David Carson Tuesday December 1, 2009–Meghan Meehan, 5, from Affton, runs along “Ball? Ball? Wall? Wall!” by Donald Lipski at Laumeier Sculpture Park in Sunset Hills on Tuesday. Meghan, and her family, were on geocaching advanture in the park. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
In May, I challenged myself to try to do 40 things this summer from our annual Summer Fun guide. I thought 30 would be doable, but 40 would make things interesting, force me to try new things.
Last week, I did four things, bringing my total to 27.
First, my kids are in hockey camp mode, so we did some skating at both the St. Peters Rec-Plex (No. 24) and the Hardees Iceplex (No. 25). Details for both are on Page 14 of the guide.
On Sunday, I took the kids on an early-morning walk in Laumeier Sculpture Park, the 96-acre outdoor museum near Sunset Hills (No. 26, Page 38). They loved both the nature and the man-made designs. They got a kick out of Tony Tasset’s ‘Eye’ and begged to climb Jackie Ferrara’s pyramid-like ‘Laumeier Project.’ But they spent nearly an hour exploring Mary Miss’ ‘Pool Complex,’ which is an exhibit built around ruins of an old swimming pool. I thought this especially sweet because it’s where my husband proposed to me.
After, we went to the Museum of Transportation (my No. 27; page 39). I’m neither a “car” nor “train” person, and neither are my kids, but I found the exhibit of Hollywood cars fascinating and my kids loved being able to walk around inside old trains. It was so hot we skipped the mini train ride, but I remember it being tons of fun when the kids were younger.
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