On Friday our hosts brought us to the Gallatin International Speedway in Belgrade, Montana. The races were loud, fast, and full of cheering fans, beer and half burned gasoline fumes. We were not able to get the Porta Hedge to … Continue reading
The Little Big Horn Battlefield has been memorialized as one of the last armed efforts of the Northern Plains Indians to preserve their way of life. We visited this important field with the Porta Hedge on our way through Montana. … Continue reading
Much of eastern Montana is without cell phone reception, so our mobile broadband that makes this blog possible has been on the fritz yesterday and today. After an extended drive through the eastern part of the state, we arrived in … Continue reading
What an amazing rugged landscape is Roosevelt National Park! Rugged and completely accessible. We drove the paved road through the park with the Porta Hedge, spotting some wildlife along the way and admiring the geological formations that originally earned the … Continue reading
We heard talk of herds, but what we met was a solitary grazer along the road. The buffalo was oblivious to the Porta Hedge – it’s easy to see why the park posts signs up everywhere warning visitors to stay … Continue reading
Anyone traveling along I94 in North Dakota must visit Salem Sue, the world’s largest Holstein Cow. Standing at a whopping 38 feet tall, 50 feet long, and weighing in at 1200 lbs., this 35 year old cow would have no … Continue reading
The Porta Hedge spends some time alone in the parking lot of CA$H WI$E FOODS in Fargo, North Dakota while we get the oil changed on the suburban.
Porta Hedge parked on I94 in western Minnesota following some white out rain storms charging through from the north; after the rain passes the clouds hang low out over the expanse of fields. Corn for miles. Rest stops are far … Continue reading
Last night the Porta Hedge rolled through northern Pennsylvania, across Ohio, Indiana and Illinois into Wisconsin on I90 and I94. As we drive farther into the Midwest, the road has straightened considerably and the Porta Hedge is able to travel … Continue reading
An expanse of grass overlooking Lake Chautauqua was the perfect location for 20 feet of artificial hedge and observation of the summer community strolling by on the nearby street. We happened also to attract the attention of the neighboring preschool, … Continue reading
I am posting a few of the composite drawings that have developed on the Porta Hedge’s chalkboards. At each location, visitors are invited to erase and draw at their discretion, so the drawings here are a culmination of our visits … Continue reading
A quick detour from the New York State Thruway to Goat Island. None of us had seen Niagra Falls from the American side and the international tourist contingent proved an enticing publicity opportunity for the Porta Hedge. View Larger Map
The Porta Hedge sited in Truro, Massachusetts between its trip down to Cape Cod and the opening at the Fine Arts Work Center. While on location in Truro, the Hedge was introduced to weasels and ticks for the first time!
The Porta Hedge may be mobile, but it’s still a hedge! On Friday we blocked the view of some garbage cans quite successfully at the opening of the exhibition browser, inter-actor, coauthor, producer, nomad at the Fine Arts Work Center, … Continue reading
THE ROOF LEAKED! We had a torrential downpour on Tuesday and regrettably the Porta Hedge developed a small leak in the roof along a seam. Our friends Bob and Martha Naylor at Windy Hill Farm in Newport, New Hampshire provided … Continue reading
First tank of gas, the Porta Hedge replaces parking spot at the pump with greenery. Weatherproofing at Walmart in Claremont, New Hampshire
The Porta Hedge pulled into Hanover Monday morning for a two day visit to Dartmouth College’s eMotion Summer Arts Festival. Students, campus tour groups and residents stopped in to find out why a large hedge on wheels was sited on … Continue reading
The Porta Hedge has embarked on it’s month-long July tour of the United States this week. First stop, Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH for the eMotion Summer Arts Festival. We’ll be parked behing McNutt Hall just off the Hanover Green … Continue reading