[Jeff Higgins]

I went on a motorcycle road trip around our Olympic Peninsula with three buddies just two weeks ago. We hit a paving project around Crescent Lake that was being done the traditional way. When we went up Hurricane Ridge, however, we ran across another paving project, and they were using just such a machine. It lifted off and ground up the old asphalt on its leading end, dumping it all into a big hopper. On the trailing end, it mixed the ground asphalt with new tar and laid it down. Couple of steamrollers following it and, ta da - new road. Pretty cool.