Exploring in a 100 Foot Car
My brother-in-law is what's termed as an 'operating engineer.' That is, he's qualified to operate some large and heavy construction equipment.
One of the things he likes to show me are the various rock quarries where he's worked in the past. Usually out of sight from the main roads, access to them is most often by way of some obscured, unmarked entrance, often partially hidden by encroaching vegetation.
Depending upon the location, the appearance of the quarry might be an utter scrapheap or rather clean and well-kept as this one seems.
Not one to be too concerned by having to be seen in some status symbol overkill pickup truck, he's pretty content in driving around in this 1990's Ford Explorer. He does live where it snows in the Winter, so it is a 4WD type. Plus it's handy to have that feature when your job takes you into quarries with steep roads and iffy traction.
A 100-foot car - in the photo above, it looks like it's in pretty decent condition at first glance. Zoom in a little, and you'll see that the bodywork is perforated by having spent a couple of decades out during the wintertime when the county routinely salts the roads. Thus it appears quite presentable at 100 feet, but in reality it's a complete beater!
Exploring in a 100 Foot Car
My brother-in-law is what's termed as an 'operating engineer.' That is, he's qualified to operate some large and heavy construction equipment.
One of the things he likes to show me are the various rock quarries where he's worked in the past. Usually out of sight from the main roads, access to them is most often by way of some obscured, unmarked entrance, often partially hidden by encroaching vegetation.
Depending upon the location, the appearance of the quarry might be an utter scrapheap or rather clean and well-kept as this one seems.
Not one to be too concerned by having to be seen in some status symbol overkill pickup truck, he's pretty content in driving around in this 1990's Ford Explorer. He does live where it snows in the Winter, so it is a 4WD type. Plus it's handy to have that feature when your job takes you into quarries with steep roads and iffy traction.
A 100-foot car - in the photo above, it looks like it's in pretty decent condition at first glance. Zoom in a little, and you'll see that the bodywork is perforated by having spent a couple of decades out during the wintertime when the county routinely salts the roads. Thus it appears quite presentable at 100 feet, but in reality it's a complete beater!