Mike Pearson's Adventures on a Pale Blue Dot

More from the late August 2012 road trip to Lillooet The skidders in the background are described here... http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/08/timberjack-skidder-with-mini-tower-on.html Cat D-7 on the back roads of Lillooet Any opinions on why this winch fairlead is slung so low?...the roller is actually lower than the winch drum

Brian Fitzpatrick and I were on a mission to pick fresh tomatoes at the Old Airport Garden in Lillooet. We were hunting for accommodation for the night. In our pursuit of shelter, we met a representative of the Fort Berens Winery in the oddest combination of hotel lobby/beer and wine store. The woman ( Georgia Colton ) showed us the various products on the shelf of the store and then invited us to stop by the next day for a tasting. Brian had never been to a winery or a tasting...he was very happy to add that to our list of things to do in Lillooet the next day. The next day after photographing rusty things, chatting to a saw mill owner, and picking veggies....we stopped in a the winery. The winery itself is a small, intimate affair with a more fun and relaxed feel, than some other places offer up. The other people at the tasting were at ease and talkative, it felt like being amongst friends.Georgia was part sales person and part entertainer for the time we spent sampling the go...

 On our late summer road trip to Lillooet BC in search of the perfect "pick your own" tomatoes...we thought that the local airport would have an interesting treasure or two. Turns out we were wrong on that one, kind of. There was nothing, but this one lonely plane, but it was definitely a treasure. Not a soul to be seen. An empty ramshackle hangar with the bones of an ultralight plane...and this good looking ( in need of TLC ) old timer. My road trip partner is a pilot, he's thinking that this is a great project. Odd little dents in the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer Aftermarket wing tips and fences Always an eye for detail on airplanes, Brian guessed that it was about a 1955 model...even without Wikipedia or an IPhone....just good old fashioned knowledge filed away for future use. When he researched the tail numbers, it turns out that the owner is a guy that he flew with in Pemberton on another adventure, some years ago. The plane does not hav...