Highway One Closure, Friday photos

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• Our annual repairs!
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• How you doing Kate?

• Annual tourist cleaning

• Was referring to Mother Nature!

• It’s gonna be interesting to see how that big backhoe does moving that big slab, or if they have to call in a highly-skilled powder-monkey and break it up in place. They most likely wouldn’t need to set any big charges with the whole thing on the highway, and perhaps avoid a larger shock wave moving through the formational materials and unexposed fissures.

  No matter how one slices it, it is a highly risky operation. Not the most desirable place in the world to stand, hard hat or no hard hat!

• Caltrans does some 'challenging' jobs along CA-1. This one doesn't look too bad. Looks like they got a good, experienced operator for that big Excavator. Remarkable machines!

  Kate, if you or any of your other readers wants to see some examples of Heavy Eqpt jobs gone wrong -- often SPECTACULARLY wrong, have a look at the FB group Mining Mayhem. Too late for me to find you one -- but there are some doozies!

  As always, thanks for keeping us informed! We're kinda enjoying the short (we hope!) break in Big Sur traffic through Cambria.....