Nov 18 2011
Mineral King Bridge Painting, Part 4
Closing in on it!
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Nov 09 2011
Mineral King Bridge Painting, 3rd Layer
Branches and leaves on the cottonwoods, a pine in the right foreground, and some branches added to the red firs back by the cabins. Sounds like a lesson in native trees of Mineral King. Might be, if I knew what sort of pine that is. Bet it isn’t a pine but is another red fir. [...]
Nov 02 2011
Mineral King Bridge Painting, 2nd Layer
Getting better all the time (wasn’t that a song by Chicago?)! Certainly isn’t a Bridge Over Troubled Waters. Long Way There is certainly correct for the road, and Long and Winding Road is even better. Wait – it was called Getting Stronger Every Day by Chicago!! Clearly I digress. This is about visual art, not [...]
Oct 28 2011
Mineral King Bridge In Paint
We all know that procrastination is not a virtue. However, I’d like to present a few benefits to procrastination: 1. Sometimes the problem fixes itself. 2. Sometimes new knowledge or skill is acquired so the difficulty diminishes. 3. Sometimes the problem becomes a moot point. 4. Sometimes someone else takes care of it. I’ve been [...]
Oct 24 2011
Mineral King Bridge, Final Chapter!
On October 20, there was an all employee meeting for Sequoia and Kings Canyon people. The facility manager for roads and trails (Hi JT!) said this: (no quotes because I wasn’t actually there, being a California artist rather than a federal worker) Of all the numerous Federal Highways projects ongoing in the Park, the Mineral [...]
Oct 21 2011
Mineral King Bridge, Part 16
These fine gentlemen are using our extension ladder and Kirk’s waders and Michael’s waders to secure bolts underneath the bridge. Good thing Michael was around with his stuff to keep our hardworking bridge builders in the tools they needed! And look – those are Ryan’s waderless legs! This is just cute. WHOA! This bridge is [...]
Oct 20 2011
Mineral King Bridge, Part 15
You may recall that the estimated date to have the bridge be passable is October 20. That’s today! When we last left our Marshmallow Heads, they had successfully placed all 4 stringers. So, what is going on in this photo?? Give up? The pre-drilled holes on the stringers did not line up with the holes [...]
Oct 17 2011
Mineral King Bridge, Part 14
Before we begin our bridge update, have a look at view as of Saturday, October 15. The fall color is a little slow to appear this year. If you have the patience to follow this posting all the way to the end, you will be rewarded with 2 more scenery views. (or just scroll on [...]
Oct 15 2011
Mineral King Bridge, Part 13
The telehandler is swinging I-beam #2 into place. The chain is perfectly balanced, so the 3000 pounds move as easily as 3. Maybe not, but you get what I mean, right? The marshmallow head is there to place it exactly where it belongs. The lower shelf is the old abutment. The newer abutment is 1 [...]
Oct 14 2011
Mineral King Bridge, Part 12
My favorite marshmallow head arrived just in time to take this beautiful photo of the last third of the bridge. (Lest you think he was lollygagging around, he was hauling up a load of stuff.) These marshmallow heads are rigging the last section to the telehandler (not to be confused with a teleprompter). See that [...]
