Finito

I'm gone for the summer to Pioneer Camp working as a tripper. I'll be updating my summer blog instead of this one, check it out at http://pioneercamp2006.blogspot.com/ . Leave me comments already!!

Final Highway Moments

I tried to get some cool pictures on my last night shift last Thursday.... I don't really know why the vehicles don't show up at all but it does look kind of cool.











Another great sunset on the way to work, you can't really go wrong with these.

Dust Bowl and Tornado watch

Today I realized that the date on my watch has been wrong for the past two weeks and the big soccer game today between Holland and the Ivory Coast is actually tomorrow...... but it works better b/c i'll be able to watch some of it. Apparently May does have 31 days, not 30.

On my way home from work today I saw a dust devil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_devil) in a bare field. It must have been over 100 ft high and 30 feet across, it was really cool as I have this fascination with tornadoes and dream about them constantly. I stopped on the side of the road to watch it, then it hit some trees and disappeared. I didn't have my camera... It seems I always see cool stuff in my car when I don't have it. I'd love to chase tornadoes some day but I think I'm too scared. I think this fascination with them started when a twister when through Fonthill in '96, I still remember running down the street to get in the house before the crazy downpour began. The twister ripped through my friends properties and took down a drive in movie screen that was ironically about to play the '96 hit "Twister". I shit you not.

Summer Special, Combo #4

Last night I worked the night shift and we went out for breakfast afterwards. On the way home there was some really cool fog around and the sun was about to come up so I snapped some pics of the sunrise.

















The view from lookout point here in Fonthill was really cool. The fog was settled in the low spots of the Shorthills and you could see from Niagara Falls to St. Catharines.

During the night we cleaned a bridge in St. Catharines along the 406. It's called the Segmental b/c it's hollow and inside there are a bunch of rooms. Anyways, on the side there is always some awesome graffiti so I went back today to take a look around a snap some pictures.


This "GUTS" crew had stuff all over the place. Most of it was pretty impressive even if I couldn't tell what it said. I like the pictures the best.









If I owned a business that catered to young people I would hire some of these people to paint a kickass mural on my store. People would come to see it and they would buy lots of stuff. We could change it up every couple of months, can you say tourist attraction? Yes, sir!

Parents Memory

Ok, so I've decided my parents only had enough room to memorize one set of their kids friends. This was unforunately used on their first born leaving me to have to remind them thousands of times of who is who and where this person is from and how I know everyone I ever speak of. For example, yesterday I made reference to Wayne, you know that guy I've lived with at school for 3 years, I went to highschool with, and am a groomsman in his wedding party....? I figured by now we were past the point where I had to say his last name seeing as how I have known him so long and only know one Wayne, apparently not. If by chance I know two people by the first name all hell breaks loose.


**I'm sure by the time I have kids there will be some sort of computer thing with pictures to do this sort of thing for me **

Night Skywalker

The night was June 1st, 2006, 4am - 5pm. Taking place on the Burlington skyway, they were fixing a broken expansion joint. These are the pictures.

This one looked cooler in person. I guess most things do but whatever, I still like it.
Hamilton steel being forged as we speak and breathe in the fumes.

No traffic on the QEW? Must be the middle of the night.

Steeltown = smogtown, but a cool picture

It cleared up a bit later on in the day as this boat sat suspiciously in the harbour.... dun dun dun...

Finally figured out how to get panoramics up here. These are always cool.

This is what resulted later on the in day. This is a cool feeling to realize you're making thousands of people late, angry, frustrated. A sense of power and sense of respect for the construction workers of this world was upon me.