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Fence Post Decor<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I’m back from Great Basin National Park<\/span><\/a> in Nevada. The scenery was spectacular, the weather very pleasant and I had a completely enjoyable time. There weren’t many birds though at this time of the year and those that were around sure wouldn’t cooperate and allow close enough approaches to get quality images. Since it is legal to gamble in Nevada I played a few (winning) hands of poker!<\/p>\n

On the drive up to Great Basin National Park & Lehman Caves<\/span><\/a> there were fence post decorations that made me laugh every time I went by them. The light sucked when I took these images so they aren’t my best quality but it was nice for a change to have more than a few seconds to take my time to focus, as a bird photographer I usually do NOT have that luxury.<\/p>\n

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\"Tin

Tin Can Snake<\/p><\/div>\n

The main entrance to Great Basin National Park is in Snake Valley<\/span><\/a>, Nevada and snakes seem to play into the theme of some of these fence decorations. I bet this one “rattles” in the wind!<\/p>\n

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\"2000

2000 Pounds<\/p><\/div>\n

I haven’t figured out the what this one means or why the guy has a rag in his hands but I sure do like the background.<\/p>\n

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\"Anywhere

Anywhere but Here<\/p><\/div>\n

What an inventive way to re-use and recycle an old microwave, bread dough machine, worn gloves & boots, a baking pan, old piping material and a folding chair. Notice how the thumb of the glove is pointing down? Maybe the person who created this doesn’t like living in Snake Valley and wants to be “Anywhere but Here!”.<\/p>\n

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\"Bob

Bob Wire<\/p><\/div>\n

Whoever decorated this section really has a sense of humor using barbed wire to create the outline of a man’s shape. I wonder how much blood they lost making “Bob Wire”.<\/p>\n

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\"Barb

Barb Wire<\/p><\/div>\n

Of course Bob would have been lonely without “Barb Wire”! These two are tremendously wired even without going to Nevada’s Casinos!<\/p>\n

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\"Ssssssssnake

Ssssssssnake Valley<\/p><\/div>\n

Here is the “Snake” theme again with the snake’s body creating the “V” in Valley. I’m not sure what that object is on the far right, any guesses?<\/p>\n

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\"Grate

Grate Basin<\/p><\/div>\n

This one cracked me up every time I went by it, an old urinal basin hung on a grate! Not that I have ever used a urinal which is grate!<\/p>\n

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\"Wheel+ER+Peek,

Wheel+ER+Peek<\/p><\/div>\n

I actually didn’t figure out what this one meant until this morning. The highest mountain in Great Basin National Park is Wheeler Peak at 13, 063 feet in elevation. So wheel + er + peeking man = Wheeler Peak! Duh, why did that take me so long to figure out when there is a great view of the mountain from that fence post?<\/p>\n

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\"Bristle

Bristle Cone<\/p><\/div>\n

This one I figured out right away, bristles in a cone. Great Basin National Park is known for having several Bristlecone Pine Tree forests within the park boundaries. I’m sure though that I would NOT want to lick the bristles in that cone!<\/p>\n

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\"Rollin

Rollin Springs<\/p><\/div>\n

“Rollin Spring” must feed into nearby Lehman Creek in this area but I couldn’t find it on the map I had.<\/p>\n

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\"Rollin

Rollin Ranch<\/p><\/div>\n

There may well be a Rollin’ Ranch behind the fence in this location!<\/p>\n

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\"Alien

Alien Road Watcher<\/p><\/div>\n

Ever feel like someone or something is watching you? In this case it would be an alien road watcher, he (or she) is all set up to last all day & night long, notice the radio? The hat and shades to protect him (or her) from the hot desert sun, the Tiki torch to light the night and the easy to use Beer dispenser? Oh yeah, and his (or her) \u00a0“wheel” chair too. Yes, they are there for the duration. And if they need to tinkle they can wheel on over to the Grate Basin urinal \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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\"Wheelius

Wheelius metallica rustifaria \u2013 Metal spider<\/p><\/div>\n

I really wasn’t sure about this Metal Spider decoration but while researching the flora and fauna of the park I saw that they are asking citizen scientists to help with spider studies in the park and that they hope to find some new species by doing the study.<\/p>\n

This spider just wants to be found and have its 15 minutes of fame and is willing to take the “plunge” by being out in the open. I’d call it Wheelius metallica rustifaria <\/em><\/strong>of the class Arachnida.<\/p>\n

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\"Smiley

Smiley Face<\/p><\/div>\n

This one is easy, a smilin’ face. Perhaps it is smiling because of the great name I picked out for the metal spider!<\/p>\n

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\"Spare

Spare Water<\/p><\/div>\n

This one must have been designed by a person who is concerned about water usage in a desert valley. Please don’t “pin” me down for my interpretation though!<\/p>\n

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\"Hello

Hello Gorgeous<\/p><\/div>\n

This decoration spoke directly<\/em><\/strong> to me! No… it WAS not the voices in my head!<\/p>\n

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\"Where

Where Cowboy Mannequins Go to Die<\/p><\/div>\n

And last, but not least, is Baker’s version of “Boot Hill”, where Cowboy Mannequins go to tip up their toes and die. Or maybe it is Cowgirls, that exposed leg looks kind of shapely.<\/p>\n

These were so humorous I just had to share even though they have little to do with nature. Hmm, they have a lot to do with HUMAN nature though!<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

See more of my Miscellaneous photos here<\/span><\/a> in their gallery.<\/p>\n

Mia

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