hi Alistair and others...
Here are some pics of or tripto Vancouver Island... logger roads... it's
not the same car under the tree but quite close...
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=2069498
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=2069499
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=2069500
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=2069501
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=2069502
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=2069496
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=2069497

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 5:32 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Dan I’m confused, not unusual but...
>
> That cortina under log is at Gordon River camp, a wee bit  south and out
> of a direct path to cape scott :-)
>
> Surely you must have seen it on another trip?
>
> Alistair
>
> On Jul 24, 2020, at 8:12 AM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> yup... it's the car under the tree I am talking about .. we were on our
> way to Cape Scott Provincial Park on our tin top synco. Large gravels on
> the road and a lot of washboard.. I will dig out some pictures..
>
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 7:51 AM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hey dan,
>>
>> Took a pic of the locally famous car under a tree ( cortina mkIII) some
>> years ago at the old Gordon river logging camp. The car is gone now.
>>
>> https://shufti.blog/2011/03/27/gordon-river-trip/
>>
>> Interesting history of that particular camp, some info online if you do
>> some search. Late 40s into the 50s was one of the largest camps in the
>> province. More like a small town with school, stores, etc.
>>
>> Had reputation of producing some of the best old growth doug fir.
>> Changing tech etc made these camps obsolete.
>>
>> Alistair
>>
>> On Jul 22, 2020, at 8:48 AM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> *"Here on the island there are towns, communities, that can only be
>> reached by logging roads."*
>>
>> yes.. specially in the Northern part of Vancouver Island. I remember
>> seeing a shoe tree on the side of a logging road... and a car wreck under a
>> tree on display...
>>
>> http://holberg.ca/project/nearby-attractions/
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 8:31 AM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> Well that’s the problem with assumptions.
>>>
>>> Here on the island there are towns, communities, that can only be
>>> reached by logging roads.
>>>
>>> Dirt, gravel, roads that are used by logging trucks and associated
>>> equipment. And also used by locals travelling to and from communities.
>>>
>>> The logging dynamic here on the island has changed over the last 50
>>> years. Smaller crews on the whole. Smaller cut blocks.
>>>
>>> Active logging areas are well marked, often gated or cable strung across
>>> road. The logging on the most part is carried out from the smaller spurs,
>>> not the main roads. But the trucks take their loads on the main roads.
>>>
>>> Weekends quieter, as is the heigh of summer when most times logging is
>>> suspended due to fire risk.
>>>
>>> Sometimes , some roads have gate locked even if no active logging. Fire
>>> risk. Sometimes gates closed to reduce access to equipment on the weekends.
>>>
>>> I understand the mailing list is very US centric, but there are other
>>> areas of the world where vans travel under different conditions :-)
>>>
>>> Alistair
>>>
>>>