| It's not a new four by until
you get it stuck. But first, we swing through the port to weigh it. There's
4750 lbs of snow on the scales, which went to 10,500 with 2 people and the
gear from his old rig. You do the arithmatic. |
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Near by, Lampson has been testing the new crane they built.
The head block is reeved 50 parts, double row & twin leads. The rig
has a 2600 ton capacity. |
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Weighed in complete with coffee & cookies, we headed
up past the Nine Canyon wind project.....
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Into open country. |
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See, it's not totally ... |
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featureless out here. |
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Happily unstuck from... |
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where the skid plates sleded us up on the wind packed crust. |
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We are about a thousand feet above the Columbia River (center left)... |
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and still climbing as we continue south |
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Guess which way the prevailing
winds blow. |
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Be sure to pay attention to the road signs. |
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The sun sparkles in the snow blowing over the edge of the drift. |
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Bunch grass. |
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The weather is closing in on us, so we'll head west for awile. |
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Back under open skies by sunset, Adondo sets up for a sunset shot. It's 11 degrees with a slight breeze... |
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but the colors never came to life like we hoped they would. |
