Freakin Weird Blog

July 19, 2005
Stonehenge II

Constant rain, emotionally repressed people, food that looks like it was extracted from a vat of Chernobyl clean-up waste... ahhh, just reminiscing with a few memories from my vacation to the UK.

But one thing the Brits do have going for them is decent beer, and a load of historical buildings and monuments. Now if only there was a way to experience all this great alcohol and history without having to endure an eight-hour transatlantic flight in a seat with so little legroom it would give a physically stunted ant Deep Vein Thrombosis.

Well I think I've found the answer to the history part of this problem. Head down to Stonehenge II in Kerr County, Texas.

The original Stonehenge is in Salisbury Plains, England and was constructed over 3,500 years ago out of two types of stone - sarsen and bluestone. Stonehenge, The Sequel was the brainchild of Doug Hill and the late Al Shepperd, and was built about 15 years ago out of metal and plaster.

It took about nine months to build, and stands alongside a pair of 13-foot tall Polynesian heads, which Al added after visiting Easter Island. Good job he didn't take a vacation to Venice, otherwise he might have flooded the joint.

There's no truth to the rumors that Al's wife had originally asked him to build a "garden shed", and he misheard her and built a garden head.

Photograph from here.

posted by Dr. Wei, PhD 17:23 E-MAIL THIS POST