Mike Pearson's Adventures on a Pale Blue Dot

This post is dedicated to the two old abandoned trucks that were on a waterfront acreage, sitting idle for approximately 60 years. There were dozens of other pieces of gear on the property...all very interesting in their own right. These two old gems...were my faves. I will leave link to the story about finding the property here.. http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2011/10/how-i-became-photographer.html   http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/01/here-are-series-of-infrared-images-from.html A couple years ago, when a few more people got wind of the isolated property....several pieces of gear were removed by collectors and other interested parties. These are photos of what I am told is an old Peterbilt, sitting in it's new location. I have cropped the photos fairly tight, to keep the current location a bit of a secret. All the people who really need to know where it is...already do. These images were ta...

Videos from the Canada Day visit to a hidden grove of heavy-duty logging equipment in the BC rainforest. These were taken during the process of clearing a path into the site to get a better images. Stars of the show are Off-Highway logging trucks and dump trucks, 3 different kinds of tank drills, a cable log loader and a log yarder chassis ...all tucked away from prying eyes. Thanks to my son for coming out to help clear the trees away and trail building. 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"

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...