Tuesday, July 18, 2006

50: states, rooftops, American flags

Scott LoBaido, an artist from New York City, is going around the US to paint the American flag on one roof top in every state. 50 flags in 50 states. He painted the flag in Montana in Butte. The photo below is of the flag in Rapid City, South Dakota.



Here is an article and photos from the flag he painted in Ketchikan, Alaska. I've been in Ketchikan many years ago. I was on a bicycle tour and arrived via ferry around midnight. It was raining cats and dogs so Sarah and I spent the night in the section of the ferry terminal under construction. To our surpise the ferry terminal manager arrived sometime around 6 am for the early morning ferry. He wasn't happy with us being there.

We learned that the next night a couple of backpackers arrived via ferry around midnight and again it was raining hard. The ferry terminal manager wouldn't let them spend the night at the terminal and made them leave. Oopps.

I rode on an Alaskan ferry which is nowhere near the size of the cruise ship in the photo below.

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