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Oh Canada! 2013 Trip – Monday!
Monday morning we were thwarted every which way we turned to try to get to see some good sunrise photos. The roads (and most of the town) of Banff were still heavily flooded which cut off our likely paths of travel to the good view points. But we made the best of it, the sleep town of Banff down below:
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The Mighty Merc – HP60 and 14 Bolt Refresh
These are some of the ‘jewels’ of this build. While likely overkill for what I’ll wind up doing with this rig, I at least won’t have to worry (much) about something failing in one of them. The Dana 60 is a leftover from the Ranger part out. It had about 50,000 miles put on it since it was installed in that truck. It was built with 4.88’s, Spartan locker, high steer, and the typical GM steering setup. You can read…
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Oh Canada! 2013 Trip – Sunday Sunday Sunday!
Once again my dear wife dragged us out of bed good and early to catch the sunrise. This time it was the Waterfowl lakes (upper and lower), and it was dang cold! (1°C), but the scenery was beautiful.
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The Mighty Merc – NP205 Mount
After shaving the stock mount off the NP205, I needed to come up with another mount to help support things. I didn’t really care for the mounts that were available commercially, so a little thinking netted me this:
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Oh Canada! 2013 Trip – Saturday
Saturday morning’s sunrise found us at Mount Edith Cavell: