Today was officially the weirdest and most entertaining day ever! We started our day with a walk on the House on the Rocks resort and once again mom pushed to walk up some mound of physical defeat, but we did it! Then we went for a swim at the pool and headed over to Taliesin, which I mentioned before is Franky LDubs first house. I had no idea how much of a pimp that guy was. During our tour we even discovered that he had a trap door that went from his bedroom to a closet in a downstairs bedroom....nice touch Franky. Apparently he was a short guy and strongly believed that if he made his ceilings low it would push his guests to go to where it was less claustrophobic. It was a neat tour and we were joined by a book club who was touring there after reading a book about him. There was one guy in the club.....hmmm.....I also want to take this time to mention that there was no photography allowed inside the house....but I did get a picture of FLW's famously failed 3 legged chair. I don't know I heard it was famous. My flash went off by accident so that's when I decided I might not be able to get away with it!
On our way to the next attraction we drove by a gallery of an artist that takes old roots of large trees and makes sculptures out of them! So cool!
Then we went to the Famous/Infamous House on the Rocks which is the most fucked up place I have ever seen in my entire life. This guy Alex Jordan built what I like to call Tim Burton's version of Disney Land on a fucking cliff! He collected an absurdly offensive amount of weird shit and placed it all over the house. The dude never lived here but considered it his inspiration. The pictures can't possibly even begin to explain to you how this 3 hour self-guided tour displays some of the most messed up shit this side of the Mississippi! From his dollhouse collection, to gun, circus, china, shag carpetting and organ (not the body, but it wouldn't surprise me) collections and the worlds largest carousel. Needless to say I was scared shitless the entire tour, didn't want to leave my mom's side! This place is guaranteed to make you shit your brains out at Halloween. I'm sorry about all of the cursing but I have no idea how to emphasize this place without a number of exploitives!
Then we decided to head to our next hotel and there we are plugging along and I look in the rearview mirror and see some pretty blue and red lights.... Well hello friend, haven't seen you in a while! Yah, of course, I got pulled over for speeding! My mom and I are looking for the registration in the glove compartment when all of a sudden I hear "BOO". Good thing I wasn't carrying my semi-automatic weapon. I jumped and said "Oh Jesus" and the police officer said, "No, actually it's Max". He explained that I was speeding and asked where we were headed. For some reason we started talking about how we just came from the house on the rock and he admitted he'd never been there. When we told him that it takes about 3 hours to walk through he said "Well, that cuts into my donut time"..... SERIOUSLY! Coolest cop ever and I didn't have to yell or curse or anything to get out of a ticket!!!! Maybe the girls had something to do with it.....yah, you know who I'm talking about!
Anyways, this entry has gotten way too long and I want to show you the pictures from our day and the videos....yah, I just figured out that I can do that! SWEET!
So Wisconsin is one of the weirdest places I've ever been to and I'm pretty sure that there's either something in the water here or maybe being crazy was the cool thing back then!
So Wisconsin is one of the weirdest places I've ever been to and I'm pretty sure that there's either something in the water here or maybe being crazy was the cool thing back then!
Mom air golfing
Taliesin
Alex Jordan's Shag Furniture Man-room
The Friggin Passion-O-Meter said I was a "Dud".....asshole......
That's right....there's that 3 legged chair! I love being sneaky!
Frank Lloyd Wright's Grave....showoff.....
Tree Sculptures. So sweet!
Entrance to the House of the Rock in the middle of nowhere and a sculpture made by Alex Jordan, a rival of Frank Lloyd Wright's.
The Infinity Room, this is where I freaked the F out!
Alex Jordan's Shag Furniture Man-room
The Friggin Passion-O-Meter said I was a "Dud".....asshole......
The Women's Bathroom........CALL ME!
The World's Largest and Scariest Carousel.
An Airplane in the middle of nowhere Wisconsin.....WTF?
Yah that's right! We got pulled over and I was driving! We were laughing our asses off!!!!
Momma's additions: we packed alot into this day from the sublime to the absurd: the countryside is gorgeous and Taliesen is mecca for Frank Lloyd Wright fans of which we are 2 (the real devotee, Tim Love was really missed): the House on the Rocks is beyond description or even depiction but Eliza comparing it to a Tim Burton theme park is really close: it is a must see but tonight vivid dreams are guaranteed: and, as if these 2 eccentrics, FLW and Alex Jordan (House on the Rock), infiltrated the water, everything and everyone in this area is just a little off kilter: like the police, nice, but what cop says "Boo" when they walk up to your window after pulling you over? Alien abductions and mind altering definitely happen here, definitely.
So House of Rocks is like 45 min from my house (and I haven't been there either and not sure I want to anymore!). Hope you're enjoying WI - next time you roll through this state, you should stop and say hi!
ReplyDeleteBOO! and Sharted in the same blog, I can't handle myself!!!
ReplyDeleteI loved the guy in the video and you, "Way to go asshole".
It's saturday and I'm feeling the pains of you being gone... ewww what am I your LOVER?
As you know, being me, I already googled and did research on both properties.... just like I did on the mansions in newport. Totally interesting stories behind the houses.
Miss you terribly. Try not to get pulled over again. Atleast he was nice, unlike that a-hole when we went to woodbury commons.
TTYL - Loves