a half mile up a packed dirt road to a turnaround where you have a parking area and a kiosk that warns "No overnight parking."
"Geese in Flight" stands 100 feet tall and is 150 feet wide. In 2002, it was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest scrap...
Read moreA lane lined with cut out geese lead to the large sculpture of geese in flight. According to the app : “Geese in flight the world's largest scrap metal sculpture as recorded in 2001 by the Guinness Book of World Records are made up of over five miles of oil well tanks and pipe. ..[it] stands at 110 feet tall. 150 feet wide and weighs 78.8 tons.” I like how the patina on the scrap metal depicting the hills resembles patches of dirt seen through grass. I am ambivalent about that circle in the middle which probably...
Read moreThe Enchanted Highway is a must do. Make sure to give yourself enough time to stop at each sculpture for a photo op and stretch your legs. At the end of the highway, in Regent, ND you will find the Enchanted Castle Hotel. Gary Greff, the Mastermind behind the sculptures, will most likely be there. Make sure to ask him about his story and how he went from School Teacher to Artist, and creating the Enchanted Highway. It's...
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