Work Trip

I work for a Danish wind energy company called Vestas. I maintain wind turbines in Alberta, Canada. Vestas' North American headquarters are in Portland, Oregon. This is the third time I have been sent here since starting with the company in January of 2012. All technicians are sent here for training. Here are a few pictures from random trips I have taken on weekends while here. Gotta do something to pass the time..
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This above is a picture of Multnomah Falls. Upper falls are 542 ft and lower falls are 69 ft tall. There was approximately 1 mile hike up to the top.
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This is a picture of me at the platform at the top of the falls. This was taken in January '12, hence the toque (I am Canadian after all :P)
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A picture of the Pacific Coast taken south of Astoria, Oregon.
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This is a picture of the fabled 'Spruce Goose'. An airplane built by Howard Hughes almost exclusively of birch.
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One of the first stealth planes from the '60's. More than enough space and air museums in the Pacific Northwest.
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A picture of Mount Saint Helens from the north. We were told to go to the north side of the mountain as the south side doesn't have a good view of the crater. Glad we listened.

Thanks for looking.

Awesome views. I'm so jealous, sounds like an awesome job!

Thanks Mike. It is a fairly interesting job. I especially like troubleshooting when things break and trying to fix them. Here is a picture I took one day at work during my 'lunch break'. This is from the top of one of the turbines I maintain, looking west over numerous other turbines in the wind park I work at. The Rocky Mountains in the background were especially beautiful on this day :)
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The wind park I maintain consists of 126 V47-660kW machines all about 10 years old, 23 V90-3MW machines that are 3 years old, and another 23 V90-3MW machines that are 2 years old.