Comments on: Why turquoise, Gabriola? http://gabriolan.ca/2010/03/10/why-turquoise-gabriola/ Gabriola Island blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gabriolan http://gabriolan.ca/2010/03/10/why-turquoise-gabriola/comment-page-1/#comment-31705 Gabriolan Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:02:29 +0000 http://gabriolan.ca/?p=6622#comment-31705 marja-leena, that is a very cool photo! Thanks. Rick - aha! Thanks. I know there are several islands that have foot-passenger-only ferries, but had never thought about how that might make those islands a good place to find an above-average number of old cars. marja-leena, that is a very cool photo! Thanks.

Rick – aha! Thanks. I know there are several islands that have foot-passenger-only ferries, but had never thought about how that might make those islands a good place to find an above-average number of old cars.

]]> By: rick http://gabriolan.ca/2010/03/10/why-turquoise-gabriola/comment-page-1/#comment-31604 rick Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:57:31 +0000 http://gabriolan.ca/?p=6622#comment-31604 Islands with no vehicle ferry are where a clever automobile collector can often find parts - or even complete vehicles. "Back in the day" it was certainly not worth the cost of a barge to get rid of an old vehicle, so they often got parked in the woods and left. Keats Island, across the Salish Sea from Gabriola, has been the source of a few antique cars and trucks that languished there until their value exceeded the cost of getting them off the island. By the looks of it, the ones you have spotted in the Gabriola woods may be there until the forest consumes them. Islands with no vehicle ferry are where a clever automobile collector can often find parts – or even complete vehicles. “Back in the day” it was certainly not worth the cost of a barge to get rid of an old vehicle, so they often got parked in the woods and left. Keats Island, across the Salish Sea from Gabriola, has been the source of a few antique cars and trucks that languished there until their value exceeded the cost of getting them off the island. By the looks of it, the ones you have spotted in the Gabriola woods may be there until the forest consumes them.

]]> By: marja-leena http://gabriolan.ca/2010/03/10/why-turquoise-gabriola/comment-page-1/#comment-31298 marja-leena Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:38:59 +0000 http://gabriolan.ca/?p=6622#comment-31298 Such a horrible yet universal practice, yet beautiful how nature slowly camouflages. How about right on the beach, <a href="http://www.marja-leena-rathje.info/archives/carcass_on_shore.php" rel="nofollow">like a carcass</a>? Such a horrible yet universal practice, yet beautiful how nature slowly camouflages.

How about right on the beach, like a carcass?

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