My wife and I are on a mission to visit all the oversized local landmarks throughout Minnesota. This blog chronicles those visits and covers other related topics.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Big Stuff, Small Children

I recently went through some of my parents' old photo albums. One in particular was just of family vacations we took. It seems that Big Stuff is just in my blood. I pulled out a handful of photos and scanned them.

Babe the Blue Ox

Paul Bunyan

These first two are of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox in Bemidji, MN circa 1984 or 1985 I believe. I'm the really little guy in the Babe photo surrounded by siblings and cousins.

Jackalope

This is me on the Jackalope at Wall Drug in Wall, SD in 1988.

Dinosaur1

Dinosaur2

These next two photos are from the same South Dakota trip in 1988. These are from Dinosaur Park in Rapid City, SD. I'm the guy in the Vikings shirt (front and center with the Brontosaurus and in the back with the Stegosaurus). Those other people are my siblings... except for that guy in the hat with his back to us in the first picture, I don't know him.

Mt. Rushmore

Mt. Rockmore

Same trip. My siblings and I in front of Mt. Rushmore and Mt. Rockmore, respectively (I know. I mix them up too.). The first pic also has two random women and the second pic has my dad. I'm the guy in the blue shirt.

Spoonbridge

Iggy the Iguana

I'm not sure what year these last two are from. I'm guessing around 1989 or 1990. The first is in front of the famous Spoonbridge and Cherry at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden (I'm in the middle with the white Valleyfair shirt.) and the second photo is Iggy the Iguana (I'm in the front.) at the Science Museum of Minnesota. The Science Museum has moved since then.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I loved Iggy the Iguana, is he still around somewhere?

Unknown said...

He is at the Science Museum's current location. He is outside in the back.

http://thebigstuffproject.blogspot.com/2008/10/iggy-iguana.html

Mykl Roventine said...

Love this idea! Great pics.