This week, Cee is inviting us to play Chutes and Ladders for her Fun Foto Challenge. I always knew the game as Snakes and Ladders back home in the UK (it was the first board game to which I was introduced, as a child) and snakes would probably have been easier to find in the photo files but I did eventually manage to locate a couple of chutes to go along with the ladders.
Chutes and ladders at the Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford, Illinois.
Chutes and ladders in a couple of children’s play areas in Wisconsin, the second being at the Green Bay Botanical Garden.
This one is rather like a puzzle. Can you spot the ladder? Part of a mural at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center in Ashland, Wisconsin.
A rough but sturdy ladder at the Apple River Fort in Elizabeth, Illinois.
You may be wondering what the last picture has to do with chutes or ladders. I would be rather baffled too if I hadn’t learned, while on a trip to Grand Rapids, Michigan, that this is what is known as a fish ladder. The ladder, which is really a series of shallow steps, enables fish to get around dams, locks or waterfalls during their migration.
For more on Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge go to https://ceenphotography.com/2016/12/13/cees-fun-foto-challenge-chutes-and-ladders/
Getting the Picture 
That last photo is very instructive. I’ve heard of fish ladders but have yet to see one in real life.
I had no Idea what it was when I first saw it and came up with all kinds of weird ideas to explain its purpose.
Your photos are perfect for this week’s challenge. Thanks for playing.
Thanks, Cee!
Loved the photos especially the sturdy ladder 🙂
Thank you!
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Chutes is also the French word for rapids and sometimes for (water) falls, so the fish ladder is a type of “chutes.”
Interesting! Thanks, Bunty.
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Merry Christmas, Sue 🙂
Thank you, Jo! Merry Christmas to you too.