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• On our day trip two days ago we drove as far as Sparwood, BC. One very well known attraction in this small BC town is the Terex Titan dump truck. It was manufactured by General Motors of Canada, and is to date the world's largest tandem axle truck ever built.
Titan was brought to Sparwood in 1978 to work the mines. It is powered by a 16 cylinder locomotive engine, and delivers 3300 horsepower. Want some numbers? Height = 6.88m (22'7"), Length = 20.09m (65'11"), Width = 7.57m (24'10"), Weight = 260 tons, Tires are 3.35m (11') in diameter. Titan is able to carry two buses plus two pickup trucks in its box, and each tire alone weights 4 tons.
This monstrosity of a truck was retired in 1990 because it was no longer cost efficient. Since then, it stands there for tourist to enjoy.
Titan parts
Titan makes you feel so small
Titan and the mountain
• i-gizmo challenge for March 5, 2005 was Musician.
It came to be @ 10:24 AM MT
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Your photos show how lucky you are to have found your way to such beautiful country! What do you do there to make a living? Buster.
buster stronghart | 03.06.05 - 11:27 pm |
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We're doing ok, thank you ;-)).
Lorien | 03.07.05 - 10:22 am |
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those are monster indeed!
I've been here before, but I didn't realized JoLoLog is Calgary-based. You guys have some pretty neat stuff here, hurray to a fellow Alberta blogger =)
ren | 03.07.05 - 10:29 am |
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Thanks, ren :-)).
Lorien | 03.07.05 - 1:27 pm |
Photo Friday challenge for yesterday was Obsession. Now you tell us... Having so many bird houses on one wall... that's a bizarre obsession, isn't it? *s*. Anyway, we think it's a cool find for this challenge.
We had a lovely day trip yesterday, which needs more time to tell about and show... and since we're going to go out again today, it'll have to wait for tomorrow. The sun is our friend these days, and we don't want to miss any opportunity to enjoy its warmth outside our walls. We're sure it'll go away again in a few days... after all, winter is still here *s*.
Obsession
It came to be @ 10:58 AM MT
Remember the other day, when we decided to drive to the Bow river and spend the afternoon and early evening walking around? Here are two more photos from the Pearce Estate Park, from the part which was developed as a wetland ecosystem. It's still mostly frozen around there, but here and there we could see puddles of water starting to appear. The sun was low, it colored everything with warm yellows and oranges, and shined into the water. It was just fantastic! *s*
Ray
The wishes pool
It came to be @ 07:38 AM MT
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I so enjoy my journey with you guys!
Joe | 03.04.05 - 7:54 pm |
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really beautiful captures of this province of ours : ) I love the way the light dances in the reflection in this one!
daisies | 03.08.05 - 1:30 pm |
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Thanks, guys :-)). Welcome to our place, daisies. Nice to see you here :-)).
Lorien | 03.08.05 - 4:27 pm |
Thursday Challenge for today is Road. Those photos (there's another one here) were taken at Kananaskis country, a 4250 square kilometers area, located 90 kilometers west of Calgary. It's a recreational area which supplies opportunities for outdoor activities all year round. The scenery of the Rockies and valleys is just breathtaking, and everyone can find some activity to their liking.
The first photo (the one you look at) was taken 1 hour after the second photo (here). We just drove back to the same stop area off the highway, and took a photo to the other direction.
What can we say... this scenery always lift our spirits up high. It does lots of good for our mental health *s*.
Road to magnificent
It came to be @ 03:30 PM MT
Yesterday has become an unexpected day off for Joe and myself. The weather was gorgeous. It was a sunny 12C day, and we decided to drive to the Bow river and spend the afternoon and early evening walking around. We chose the Pearce Estate Park, which was renovated for the last few years with a purpose to develop the wetland ecosystem which was already there, where students can come and learn about it.
One of the features in this park is the Western Headworks Diversion Weir. The purpose of the weir is to divert water for irrigation into a canal for use by farmers. The second photo portrays the weir as it looks in winter. The first photo is the summer version of the weir, when the water flow right above it and fall down.
Summer weir
Winter weir
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This is a strong winter image. Great site. Thanks for your recent comment as well. Good Luck...
Zag | 03.03.05 - 1:04 am |
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Such an amazing photo...
Canada, so that's where I have to go to finally have winters with lots of snow and ice :-)).
Over here in the Netherlands we had snow all day long yesterday and the whole country was a mess with airports that were closed etc., and it was just 30 a 50 cm of snow ... strange but true...
Gadisa | 03.03.05 - 8:06 am |
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Wow! Looks like an earth quake! Have a good day.
Joe | 03.03.05 - 9:06 am |
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amazing picture. I agree with Joe, it looks like an earthquake
Tine | 03.03.05 - 12:16 pm |
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Thanks, all, for the lovely comments :-)).
Zag, you're most welcome :-)).
Gadisa, I know how strange it is for you guys to have so much snow all of a sudden... and how hard to cope...
Joe and Tine, you're so right... It sure looks like a huge crack there... you should've seen the huge blocks of ice... wow!!! :-)).
Lorien | 03.03.05 - 1:28 pm |
This photo touched my heart deeply yesterday... but why? When we took it five weeks ago, I remember being saddened to see this fallen tree, because it wasn't clear who tried taking it down without finishing the job. It seemed it wasn't the forest people... when they decide on cutting off a tree, they don't leave it like that, hanging on. So, who was it?
But yesterday, when I looked at this photo, the sense of pain was sharp. I wondered for a while... why?... and then I knew. I had a previous talk with my brother yesterday morning, and he mentioned I'm loosing my grip on the Hebrew language (which is my birth language). He said that when I talk, it's clear sometimes I'm translating English to Hebrew, and my sentences come out a bit odd..
I knew he was so very right, because I just thought about the same thing the day before. When I moved to Canada almost six years ago, I used to translate my thoughts and words from Hebrew to English all the time, and the whole process made me very tired. Back then Joe used to tell me to give it time, to be patient. I did, and now it seems I got used to live and dream in English, and I'm doing the whole translation gig backwards... Now I'm translating from English to Hebrew. Darn! First, I sounded odd in English. Now, I sound odd in Hebrew as well...
That is painful in a way. I was always very proud to master the Hebrew language, and at the same time I knew I'll never be able to master the English language to the same degree. It's this feeling of hanging between two worlds that brings the painful sensation. I love my new life and I've put down roots here, but still... there's this uncut connection to my past - my homeland, my birth language, my culture, the smells and sights of my childhood, the people I left behind - that will always be there... and won't be cut... ever.
Yesterday, this tree brought it all up again. And today, to bring a smile to this heart, a real card from Anne came into our mailbox. She is my friend, Anne... I'm very thankful for having her in my life... and the card came just in time!
Pain... still
Pain
It came to be @ 01:52 PM MT
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Hey girl, that Beaver has been busy! Took him awhile to cut that one. We have beaver in the creek. They can cut a tree down pretty quick! I only speak English but I have been told to learn another language you have to think in that language. Ann is a special girl. I try to get by to see her every day!
Joe | 03.01.05 - 5:05 pm |
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yeah, it's a beaver doing its job! nice photo, I really like the contrast of the bark with the wood.
potty | 03.01.05 - 11:11 pm |
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A beaver doing its job? That had to be a huge beaver, no? Wow! Thanks for the comments, guys :-)).
Lorien | 03.02.05 - 4:13 pm |
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