Good Fences - Vinyl Meets Fire

Near the town of Methow, Washington, is a pretty little horse farm with white vinyl fencing for their pasture. The recent firestorm left their farm fairly intact except for where the fire burned close to one of their fence lines. As you can see, the fencing didn't fare very well against the heat and is not quite good fencing these days. The good news is that the horses were safe.

Linking to TexWisGirl and her Good Fences meme.

Good Fences - Grand Coulee

Recycled Large Wooden Spool Ends Fence - Grand Coulee, Washington

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Good Fences - Montana

First I was captured by the buttes (or mesas, plateaus or table landforms) receding into the distance. Then I noticed the fence. :-)

Along I-94 (or maybe it was still I-90) in Eastern Montana

Linking with TexWisGirl and the Good Fences meme over at the Run*A*Round Ranch.

Good Fences - Rural Rest Area

US Hwy 6 (Grand Army of the Republic Highway) Rest Area - Someone in the Nevada Desert east of Tonopah

Linking to Good Fences at the Run*A*Round Ranch. A weekly meme where fences make good neighbors.

Good Fences - It Takes All Kinds

On our recent trip to Nevada, we passed several different kinds of snow fencing. I started snapping photos in Oregon.

Oregon - Along I-84

More Along I-84 in Oregon

Even more along I-84 in Oregon

Little did we know that the next day we would actually be driving in the snow. In a Corvette, no less! If that didn't add some stress and/or excitement to the day! Whew. I was glad when we finally got far enough south in Nevada to get out of the snow zone.

Along US 93 in Nevada

More from US 93

One More from US 93

As you can see, it takes all kinds of fencing to help keep the drifting snow off of the roadways in the winter.

I am joining up with the Run*A*Round Ranch and the Good Fences meme which was recently started to take the place of Friday's Fences.

All Aboard!

My work schedule was really hectic in January with having to work at a couple of boat shows on the weekends along with my regular work schedule. One of the shows was in Seattle, Washington. To get there, I took Amtrak from the Wenatchee station. The cost of the train versus fuel, parking and the hassle of dealing with mountain passes via car was significantly less. Plus I love to travel by train.

The train crosses the Cascade Mountains and then runs alongside Puget Sound from Everett to Seattle. It is a very picturesque trip!

Waiting to leave the Wenatchee station

Passing through Skykomish

West of Skykomish

Snohomish

West of Snohomish

Everett Station

Leaving Everett station

Coming into Mukilteo with the Olympic Mountains in the background (do you see the Ferry?)

Mukilteo Lighthouse

Interesting facade on apartment building near Edmonds

Point of land with marine layer near Edmonds

Pedestrian Bridge to get to the Beach

Train Engine in the mist

Crossing at the Ballard Locks

The return trip two days later was at sunset.

Seattle Bridge

Ballard

Sunset over Puget Sound

Sunset on the Sound

Linking to Friday's Fences and Sunday Bridges.

Friday's Fences - Rural Minnesota

Taken last March.

Somewhere out in the country near Buffalo, Minnesota

Linking to Jan & Jer's Friday's Fences.

Friday's Fences - Bird House

Fence Near Wilbur, Washington

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Friday's Fences - The Eagle and Raccoons

Here's another piece of art by Chad Smith in the park near my winter home in Minnesota (BTW, there is something wrong with that statement - shouldn't I have a winter home in say, Arizona?)

The Eagle & Raccoons

Check out the details!

Linking to Jan & Jer's Friday Fences.

Friday's Fences - One Last Blast of Color

Methow Valley, Washington

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Friday's Fences - Say What?

My question is do they expect you to drive in through the front door to park?

Strange Parking Sign in Spokane, Washington

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Friday's Fences - Mazama

Mazama, Washington

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Friday's Fences - It's Corny

I have driven past the Sculpture Park in New York Mills, Minnesota many times. I stopped last winter but it was snow-covered and I didn't get out to take many photos. This week after work, I stopped in for the sole purpose of photographing the brightly painted yellow metal ribbon fence. It was harder than I thought. The park is surrounded on three sides by roads including a main highway and off-ramp plus a county road and another street. I was trying to keep as much of the road surfaces as possible out of view.

It wasn't until I got up closer to the fence that I noticed the fence adornments were metal ears of corn. Then I got even closer and noticed the differences in the pieces. Each one was personalized in some way. One ear of corn was stamped "Cast Iron Corn 1997". In doing an internet search, a sculptor by the name of Coral Lambert was involved in this fence project. The ears of corn were done by residents of New York Mills during a community pour. I really enjoyed some of the work that was done. I hope you enjoy it, too! (click on each picture to see a larger version)

Linking up to Friday's Fences hosted by Jan & Jer.