I started eyeing up the big orange structure and assessing the many stairs on it just before Mark and his assistant wandered over. They were employees at the port-loading facility and I thought this might be the part where I was asked to leave.
I was dead wrong.
The pipes over my head had been rumbling and the two men were checking to make sure something came out the other end. They stopped and we chatted for a while. Mark told me the real name for the big orange thing – container crane – not as technical as I would have expected.
He suggested that would be a good place for me to be. I agreed and he gave me the number of the "guy that owns the thing." I couldn't imagine one guy could own anything of the sort.
This crane must be over 30 metres in height. You can see it from just about anywhere on Nanaimo's waterfront.
I had written off the idea of gaining access as ridiculous, but the thing is, if you ask, people usually help you out. In fact, I didn't even ask. It's got something to do with the birds.
I took the number knowing it would be a weekday thing to set up. As I discovered the next day, there might not be another week with the osprey.
2 comments:
enjoyed the read...and yes, just ask and most people will help...when did we learn to not ask anymore?
Hi Susan,
Thanks for your comment. I don't know when we learned that but it's good to unlearn.
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