Tinkertown itself is a museum comprised of the carvings and collections of Ross Ward. He was a talented carver and worked as a painter of things like carousel horses for carnivals and circuses. Some of the displays move and others are items, like old tools and swords he collected. The building itself is interesting because it's made of glass bottles cemented together.
After the museum we decided to go on up to the Crest. It was a clear day and the view was, as usual, amazing. It's been a while since we were up to the Crest and the number of houses closer to the foot of the mountain astonished me--although it shouldn't since there has been so much building over the past few years.
We walked along the crest trail for a ways, but didn't go all the way. I wasn't wearing hiking shoes and we did have water or sunscreen. It was also lunch time, so we went back down the mountain to Balsam Glade where there are picnic tables. After lunch we explored the trail there. It turns out that Balsam Glade was a YMCA camp in the 50's, but the steps to the mess hall are the only evidence of that. From the end of the trail, you can see across the valley looking East, so we got to see the view from both sides of the mountain.
0 comments:
Post a Comment