LEAVING MELLWOOD

The IUSARTCAR ready fot its trip to campus.
Debra peering through the icy mist that the windshield wipers wouldn't touch.

The GPS giving directions to the IUS campus.

Parked and parachuted in Mc Cullough Plaza; ready for the unveiling.

Tonight Debra and I drove to Mellwood to finish cleaning up and getting the IUSARTCAR ready for its trip to the IUS campus.  It was very cold and wet; really cold and wet!  I was pleasantly surprised  to find the garage in order, the newest decal applied, and both sides clear-coated. Debra and I finished cleaning up, loading things into the back of my car, and then waited around for any takers on the trip back to campus; there were none. Hmmmm. So I left my car there and climbed into the van for its maiden voyage as an art car instead of a soccer mom car. It was a rich experience, full of interesting surprises.  We got lots of interesting looks and waves, we listened for parts and pieces loosening and ejecting from the car body (it didn't happen).  Especially pleasant was the beads in the back jingling  like "coins".  We tried to see the road through the gossamer film from in-effective windshield wipers ( an overlooked detail). Everything stayed tight, in place, and survived the trip.

After the long circuitous voyage back to campus, we arrived at McCullough Plaza for our two days stay in public view. We're in the Plaza instead of in front of our beautiful Library because of the two inch rainfall and the above freezing temperatures.  There was fear the van would sink into oblivion.  We were greeted by Amanda, Brent, and......  that was it...hmmmmm.   We covered it with a brightly colored parachute that Annie provided.  However, little did we know that the wind would be so brisk that the parachute almost took off to unknown regions of the adjacent parking lot.  We called Brian Harper, our newest ceramics professor, and he donated bricks to anchor the parachute.  We're set for the unveiling, and the forecast is freezing rain. We can only hope for the best with hot chocolate and cider provided.

C'mon over to the IUS campus, Thursday, noon.  Hope to see you there.