Good stuff!

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And now you also know where many of the surplus/retired US military CH-54 Tarhe Skycranes went.

Perhaps this one that I took a photo of in 1970- or 71 is now flying for Erickson..or parts of it anyway.

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And folks wonder why lumber is so damn expensive.

Boonie, I initially suspected that "forbidden wood" was something your wife might've had some say in.

I enjoyed that video. I spent a lot of summers up in that area from 1990-2010. One adventure was reported here... Would you be concerned after swallowing these?

In this picture from that thread, you can see scars on the mountains from the logging.




I always enjoyed hiking the old logging roads up there (from the early 1900's) with the hound. Damn, I miss her.

I remember watching one these huge helicopters lift a heating unit onto the roof of Steering gear plant 5 from the roof of plant 4. The thing that amazed me was how much the rotors dished as the helicopter picked up the load. It makes sense, but it was not something I had thought about before then.

quote Originally posted by Patrick:

Very pretty dog!

I couldn't help but notice the stacked rocks. I'd suspect that was done by visiting Chinese tourists. That's a "thing" that they do all over the United States at almost all the National Parks around the US. The Park Rangers absolutely hate it because they see it as disturbing the natural landscape. They're called "cairns," and it's primarily a Buddhist thing meant to commemorate a spiritual feeling or event (or something to that effect). Unfortunately... almost everywhere you go now throughout the US (and I suspect Canada now too), all the natural parks are littered with these. I think to some extent they're cool... but it really does disrupt landscape that had been left largely untouched by humans.


https://friendsofthesmokies...log/dont-move-rocks/

https://www.hcn.org/article...ave-the-stones-alone

https://www.azcentral.com/s...cks-sedona/32413703/

quote Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: Very pretty dog!

Thanks Todd. Yes... Frankie was a fine looking, high spirited Siberian Husky. She had a great life for 15 years. I was so thankful to be a part of it.

quote Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: I couldn't help but notice the stacked rocks. I'd suspect that was done by visiting Chinese tourists.

Not necessarily. Up here, I think it's more of an inukshuk thing.




In the picture with Frankie, that was the only time in 20 years of going up to that location that I had ever seen rocks stacked in this manner (which was why I grabbed a shot, taken in August of 2009). It's a very remote area. I doubt very much it was Chinese tourists in this situation. They're too busy buying up Vancouver... but that's a different topic for another day.

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