We went over to Ellsworth Sculpture Gardens. It is located on the northside of the lake. You can only get the the gardens by boat. The park service has a tour boat that makes a stop here and have a staff person on site to help you understand the work that went into the place. The gardens were created in the 40's by Mr Ellsworth who loved to carve stone. He carved many different shapes out of the rocks around his property. There are rocks that look like animals and others that look like furniture made for the Flintstones. The flower gardens are not tended anymore so there are few flowers but you can still see where all the flower beds were.
It is a large area to walk through and the paths go up and down and wind around and at every turn you see something different. Some of the sculptures are hard to decifer with the weather wearing away at them. The bugs were bad when we were there so we had to keep moving but it would be nice to go back in the fall and spend more time.
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