Nonsense: Snowhenge

Snowhenge

	created Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 9:34 PM updated Saturday, January 4, 2003 at 3:30 PM

Today we began construction of a Stonehenge-like structure on the Goshen College campus, using snow.

Our construction technique involved packing snow into David's garbage can by dragging it through snow drifts using an electric cable we found in a dumpster. After this we could with some effort shake it out and have a nice pillar.

We only got three pillar bases done today but we'll head back for more tomorrow, if the snow lasts.

We're also contemplating creating a giant snow-head ? la Easter Island.

packing down the snow to make it more pillarific

Ben and Jonathan, snow engineers extraordinaire

yes, that is a snowball

LIVE ACTION FOOTAGE...NEVER BEFORE SEEN!

Here you can see three finished pillar bases.

Snowhenge Update

created Monday, December 30, 2002 at 10:49 AM


We returned yesterday to complete our construction. As the afternoon progressed we made four arches.	Here, Ben and David use electrical cable to bisect an angle.
Forming a pillar base... Jonathan brought along his minions, a.k.a. siblings Tim and Abby, to help.		We formed the arches by creating two adjacent pillars each out of two trash-cans full of snow, and then placing a cross-piece on top and filling in.
Jonathan shows off his shades and Cuban rebel hat.		The culprits pose for a group shot: from left, Tim, Abby, Ben, Jonathan, and David

Snowhenge is Dead

created Monday, December 30, 2002 at 5:18 PM

After a warm and misty day, Snowhenge is no more.

The destruction was quick and brutal, and we were disappointed not to have a chance at it ourselves.