Driving logs on the Bull River in the East Kootenays circa early 1900's. Notice the dog out there with them! This was not the safest job around, but these were very brave men. Back then rivers were used as logging roads. The practice has long since been banned for obvious safety and fishery damage reasons.
Found on facebook.
Back when the Throbber was just a wee lad, it was quite common to encounter tugs pulling massive log booms on the lake. They'd gather them up at the mouth of the St. Joe River and pull them over to the saw mills on the Spokane River in CDA.
A lot of times a stray log would escape and be left floating in the lake (deadhead). More than once, one of my two dads would crank the steering wheel and narrowly avoid hitting those fuckers.
Up on the St. Joe, the loggers would definitely do the log walk like the picture above. Crazy fuckers. That water is bareass cold until about mid-July.
CSB.
Next time on reflections of the Throbber, swimming in the lead-infested waters of the CDA River.
Driving logs on the Bull River in the East Kootenays circa early 1900's. Notice the dog out there with them! This was not the safest job around, but these were very brave men. Back then rivers were used as logging roads. The practice has long since been banned for obvious safety and fishery damage reasons.
Found on facebook.
Back when the Throbber was just a wee lad, it was quite common to encounter tugs pulling massive log booms on the lake. They'd gather them up at the mouth of the St. Joe River and pull them over to the saw mills on the Spokane River in CDA.
A lot of times a stray log would escape and be left floating in the lake (deadhead). More than once, one of my two dads would crank the steering wheel and narrowly avoid hitting those fuckers.
Up on the St. Joe, the loggers would definitely do the log walk like the picture above. Crazy fuckers. That water is bareass cold until about mid-July.
CSB.
Next time on reflections of the Throbber, swimming in the lead-infested waters of the CDA River.
All that lead is what makes @PurpleThrobber such a nut jerb. His body is basically a N. Idaho superfund site.
Driving logs on the Bull River in the East Kootenays circa early 1900's. Notice the dog out there with them! This was not the safest job around, but these were very brave men. Back then rivers were used as logging roads. The practice has long since been banned for obvious safety and fishery damage reasons.
Found on facebook.
Back when the Throbber was just a wee lad, it was quite common to encounter tugs pulling massive log booms on the lake. They'd gather them up at the mouth of the St. Joe River and pull them over to the saw mills on the Spokane River in CDA.
A lot of times a stray log would escape and be left floating in the lake (deadhead). More than once, one of my two dads would crank the steering wheel and narrowly avoid hitting those fuckers.
Up on the St. Joe, the loggers would definitely do the log walk like the picture above. Crazy fuckers. That water is bareass cold until about mid-July.
CSB.
Next time on reflections of the Throbber, swimming in the lead-infested waters of the CDA River.
All that lead is what makes @PurpleThrobber such a nut jerb. His body is basically a N. Idaho superfund site.
Driving logs on the Bull River in the East Kootenays circa early 1900's. Notice the dog out there with them! This was not the safest job around, but these were very brave men. Back then rivers were used as logging roads. The practice has long since been banned for obvious safety and fishery damage reasons.
Found on facebook.
Back when the Throbber was just a wee lad, it was quite common to encounter tugs pulling massive log booms on the lake. They'd gather them up at the mouth of the St. Joe River and pull them over to the saw mills on the Spokane River in CDA.
A lot of times a stray log would escape and be left floating in the lake (deadhead). More than once, one of my two dads would crank the steering wheel and narrowly avoid hitting those fuckers.
Up on the St. Joe, the loggers would definitely do the log walk like the picture above. Crazy fuckers. That water is bareass cold until about mid-July.
CSB.
Next time on reflections of the Throbber, swimming in the lead-infested waters of the CDA River.
All that lead is what makes @PurpleThrobber such a nut jerb. His body is basically a N. Idaho superfund site.
Driving logs on the Bull River in the East Kootenays circa early 1900's. Notice the dog out there with them! This was not the safest job around, but these were very brave men. Back then rivers were used as logging roads. The practice has long since been banned for obvious safety and fishery damage reasons.
Found on facebook.
Back when the Throbber was just a wee lad, it was quite common to encounter tugs pulling massive log booms on the lake. They'd gather them up at the mouth of the St. Joe River and pull them over to the saw mills on the Spokane River in CDA.
A lot of times a stray log would escape and be left floating in the lake (deadhead). More than once, one of my two dads would crank the steering wheel and narrowly avoid hitting those fuckers.
Up on the St. Joe, the loggers would definitely do the log walk like the picture above. Crazy fuckers. That water is bareass cold until about mid-July.
CSB.
Next time on reflections of the Throbber, swimming in the lead-infested waters of the CDA River.
All that lead is what makes @PurpleThrobber such a nut jerb. His body is basically a N. Idaho superfund site.
Butte, MT residents say "Hold My Beer."
The level of shit from the Anaconda mines that could make it's way down into the Columbia River is astonishing.
I've caught a shit ton of fish in the Upper Clark Form back in the day.
Driving logs on the Bull River in the East Kootenays circa early 1900's. Notice the dog out there with them! This was not the safest job around, but these were very brave men. Back then rivers were used as logging roads. The practice has long since been banned for obvious safety and fishery damage reasons.
Found on facebook.
Back when the Throbber was just a wee lad, it was quite common to encounter tugs pulling massive log booms on the lake. They'd gather them up at the mouth of the St. Joe River and pull them over to the saw mills on the Spokane River in CDA.
A lot of times a stray log would escape and be left floating in the lake (deadhead). More than once, one of my two dads would crank the steering wheel and narrowly avoid hitting those fuckers.
Up on the St. Joe, the loggers would definitely do the log walk like the picture above. Crazy fuckers. That water is bareass cold until about mid-July.
CSB.
Next time on reflections of the Throbber, swimming in the lead-infested waters of the CDA River.
All that lead is what makes @PurpleThrobber such a nut jerb. His body is basically a N. Idaho superfund site.
Butte, MT residents say "Hold My Beer."
The level of shit from the Anaconda mines that could make it's way down into the Columbia River is astonishing.
I've caught a shit ton of fish in the Upper Clark Form back in the day.
Wouldn't eat one though.
What've you got against Simpson's Fish?
That said, I think I got contact lead and copper poisoning just by driving through Butte, once.
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A lot of times a stray log would escape and be left floating in the lake (deadhead). More than once, one of my two dads would crank the steering wheel and narrowly avoid hitting those fuckers.
Up on the St. Joe, the loggers would definitely do the log walk like the picture above. Crazy fuckers. That water is bareass cold until about mid-July.
CSB.
Next time on reflections of the Throbber, swimming in the lead-infested waters of the CDA River.
That's what she said.
I've caught a shit ton of fish in the Upper Clark Form back in the day.
Wouldn't eat one though.
That said, I think I got contact lead and copper poisoning just by driving through Butte, once.
Soviet workers utilize a leftover Mig-15 fighter jet to clear snow from railroad tracks near Moscow.
Wood
The Throbber kept his wood moist.
that's the site of the famous floating green now.
The big sawmills were on the Spokane River.