Chihuly at the Gardens

I've often shared our visits to the Meijer Sculpture and Botanical Gardens here in Grand Rapids. It's always a beautiful place to visit, but right now there is an added reason to visit. Dale Chihuly, a world famous glass artist has shared many of his pieces, which are displayed all through the over 150 acres of gardens. I love seeing this art outside in the flowers and the water. Here's a few photos of the beauty we saw as we wandered the gardens.

I hope you enjoyed this little taste of this outside Chihuly Glass Exhibit!

Last stop

Our last day we went to Dow Gardens in Midland Michigan. It's a beautiful Botanical Garden, but our reason to visit was the Canopy Walk.  It's a 1400 foot walk with some areas up to 40 feet in the air.

Walking through the gardens to get to the canopy walk.

Approaching the walk

We started on the walk, and came up this structure hanging from above, went inside and checked it out.

Here's another of those structures, but to get into this one, you had to walk this rope bridge.

A pretty view along the way.

This is what a lot of the walk looked like. You wouldn't know from looking at this that you were way up in the trees.

At the end is the glass viewing platform.

Looking at the viewing platform from another section.

Another beautiful scene as we made our way back out.

After this, it was time to head home. We had a wonderful time with our sweet girls!

Having fun in Saginaw

Another short but fun stop on our time away was "The Tridge".  It's a 3 way wooden footbridge that goes over 2 rivers, the Chippewa and the Tittabawassee.  It even has a spot in the middle where people can sit and relax.

The center of The Tridge.

Then we were on to another short but very cool stop.  This is called The Silos and is also in Saginaw.  These were old rusty grain silos on the river and were an eyesore.  Then Cbabi Bayoc, an artist from Spain transformed them into the 2nd largest mural in the country, with some help from local artists.  

We were all so impressed by the size, design, color and the beauty!  It was a very fun stop!