Sunday, September 23, 2007

Pilgrimage

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A couple of years ago, my best friend Murphy and I were listening to Eddie Izzard's Dress To Kill performance for the gazillionth time, and the part about Stonehenge in particular.



And it was then that Murph told me about the most glorious place in the world. It is a magical place, full of wonder and mystery. This place... is Foamhenge.

...

Yes, Foamhenge.

Right near the Natural Bridge in southwestern Virginia, a sculptor created a lifesize replica of Stonehenge, and he made it entirely out of styrofoam. I decided and Murph agreed that we must visit this place. We told our friend H and it was a plan. After all, Murph is from very near there, and even has a vacation spot on a nearby lake. The Plan became elaborate and perfect. And promptly took its place on the backburner for at least a year and a half.

Well, this past weekend, we finally made our pilgrimage to Foamhenge. Here is where I will let the photos take over and tell the story:

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Probably nobody should be as excited as we were about a henge made of foam. But it was a very good day.

3 comments:

Trillian42 said...

OK, you realize that I now have to convince Kris that he and I need to go, right? Because that's freaking awesome.

Oh, and we finally got to watch Eddie Izzard last night. We were in complete hysterics at parts of it. LOVE him.

turtlegirl76 said...

I wanna go see foamhenge! That's too awesome!

Anonymous said...

foamhenge - never heard of it! hysterical!!! will try to get there someday (been to the real one years ago) great photos!