Mike Pearson's Adventures on a Pale Blue Dot

The first rusty machine to be spotted  on the Vancouver Island road trip. I spied the top of the logging arch as we zoomed south, towards Victoria. It took a while to find a safe spot to turn around. When I turned off the highway to go back, I found this ... http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/08/vancouver-island-field-logger.html When I was finished with the skidder, I doubled back to the property with the D-6 and Arch set-up. The owner was out working on his KW livestock hauler rig...and was only to happy to chat and allow me into his field to grab a few photos. The post that features a 1939 D-7 from the same trip is here..( also roadside ) http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/08/1939-d-7-cat.html Fancy wheels on the logging arch and hard rubber tires ( many decades before low profile tires and 22" rims were popular )

 From the Sea to Sky highway improvement project. The quest to upgrade the old Squamish highway in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler. I recently found new images on photo discs that I had squirreled away...haven't been seen in 4-5 years. The first installment on the South Interchange is here ... http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/02/drill-bits-and-dynamitepart-eighteenthe.html Installing formwork at the very complex interchange The active lanes were changed many times as the construction progressed. When work was done in one section, the lanes were pushed over to open up new ground. This done because the traffic had to keep flowing unimpeded while the multi-year job was under way Bowen Island in the background Top right is the road down to the Horseshoe Bat ferry terminal. Eagleridge overpass and the dirt road up into Cut 4 and the rest of the overland route ( the only brand new section of the S2S project ) ...