Mom went to a Stake Relief Society service project at the stake center and then when she got home suggested we take a road-trip. She read an article in this morning's paper that Shelly Gilmore (Ryan's Mom) had an exhibit of her artwork at the Dahmen Barn. She makes welded sculptures out of odds and ends, old tools, and rusty junk. They were very interesting and very good. You would have to have the right place and motif to display them. No, we didn't buy any.
I was more fascinated with the construction of the barn and the renovations it went through to bring it to what you see today. I would like to go back in June when they have a potter's wheel class and demonstration.
I love the post and beam construction. They used cables to pull it back into proper alignment before they could finish the interior bracing.
The famous steel/iron fence. Supposedly 1004 wheels. After the barn we drove thought town looking for the bakery. Found it (not too hard since Main Street is only about four blocks long). Mom had a big chocolate chip cooking and I had a fantastic lemon bar. Got a loaf of cinnamon raisin bread for breakfast.
