Sadly, this is pretty much the last hurrah of one of my favorite sunset photo subjects: the post at the northwest corner of the Double Ditch site.  I visited the site last night for a long overdue sunset photo, and found that it’s barely hanging on.

I posted last year about how this post was endangered by the erosion which was causing the cliffs of Double Ditch to collapse.  At that time, it still had a little bit of dirt holding it somewhat in place.

I hadn’t actually done anything really stupid lately, so I thought I’d hold my camera out over the top of the post.  As you can see, there’s nothing holding it from tumbling into the Big Muddy except the strands of rusty barbed wire which tether it to the metal posts further from the abyss.

Here are some of my favorite sunset photos taken from this location, for comparison:

As you can see, this has been a photogenic and dependable subject for me over many sunsets over the past nine years.

Again, you can see that the only thing holding it up this far is the tenacious grip of that rusty barned wire.  Well, you had a good run, faithful post.  It’s sad to see you go.  I’m glad I could get one last sunset photo in before the inevitable happens.

Yes, I know that title should probably contain a comma. 🙂