Tall Fences

October 11, 2026

Day 11 we made it to Wyoming, the least populated state!! For us introverts, this made us very happy!!

That day’s travel was long and windy. But the scenery was amazing! It kept rotating between bluffs to rolling hills, to plateaus and mesas, to fields and pastures, with a huge sky all around. I saw several herds of antelope as well.

After having lunch at the Invasion Bar in Kaycee, population less than 300, I noticed that the fences along the interstate were twice as high as they had been. I wondered why so I googled it, of course!

I found out that this 36-mile section of Interstate 25 between Kaycee and Buffalo was the second highest interstate deer collision stretch in Wyoming. So the WYldlife Fund, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Bass Pro Shops, Cabela’s and others got together to put up 8-foot-tall wildlife exclusion fencing to funnel big game toward special underpasses like the one in the photos above. With cattle guards at each exit and onramp to the interstate in that section, the project was completed in 2024 and cost $3.8 million. And it’s saving lives of animals and humans. How cool is that!

This situation reminds me of the guards we as Christians are to have on our hearts and minds.

Proverbs 4:23, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”

Philippians 4:8, “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”

Matthew 12:34, “For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.”

What is your heart full of today?