Showing posts with label Isle Royale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Isle Royale. Show all posts

Monday, April 11, 2016

I: Impressionists and Isle Royale National Park



They used to call them coffee table books.  Do they still do that?  I have lots of them.  I love going to art museums, especially when there are special exhibits.  I've picked up several of these art collection books used.  Usually they are just a couple of bucks each.

If I have a favorite art period, it is the Impressionists.  I have been fortunate to have visited some of the foremost museums in the world.  But in the absence of actually visiting, one can enjoy the pictures in books.

Recently I was contacted by a website regarding a post I did on Diego Rivera.  If you would like to see art online, I suggest you check out artsy.net.

Are you an art lover?  Do you have any coffee table books?  What subjects are they about?

Isle Royale National Park
While up to this point I have actually visited the places I've blogged about, I have yet to visit Isle Royale.  And I doubt that I ever will.   While I enjoyed camping out in the wild when I was younger,  I am now more into 'spa days'.  The park re-opens on the 16 of April.  You have time to plan a trip, though it won't be a day trip.  The island is only accessible by boat, about a three hour ride.  Our Boy Scout troop often talked about going on a high adventure trip there, but I don't know if they ever made it.  Here is a link to a preview of a short film about the wolves and moose on the island.

This is the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service.