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Paint by corn

Mitchell, United States


Several hours later down hwy 90 you come to Mitchell home of the Corn advisory board or some such organization and their Corn palace redecorated each year with a new theme in actual corn. It looks like they are in the middle of switching out this years facade as it said both 2008 and 2009 and there were sections that were still missing corn. The stage hand in me loved how they used a paint by numbers technique to lay out which variety of corn to apply. Hey look: The Golden Gate Bridge!

This is a close up so you can see the actual corn
Not pictured here is the corn version of Mount Rushmore which brings up an interesting thing about South Dakota. The only thing anyone advertized for in South Dakota is Mount Rushmore. Here I am clear across the state and it all over the place. In fact, every where I stopped in this state had brochures, posters, bric a brac, travel packages and everything else you can imagine for one damn piece of carved rock. Is it possible that there is nothing else to do in SD? I seem to have proven that wrong, but I guess the tourism board puts all of its money in one basket. It would help explain why Rapid City was so cool and why the rest of the state has yet to glisten to me. oops. no self portraits today.


permalink written by  JRadhirsch on September 9, 2008 from Mitchell, United States
from the travel blog: The Great American Road Trip
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I love the corn art. It reminds me of the Jelly Belly bean portraits that I am so fond of :) I'm a sucker for artsy things made out of non-traditional materials. Thanks for sharing all of these great photos and insights from your trip!

permalink written by  the Zote on September 10, 2008

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