Day Twenty-Seven: Wheeling, WV - Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh - Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art - Gettysburg National Military Park - Allentown, PA

I saw a billboard - If something is advertised as "The Essence Of Britain", why would it be also advertised as being "Made in Switzerland"?


The Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh consist of both a Natural History Museum and a Museum of Art. The Art Museum has a very nice collection:
a Jasper Cropsey,
an Asher Durand,
a Martin Johnson Heade,
a Winslow Homer,
a John Kensett,
a Jackson Pollock (from 1950),
and two by Claude Monet

additionally, the four Painting highlights are:

Albert Bierstadt, "Farallon Island", 1887


Frederic Edwin Church, "The Iceberg", 1891 [behind glass, hence the distortion]


Claude Monet, "Waterloo Bridge, London", 1903


Claude Monet, "Water Lilies (Nympheas)", c. 1915-1926


Plus there is a Juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex named Jane (my first dinosaur this trip!)


It is a lovely sunny day - a beautiful day for a drive through the Pennsylvania countryside. Which is why I won't say how disappointed I am that the two pieces I wanted to see at Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Saint Francis University), Loretto, PA were both "not on display".

So on to Gettysburg. There is a sense of solemnity about the place/town/area


I bought Ellie a postcard, and a nice map for me. This Center is manned by volunteers, but everything associated with the Park Service (their map; battlefield roads for exploration) were closed because of the continuing Federal Government shutdown [I think the Lewis & Clark Park in St. Louis was closed when I decided not to visit it]


I checked in right at sunset!
And there is a Five Guys right around the corner!!!
Um, scratch that - it is still "Under Construction"

Tuesday, Oct. 8
Super 8, Wheeling, WV
1 1/2 hours -- Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1 1/2 hours -- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
3 hours -- Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA
2 hours -- Super 8, 1033 Airport Road, Allentown, PA

here is today's playlist:

Jefferson Airplane - After Bathing At Baxter's


The Airplane had 5 classic albums:
Surrealistic Pillow
After Bathing At Baxter's
Crown of Creation
Bless His Little Pointed Head (live)
Volunteers

Steely Dan - Katy Lied


Freddie Hubbard - The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard

(he plays the trumpet solos in "Zanzibar" on Billy Joel's 52nd Street album)

Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls


Joe Jackson - Big World


Drive-by Truckers - The Big To-Do

(driving to Gettysburg listening to my favorite Southern band!)

Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King


10,000 Maniacs - Blind Man's Zoo


Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde

the song "Absolutely Sweet Marie" contains one of my Rules for Life
"To live outside the law, you must be honest."

also, I've listened to "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" probably 100 times, but tonight's was the best - maybe because I now know almost all the words

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue