I was having lunch with my mom today and telling her about my new Daily Photo blog, and I asked her if she had any ideas of what I should photograph. I mean, there are lots of pretty sights in Colorado Springs and some obvious things that will I'm sure end up here on the blog eventually, but I wanted something unusual that even the natives might not know about. She mentioned this ironic sight that she and my dad came across while hiking a few months ago: a locked gate with no fence. It sounded so funny that we decided to go and photograph it right then and there.
So my mom and I, dressed for lunching and not hiking, took off for the Edmonson Trailhead (part of the Colorado Front Range Trail), which is just off of Woodmen Road west of the interstate. This gate is not far from the parking lot, maybe 100 yards or so. Check it out: it's chained up, strung with barbed wire and secured with what looks like a brand new combination lock, and yet there's no fence. What a hoot! We had a good laugh over that. And, as serendipity would have it, as I crouched down to take this photo a train came rumbling past, adding to the wild, wild west-ness of it all.
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People do crazy stuff like that. I just saw a bicycle wheel chained up to a pole. I guess the thief stole the bike and left the wheel chained. Maybe somebody stole the fence and left the gate as the posts are in cement and too hard to dig up. Or maybe somebody put it there like a piece of art.
I think this is my first trip to your blog. I am in Brookville, Ohio and it is cold this morning – 13 degree Fahrenheit = -10.5555556 degree Celsius. If I were just walking past you on the street I would probably smile and nod my head. I hope you would too. LOL
I think I would smile too...! Thanks for the comment and come back soon! Tamera
That is strange. I wonder if it used to have a fence attached.
Great picture - just the job for a CDPB blog
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I love it and the train makes it even better!
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