Woke up to a rainy day but that is ok - we have indoor activities planned.
Today is Tony's birthday - as is tradition in our family, when it is your birthday, you get to do and eat whatever you want.
We started the day taking Miko for a walk around the campground. It was sort of lightly misty when we left on the walk - halfway through it started pouring. I bailed out of the walk leaving Tony and Miko to soldier on. Tony at least had an umbrella but Miko came back totally drenched.
We left Miko in the RV and headed back into Cincinnati. We were going to the Cincinnati Museum of Art. Finally a little culture on this trip. I had heard great things about this museum and what I had heard was so true. The museum's collection was quite expansive.
Entrance to the Museum:
The Grand Staircase
The special exhibit that was showing was called American Gothic. It had several paintings from Grant Woods, Thomas Hart Benton and John Steuart Curry.
Interesting facts about the painting American Gothic: The models were Grant Woods' sister and the town dentist who was not thrilled at all about posing. When the painting became famous, Iowan farm women were not pleased. One even telephoned Grant Wood and told him that she wanted to smash his head in.
I was amazed at the pieces of art that we came across - Picasso, Monet, Manet, Seuret, O'Keefe, Van Gogh, Hassam, Cassett. There was quite an extensive collection of Tiffany glass which is always wonderful to look at. I guess I never thought of Cincinnati as being a cultural center. Travel is always so enlightening.
We ate lunch in the museum café. I had flat bread with sweet Italian Sausage, Manchego cheese, caramelized onions, candied walnuts. Lovely. Tony had scallops on a bed of orange quinoa with pea pods. Don't we sound like elegant diners?
Got home in time for naptime at the RV, followed by cocktail hour and then a small little hike with the dog.
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