Friday, June 5, 2009

RCVman on the HCB

As promised VBA, here is our first hand (eye witness) account "LIVE" from the Hood Canal Bridge. I also took the liberty to post a piece from the Peninsula Daily News (and picked up by The Seattle Times) that puts a somewhat different slant on this $500 million dollar improvement.
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090605/NEWS/306059995

You please tell me which version is closer to reality. Hedging my bet, this repair did not have cyclists foremost in mind. Still.........

6 comments:

ej said...

wow, busted too; they must have had a helicopter on you.

KML5 said...

That was some guy in a pickup in front of me. I rode very Stealth like. Did I ever tell you the story of shooting from the Agate Pass Bridge back in 2004? I climbed up on top of the span to shoot an overhead of the Wheelmen riding in a paceline. When I climbed back down, all traffic was stopped and there were cops from SEVEN agencies (including the Navy) waiting for me as I sheepishly walked back to other side. Bridges and I have a history.

KML5 said...

Here is the clip with the scene that almost got me a meeting with the judge. And it was 2003. It is in the first twenty seconds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BxijTWN6zs

FW said...

This link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BxijTWN6zs goes to YouTube and displays a run time of 00:00. You might need to upload a fresh copy.

KML5 said...

Hummmm, works from here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BxijTWN6zs

The scene in ???? is at 23 seconds in.

FW said...

Worked this time; just took a while to load, that's all.