tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756320390946824589.post-17308914524565781462008-02-26T20:04:00.000-08:002008-11-12T23:48:37.787-08:002008-11-12T23:48:37.787-08:00Here's the latest news from Ruby Lake...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uJjn5QALVpk/R8Tj2pc9dVI/AAAAAAAAAOA/cCYZY9sMSLU/s1600-h/rubylake3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uJjn5QALVpk/R8Tj2pc9dVI/AAAAAAAAAOA/cCYZY9sMSLU/s400/rubylake3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171508800107935058" border="0" /></a>"Work continues, seven noisy days a week, on the Ruby Lake cutblock.<br /><div> </div> <div>The "low impact roadbuilding" must be near completion, as we have had several days of blasting (I don't recall any mention of dynamite from Tsain-Ko et al). The road consists of 30 to 60 cm of well packed crushed rock - a better base than most of us have on the public roads in the area.</div> <div> </div> <div><br />The ravens and jays in particular continue their raucous complaints while the workers are around, although I expect it will be a quiet spring with bird populations displaced.</div> <div> </div> <div><br />I am attaching some recent photos of the area, painful as it is."<br /><br /></div> <div> </div> <div>troch<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uJjn5QALVpk/R8TicZc9dSI/AAAAAAAAANo/7vLpMjpYmHY/s1600-h/rubylake1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uJjn5QALVpk/R8TicZc9dSI/AAAAAAAAANo/7vLpMjpYmHY/s400/rubylake1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171507249624741154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uJjn5QALVpk/R8TjN5c9dTI/AAAAAAAAANw/kR3SWpZs0Ew/s1600-h/rubylake2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uJjn5QALVpk/R8TjN5c9dTI/AAAAAAAAANw/kR3SWpZs0Ew/s400/rubylake2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171508100028265778" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uJjn5QALVpk/R8Tjepc9dUI/AAAAAAAAAN4/q0G9sE1IVBE/s1600-h/rubylake4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uJjn5QALVpk/R8Tjepc9dUI/AAAAAAAAAN4/q0G9sE1IVBE/s400/rubylake4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171508387791074626" border="0" /></a></div>merganserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05490661872661826537noreply@blogger.com0