We left Moreno Valley at a reasonable time and had a bright and uneventful time until we arrived in Lordsburg New Mexico. We drove most of the way on Interstate 10, which will now take us all the way to the Florida PanHandle. Most of the day were were surrounded by mountains on all sides and oddly enough, after crossing the mountains in California, we had fairly few steep hills, up or down. The road is basically straight from horizon to horizon [dozens of miles]. I'm not sure how you plan a straight highway through immovable mountains with a minimum of curves, but this is the road that proves it can be done.
Today what is what many people call a transit: from A to B with as few stops, interruptions, etc. I can get quite obstinate at times, and transits is one of those times. We didn't stop to really smell the desert or organize any pixels so you'll have to accept these which were made at Getty yesterday.
There are very inventive design features including this part of a larger water course feeding the main garden. Above the roof you see in the next picture, there's a long [60 feet] thin [3 inches] canal that ends in a circle in the floor. It's like one of those fluted funnels like the ones at some amusement parks where you drop a coin which goes around and round before falling through the end. In this case, the water goes round and round before falling through the hole just above what you see in the first picture. If you can't understand how this is part of the fountain, you'll just have to go to the Getty to see for yourself...
Most of the exterior wall of the Getty are 30" squares of split Italian travertine.
On one of these walls, a small vine is starting it's own art exhibit.
The gardens are extensive and well tended. This is a sculpture of a walking flower. Possibly not to everyones taste, but cute just the same.
Here's an overview of the main garden.
And here's a close-up of the center of the garden, where you can see a waterfall in the background. This waterfall is fed by the water coming through that hole above the falls in the first picture.
Hope you enjoyed these pictures made at the Getty.
1 comment:
Hey guys. I'm still enjoying the blog, and I'm glad, Paul, that you posted more stuff from the Getty. Just a quick note: the fountain shape is that of an amorphae. (Sp? Basically from the days when alchemists were still working on the philosopher's stone.) Secondly, the fountain doesn't really feed the garden waterfall. According to our tour guide, this is an illusion.
Loved the picture of the smartcar crowded by all those other vehicles! :)
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