Day 362: California Palace of the Legion of Honor

For our last day in California, we headed into San Francisco for one of my absolute favorite places - the California Palace of the Legion of Honor.  Built in 1924 to commemorate Californian soldiers who died in World War I, the Legion of Honor stands in Lincoln Park in the northwest portion of San Francisco, overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.  It is a beautiful building in a beautiful setting - perfect for some blog photos!


If you look carefully in the photo above, you can see one of the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge right to the left of Michal.

Checking out the stone posts - interesting textures! 

Hi, Goose! 

Having fun with Grandma 

 Another view of the bridge

A rather well-known sculpture ("The Thinker") from one of my favorite sculptors - Auguste Rodin.  The museum has a fair collection of his work.

The central area in front of the museum's entrance is flanked by these columns - the perfect place to explore! 

 Checking it out

I see you! 

 Posing

Oooh, looks like she's showing us her newest trick.  Here she is, getting into position. 

Backing up carefully 

Working her way to the edge of the step until she can touch down...

... and then off she goes, once again!

She practiced this one over and over again at Aunt Deanna's house.  She even used this technique to go down a step that was maybe an inch tall.  It's a work in progress.

We did go into the museum and took a tour through the new exhibit on Pisarro - I didn't realize he was Jewish!  So interesting, and it was such a luxury to just spend some time in the presence of greatness.  Michal went through the exhibit for a bit with me, but Grandma took her for a bit so I could enjoy the rest of the exhibit on my own.  Michal and I did examine some of the work, pointing out some items and colors she knew.  I'm looking forward to continuing to expose her to more of the great things out there.