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Weird Local Stuff Quest

Gilgal Gardens is both a city park and a weird place. It was smaller than I thought it would be, but still good.

This is the sculpture you always see pics of... 

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1BgzdTQ6DBxVD3LGoUbpbrIWZWK5vrNI8

But this one with the body parts strewn all over was my favorite. It’s based on a dream that King Nebuchadnezzar had that Daniel interpreted. 

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1lPE6joVmU7n5BQZY94zNBarCkq89RPAe

These were strange, too. 

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=12ECb7yw85bDfP73hnFc0Pqj1A_1FQYSv

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1Bh7PE3v4MbQXRpJ6f87kxhdsL8I4KhAu

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=10I-xB04c_1LaIF8uiCdr0Mw-OPwO69uF

Actually, they were all strange! The most normal part was the beautiful flowers and plants. 

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1qZdSWWZLCLC8CIhN-N0vjwUyBd1hVUqchttps://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1HzupZrmx8-zJY3yAv1bZiv75TcZvK-2G

(What is this plant?? I couldn’t get over how perfect the stripes were!) 

This is a place I would bring out of town visitors, but it only takes about 15 minutes to see. It is not a main attraction. 

I also visited the Anderson Tower Monument, which was quite disappointing. Some guy built a little tower with a nice view of the city and thought he’d make money off of it, but no one wanted to pay for a view they could see for free (I mean, this city is surrounded by hills), so then he made it free for a while and then the city got rid of it in 1932. 
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1lSy40Ji8EZVNEpDLvkOrCAVYKhMeUnoy

You actually can’t see downtown at all from the site because there’s a big apartment building in the way, but you can see the capitol. 
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1l9JiQILkX5AT49YoXM41RUJEeii2-unP

The stones are from the original structure, which was made from the same granite as the LDS temple. 
Really, not much to see. 

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