Fun Stuff in Columbia

Downtown Columbia has this sculpture.  It’s the World’s Largest Fire Hydrant.  It is 39 feet tall, almost 5 tons, and very cool looking!  Behind it on the wall is a mural called “Tunnelvision” by the same artist (double click on the picture to see it better).  There isn’t much else in this area of town, but this was cool to see!

 

 One of our stops was the U.S. Army Basic Combat Training Museum at Fort Jackson.  It’s supposed to give you a feel for basic training from World War II to present.  We didn’t have to do push-ups and unfortunately we couldn’t climb a wall or shoot a rifle, but we were yelled at by virtual sergeants and could try out the weight of different rifles.

 

This was an interesting exhibit. It's a piece of the World Trade Center and a piece from the Pentagon. Simple but nicely done.