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[1976gmc20]

wife was having a conniption, she hates heights...(tee-hee)

I remember the first time driving over the Nass River bridge! Was towing a travel trailer and the road was very narrow back then. Come around a corner through the trees and there it was! Not much for railings back then, just a timber curb. Not much time to get lined up straight either. I've seen recent pictures and it's like a super-highway now although still single lane.

Also a little farther north the first Bell-Irving bridge was a brand new steel replacement for what had apparently been an old log bridge down closer to the river. There was no deck at all on the bridge, just a pair of planks for tire tracks laid down on the steel beams! We pulled in and camped on a steep clearing just to the left on the south side. Drove the back wheels of the pickup up on some timbers to level the trailer. It's all filled in and/or grown over now, but the same round top steel bridge is still there.

That was all back in September 1977.

[dieseldawg142]

Originally Posted by MTCK

Nice work on the fridge install! Bummer about your steering but at least you picked a time to drive the crew when oil is under 30 bucks a barrel...

thanks MTCK!
ya, can't complain about fuel
dual 20's on the crew, last yr it cost me about $200-220 to fill up, yesterday it cost me $58 bucks to fill one tank- loving it!

Originally Posted by 1976gmc20

I remember the first time driving over the Nass River bridge! Was towing a travel trailer and the road was very narrow back then. Come around a corner through the trees and there it was! Not much for railings back then, just a timber curb. Not much time to get lined up straight either. I've seen recent pictures and it's like a super-highway now although still single lane.

Also a little farther north the first Bell-Irving bridge was a brand new steel replacement for what had apparently been an old log bridge down closer to the river. There was no deck at all on the bridge, just a pair of planks for tire tracks laid down on the steel beams! We pulled in and camped on a steep clearing just to the left on the south side. Drove the back wheels of the pickup up on some timbers to level the trailer. It's all filled in and/or grown over now, but the same round top steel bridge is still there.

That was all back in September 1977.

my wife is deathly afraid of heights. more than 2 feet off the ground and she goes into panic mode...should have seen her on the open chair gondola lift at Banff the other yr...don't think any amount of talking or cajoling would ever get her on another open chair lift..

took the mutts up by Welch peak, weather was beauty-ous!


hiked up about a 1000 feet to this old dam that was used to power steam donkeys for logging back in the early 19 century. date on the concrete was 1910

[dieseldawg142]

sorta nice view from the dam


good shot of Rumbledawg lookin' all handsome....


....but not for long...he rolled in something. not sure if it's deer poop, bear skat or what, but it sure was gushy...and stinky

[dieseldawg142]

up in the mountains and snow today..

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[dieseldawg142]

[dieseldawg142]

been on a bit of a downer last couple weeks after finding out my parents passed, so said the hay wit it and took the fam dam and quads out to unwind a bit.
heading out


poser shots...


heading up to Sowerby peak