Day 15 here we go! So wake ups calls are traumatizing to hear right after having a free day, but we had to get back to work. Julie reminded us that today was going to be one of the best days on the trip. As soon as people got their act together we loaded the vans and headed off to the National Wildlife Art Museum where Jane Lavino, Curator of Education, greeted us. Because of the large amount of students that we have, we were split up into two groups. One group headed off towards the art gallery (and sketched) while the others went on a tour of the outside construction area where sculptures will soon be placed (and sketched).
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| Sketching on the Sculpture Trail |
After about an hour we left and were on our way to Teton Village to meet up with Jon Christensen (ISU BLA ’98) who is an alumnus of Iowa State University’s Landscape Architecture program. From the minute we drove into the parking lot there were many ooo’s and ahh’s. The architecture of this ski resort area was remarkable. We all piled out of the vans and headed towards the large green space in between the resorts. Jon Christensen welcomed us (and we started to sketch). So, Jon Christensen is, in a nutshell, pretty dang cool. He mentioned all the opportunities that landscape architects are given involving the National Park System.
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| Presentation by Jon Christensen with a glorious background! |
It was nearing lunchtime and many of us were getting very antsy, so we ended our chat with John and headed towards the Mangy Moose. Fortunately, Julie had preordered about 12 pizzas before we arrived, and within the first five minutes we were there, the pizzas were demolished. Julie kept telling us that it takes longer to order and make the pizzas than it does to inhale them. So, after five minutes we all looked around at each other and were like “umm where are the pizzas?”In the meantime, cupcakes sounded more filling than pizza did. Yes, it was Mariah’s birthday (well two days ago) so cupcakes seemed to fill of gap of pizza.
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| Post-pizza inhalation |
After we consumed four more pizzas it was time to go to the top of the mountain (and sketch)! We hopped on the tram and went to an elevation of 10, 450 feet! Woah! We piled off the tram and heading down the backside of the mountain (to sketch). It is always easier going down the mountain than hiking back up but little did we know we had to do both. Because of the rare vegetation we were unable to complete an awesome Andy Goldsworthy project. Instead the professors had us sketch the rare plants in a two-page composite. By now it was almost 4:00 and we had to catch the 4:30 tram down the mountain.
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| The air may be thin up here, but that didn't stop the chatter! |
So, just letting everyone know, we are going to have the best toned bodies on campus. (FYI). We reached ground (not exactly level) and it was time for a lay down. Julie kept reminding us that a lay down involves our sketchbooks being viewed, but most of us refer to a lay down as NAP TIME! So we got our acts together, talked about the lay down and our day here was done!
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| Amanda and Sarah, heading back down the tram |
Amanda and Seohee
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