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Lost treasure trove of Abandoned Logging Machines....Part One

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Canada Day 2012, what better way to celebrate than to go into the Canadian rain forest in search of lost mechanized treasures. The growth of the alder trees and underbrush was fairly intimidating, We only had hand tools, but faced a solid wall of green where we wanted to get into. We threw ourselves into the task for about half an hour and started to see good progress. That lead to hours more cutting,. pruning and dragging debris away. The results were definitely worth the effort, the hulking old logging gear was ready for it's close-up shot. Videos of the this site are here.. Press on the "YouTube" logo to get a bigger image. When you get to the YouTube site...then you can press the icon for "full screen" When you are done looking at these photos, and have a few minutes to spare...here is a link to a story that was on the front page of the Province newspaper on May 13 2012. It's a tale about a tragic workplace death of a friend of mine at Toba Inle...

Photos of Derelict West Coast Logging Machines...One More Time...Yet again

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From a road trip in the Spring of 2012. Same area, different angles when you are ready here is the link to "Logging Truck Bones"   http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/04/logging-truck-bones.html