Day 23, 24 Traveling and Fallingwater tour

Leaving Davenport, we had 2 days of travel through Illinois, Indiana and Ohio to reach the Ohiopyle State Park in western PA to camp nearby Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater house.
We walked around the small town of Ohiopyle (known for white water rafting and kayaking) after we ate dinner in the camper. 

A beautiful waterfall in the town of Ohiopyle.

 Cuumber Falls a short way from the road to our campground.

A great pedestrian bridge in the town.

Vernon looking at the bridge (for cars) from the middle of the pedestrian bridge.

The setting sun lit up the windows in this 1890's Methodist church.





Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater house

Completed in the mid 1930's Fallingwater has been called "the best all time work of American architecture".
I loved the way that the outdoors was incorporated and blended with the inside of this house.  Many glass walls allowing you to view the beautiful forest and windows in columns in the corners of the rooms that allowed fresh air to pass through.  They installed screens later which Mr. Wright didn't approve of.

 No pictures allowed to be taken inside the house.

These steps go down to the creek because the Kauffmans (the family he build this house for) liked to wade in the creek. There were terraced windows at the floor level at the top of the stairs to close off the stairway.  There was a big central fireplace that goes up all 3 levels and there were fireplaces in all the bedrooms and in the living room. Beautiful terraces which go out from each bedroom too!
The furniture was mostly designed and installed by Wright too.  Lots of horizonal, simple lines in the furniture (some built in) and some shelves built into the stone walls. 

 The visitor center was even a beautiful design!!

 Also in the visitor center.

Walking up to the visitor center in the rain.  



Home today!  Thank you Lord for safe travels.  We didn't have that particular, special destination -- Ben and family's home in San Jose, CA -- like we did on our first cross country trip in 2017.  But we saw some beautiful places in this great country that we are blessed to live in!!

Total mileage:  about 6700