So, the next morning I went down to the cafeteria at the hotel. It was “grab n go” but somebody was there to do the grabbing for you. So, I got a coffee and an egg and cheese sandwich (if I remember right it was Jimmy Dean. Not the best, but, it served the purpose). The coffee was good though.
Found a water machine to fill up my water bottles, got all the stuff back into the car, set the GPS and off I went.
Here’s a map of the route I decided to take – you can see Warren OH in the bottom right hand corner and Lansing is near the upper left corner. And don’t forget I added a little mileage to get into Indiana on my way to East Lansing!
I-80 and I-90 are part of the Ohio Turnpike. I have to say there were a lot of semi-trucks on the road but they all were really good drivers. Actually, everybody on the turnpike was good – a pleasant surprise! And the Rest Areas were nice and all laid out the same so, if you saw one, the next one would look familiar. Nice!
Here is Kenn outside of one of the rest stops, and the next photo is the floor of the place, showing the turnpike crossing Ohio.
Today’s drive would also be about 5 1/2 hours without stopping, and I had a reservation at The Broad (pronounced ‘Brode’ – and you may recall that I went to the Broad Museum in LA in early 2020 also!) for 4:30. I left the hotel around 10-10:30 and got to my hotel in East Lansing around 4. I stayed at the Marriott Bonvoy there since it was very close to the museum.
Here’s a photo from inside the elevator. I thought it was cool!
I finished unloading the car, double-checked with the front desk people how far the walk to the museum was, and set off. Note that East Lansing is home to Michigan State. The Broad Museum is associated with Michigan State. Anyway, here’s a bunch of photos:
The architect for The Broad was Zaha Hadid (no relation to Gigi). Here’s a link to more info about her – pretty interesting! https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zaha-Hadid
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The first photo here is of a crystal that the artist grew. The next photo describes kind of how he did it (I found that fascinating!) Then the next one is another crystal he grew.
The dome below was made entirely of old car parts
The map below is from 1958! Lots of interstates already built!
The one below was actually a film, and the two sides are mirrors of each other. The artist took some cargo ship trips and this harkens back to her leaving harbor on one of them.
I’m not sure what the following piece of art is called, but, in the next post you’ll see something quite similar. It’s by an artist named Roxy Paine.
Now here are some photos of the street the museum is on. And it turns out there was a Broad Museum Art Lab across the street (you can see it on the corner if you look hard) where kids (or maybe even adults) could go do projects. They were also showing photos taken by teens during the pandemic, with write-ups of how the teens felt and why they took that particular shot.
This is a photo of Cassiopeia, complete with a RBG collar!
Got back to the room, which I splurged on – I got a corner room with a nice big terrace. Had a cocktail and sat outside for a bit with Kenn before heading inside and having leftover Indian food for dinner. It was a really pleasant night to sit outside. And this hotel was also not very crowded. Underground parking was pretty empty. The hotel bar was surprisingly open, though I didn’t go to it.
The next day I went from East Lansing to Cedar MI by way of Grand Rapids where I stopped for a visit to the Meijer Sculpture Gardens. Stay tuned for that!