We left out hotel at 7 am (after arriving at 1 am - ouch!) for about an 75 minute drive to Falling Water, which is probably the most amazing house built in the 20th century. We had tickets for the special in depth tour that is available early mornings on the weekends. It allows visitors to see spaces at a more leisurely pace and see spaces not on the normal house tour. What and amazing place! This was a built as a summer weekend home for a Pittsburgh department store owner in the mid to late 1930's. Their only son was gay and never had children, so he left it in a public trust as a museum. Here are a few pictures, but they do not capture the sense of space and the connection the house has with the landscape.
We had a nice lunch in the little town of Ohiopyle, on the way to Kentuck Knob. The town was filled with activity. In addition to the FLW houses, the area has several state parks, a very popular rafting river, and the Great Allegheny Passage (a 150 mile long rails to trails path from Pittsburgh to Cumberland, MD). We had a window seat for buses filled to the rafters with rafters. My favorite sight was a cyclist carrying about 10 kayak/canoe paddles in his hands as he peddled his bike through town.
Our next destination was Kentuck Knob, where we had 1 pm tickets. It was a short tour and a smaller house. The current owners do not allow interior photos. It was an interesting house built using regular hexagons and triangles as a motif and as the footprint. Here are a few pictures:
On the property there were a few small garden spaces and some large sculptural pieces. There was also a piece of the Berlin wall.
We did a little tasting at a local winery near our evening hotel in Chambersburg, just west of Gettysburg. Then it was off to dinner at the Roy Pitz brew pub. We sampled some of their "liquid art." Dave had a nice IPA (not too much of a surprise) and Amy had a lighter lager. Afterward we came back to the hotel for some relaxation and blogging.
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