ʻO nā kiʻi kiʻi 14 i ʻike ʻia ma Eau Claire a me Altoona i kēia pule e hana ʻia i ke ʻano o nā ʻōpala ʻōpala āu e ʻike ai ma ka hale kaʻa o ke kupuna kāne.akā, he mea hoʻonāukiuki lākou i ka wā ma mua: ʻo ka wā i noho aliʻi ai nā dinosaur i ka honua.

ʻO nā Scraposaurs, e like me kā lākou i kapa ʻia ai, ʻo ia ka mea i hana ʻia e ka mea kālai ʻo Minnesota ʻo Dale Lewis, nāna i kūkulu iā lākou mai nā mea i loaʻa a me nā metala ʻōpala mai nā ala kaʻaahi a i nā ʻāpana tractor. Ua kipa aku ka poʻe prehistoric i ke kūlanakauhale ma mua, ua hōʻike ʻia ma Artisan Forge Studios i ka makahiki 2021. Ua hōʻike ʻia lākou i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Sioux, Iowa, a ua hoʻi i kēia manawa i ke awāwa ʻo Chippewa ma ke ʻano o ka Sculpture Tour e hoʻonui mau nei ʻo Eau Claire.

Ua hoʻopuehu ʻia nā Scraposaurs ma ke alanui Galloway (e hoʻomaka ana, e like me ka mea e hana ʻia ana, ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke alanui mai kā mākou Volume One World Headquarters) ma ke ala e hele ai ma ka hikina ma mua o Banbury Place, a i ka River Prairie Drive, a i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka muliwai Prairie o Altoona. (ʻOiai lākou e komo pū ana me T-Rexes a me Spinosaurs, ʻaʻole ʻo nā Scraposaurs a pau he dinosaurs: ʻO ka hōʻiliʻili e hōʻike ana i nā dragonfly nui a me nā bipi musk ʻelua.)

ʻOiai he mea kupanaha, he mea hoʻohenehene wale nō nā mea hao hao no ka hoʻouka kaua nui ʻana, wahi a Julie Pangallo, nāna e mālama i ka Sculpture Tour: Manaʻo ʻo ia he 61 mau kiʻi kiʻi hou e hele mai i ke kūlanakauhale ma kahi o Mei 18. ʻO ia ka mea e lawe mai i ka huina o nā kiʻi i ka huakaʻi. i ka 150, mai ka 100 i keia makahiki aku nei.

"ʻO mākou ka huakaʻi nui loa (kiʻi kiʻi) ma US," wahi a Pangallo.

Ua hoʻomaka ka Sculpture Tour ma kahi o 25 mau kiʻi kiʻi i ka makahiki 2011, a ua ulu mālie a hiki i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei i ka wā i hoʻopili ʻia e Visit Eau Claire, ke keʻena mākaʻikaʻi o ia wahi. "Ua lele nui mākou, a ʻo kahi hapa nui o ia mea ʻo ka hui pū ʻana me Visit Eau Claire a hiki iā mākou ke paʻi i kā lākou waiwai," wahi a Pangallo.

Ma waho aʻe o nā kiʻi kiʻi e hoʻokomo ʻia ma hope o kēia mahina, e paʻa pū ana nā hana noʻeau i kēia makahiki ma ke kahua hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou ma waho o Chippewa Falls a me ka Cannery District ma Eau Claire.

"Ma ke kumu, ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e hōʻea i kahi wahi e hoʻololi ai mākou i kahi hapakolu o lākou i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻo kahi hapakolu e mau loa, a ʻo kahi hapakolu e lilo i mau mea pena," wahi a Pangallo.

I kēia manawa, ke hana nei ka Sculpture Tour and Visit Eau Claire i nā hoʻolālā no ke kolu o ka makahiki o ka Color Block, kahi papahana i lawe mai i nā kiʻi kiʻi lehulehu i nā hale a me nā alaloa ma Altoona a me Eau Claire. E hoʻomaka ana ka hana ʻana i nā kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi hou loa e nā mea hana kiʻi kūloko a me nā mea e puka mai nei i Iune, wahi a Pangallo.