There is a really nice 3 mile auto loop around the Monte Vista Refuge. There is also a short hiking trail on the loop that meanders through some wetlands. We drive around the loop pretty often and see lots of birds.
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Blue-winged Teal
Eared Grebe
Northern Harrier
Sage Thrasher
Vesper Sparrow
The Refuge was able to get new interpretive signs for the auto loop and we were given the task of replacing the old signs with the new signs.
Our first task was removing the old signs and cleaning the metal frames. Our ATV training came in handy!
I painted all the new signs with an anti-graffiti coating.
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We then painted the metal frames. Mark had to drill drain holes on a couple of the frames.
Finally, we installed the new signs (13 in all).
Old sign
New sign
The new signs are very colorful! They look really nice!
We are going to use the old signs around the Alamosa auto loop. We will start installing them today.
Does that coating allow you to easily remove graffiti?
ReplyDeleteThe coating peels off very easily (too easily, in my opinion!) and is suppose to peel any graffiti off with it. This stuff was VERY expensive so I hope it does what it’s supposed to do. I might test it out on one of the old signs that we’re not going to reuse. I’ll let you know how it works!
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I've never seen that graffiti stuff... been a few times I'd sure have loved having THAT! Wonder if it deters bullet holes as well? ;-)
ReplyDeleteThey need to make a coating that will send the bullet back in the direction it came from :)
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