The Sundial Bridge

Our first day in this wonderful town park place with the really ridiculously long name. We spent the morning at the trailer. I continued reading Brisingr for most of the morning and into the afternoon since it was kind of rainy outside. Eventually, once the rain stopped, Mum got impatient waiting for us to get moving so she hurried Isaac and I along by making us lunch and then rushing us out the door. We drove over to the nearby town of Redding and parked at the McConnell Arboretum which had been one of the recommendations for places to visit in Redding. The first section of the Arboretum was the gardens, which were very nice, full of trees and blooming flowers. We took our time walking through them before we arrived at the Sundial Bridge. The Sundial Bridge was designed by the well known architect Santiago Calatrava who also designed the World Trade Centre PATH station in New York City, which we walked through when we took the PATH during our trip

to NYC, and the Olympic Stadium in Athens. He agreed to design and build the bridge after a phone call from some people of an organizing committee. It only took one phone call for him to agree, so he seems like a pretty chill guy. The bridge was pretty neat, and, as it’s name indicates, it did indeed have a massive sundial on the one side. The actual bridge itself was made of translucent glass panes and some strips of granite. Mum and I walked across halfway and stopped so I could get a handstand picture and so Isaac and Dad could catch up with us. On the other side of the bridge we stopped off at a gift shop just to look around. Isaac and I both bought some small things : Isaac

bought two toys, one for Mum, one for a friend, and I bought two candles for myself to use when I get back home. It was drizzling a little bit when we went back outside so we hurried across the bridge, which was a little slippery from the rain. It stopped raining once we got back into the gardens so we took our time wandering around and checking out the different plants. One of the sections was filled with art sculptures, my favourite of which was a bench that had been covered in broken bits of different coloured glass and marble. Once we meandered back to the front entrance, we decided to call it a day and head back to the trailer. Back at the trailer Mum and I made most dinner while the boys were at the hot tub. Peace out m8s.