Saturday night we went to visit the Vulcan at Vulcan Park. We were trying to get there at sunset but missed it, so it was totally dark out when we went. According to the website, “Vulcan Park is home to the world’s largest cast iron statue and features spectacular views of Birmingham. ” Here’s the statue from the parking log, with the moon in the background.
The best part about the Vulcan is that he’s sort of on the edge of a cliff, facing towards the city. (More on this to come in a minute.) If you stood beneath the vulcan, facing the way he does, you get a lovely view of the city like this:
The second best part of the vulcan is that he is on a pedestal that is 124 feet high. The third best part about the vulcan is that you can ride an elevator to get to the top of the pedestal where the vulcan resides.
If you put these three best things about the vulcan together, you discover that the brilliant engineers who constructed the elevator had no choice but to place the elevator shaft at the rear of the monument. So what do you see when you step off the elevator?
Smokin’ hot, half-naked Vulcan Butt. Oh, did I mention that the fourth best thing about the Vulcan is that he’s wearing a little apron and not much more? Poor guy, he’s the butt of a lot of cheeky jokes around town.
Here’s Amy’s artistic rendering of the Vulcan Butt.
See, Birmingham has lots of fun things to offer!
After the 2-for-1 Sake sale at happy hour at Sakura, we needed martinis like we needed a hole in the head. And this morning, that’s about what it felt like.
