Cahokia's Woodhenge: a supprising implication [sic]

Examiner.com ^ | Friday, November 26th, 2010 | Richard Thornton

[SunkenCiv]

Breaking out of the Queen Mary is one of those rites of passage that everyone has to do when they’re young. Wait, what?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks.

[SunkenCiv]

Dipping Gourd... is that a representation of Ursa Major?

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[muawiyah]

More or less ~ this was a huge territory to cover ~

[bert]

Damn..... The same thing happened to me except I didn’t see the sign and missed out.

I’ll pay closer attention next time

[wolfcreek]

or? Medicine wheel?

[BenLurkin]

That certainly does look pagan.

[bkepley]

I don’t know what is such a big deal here. There are seasons, people needed to keep track of them. They built devices to do this. Animals have been suspected of using the stars to navigate although I don’t know if it’s ever been proven. People built devices long ago to track the stars and everyone thinks it’s some kind of shocking discovery.

[colorado tanker]

Today we travel to southern Illinois, where just across the Mississippi River is located the Cahokia Archaeological Zone.

This guy is directionally impaired. Across the Mississippi from Southern Illinois is Missouri. But of course, Cahokia is in Illinois.

[ApplegateRanch]

Yep! They locked the place up while we were still in the engine room. The gangway was blocked/locked off when we got back on deck. A private function was using another gangway at the other end of the ship, so we made our way there, climbing over a barrier, and fighting UP traffic, as we went DOWN to the dock. Next, the turnstiles to our parking lot was locked, so we had to climb the chain-link fence to get to the car At least the lot entrance was open.

Just one more place we've closed down. We were asked to please pay for our stuff & leave the gift shop at House on the Rock, after 7+ hours of touring ALL of the exhibits; the gift shop had ‘closed’ 15 minutes earlier.

We paid & left the Spam Museum, as the doors were locked behind us. Same with the gift shops at Luray Caverns, VA, and Ruby Falls Cave, TN. The NASA Space Museum, Cape Canaveral. Corning Glass Museum, NY. Fort Laramie. Fossil Butte Nat. Mon., WY; several others less memorable. Once, I think we even closed an all night diner! ;-)

These places need to either stay open later, or not have all those placards to read about the exhibits! Or, be like the Bill Cody Museum Complex in Cody, WY, and give you TWO days/ticket to see it.

If we ever get to The Smithsonian, I'm taking camping equipment and enough food for a couple of weeks...and that'll just be the scouting trip! *<];-’)

[SunkenCiv]

House on the Rock sounds like fun, some friends of mine went there years ago.

[ApplegateRanch]

It is great! Just plan, like we did, on being first in, last out! Literally miles of corridors & rooms of exhibits.