Memorable Automobiles from The Past:
WE will
be on the road after this is published.
Thursday we will be headed to our home base in Belmont, NC. Belmont is
Sherry’s home town, she was born on the Climax Mill village and grew up on the Imperial
Mill Village. Coming into Belmont on US74 you cross the Catawba River Bridge.
At one time it was considered a large bridge, it is now a ‘tight’ 4 lanes and
OLD. Looking both ways you see two more bridges, one is I-85 and the other is a
RR Trestle. I don’t know why it isn’t a RR Bridge. But it has memories for men 60-100 years of
age. During that period swimming in the
river was the highlight of the summer. Diving and jumping off the RR Trestle
was the height of masculinity. The river bridge on 74 has another infamous
reason. Many who wanted a beer and lived in Belmont walked the little 2’ area,
marked with a white line on one side of the long bridge to get a beer at the 6
or 8 bars on the Eastern shore. Needless to say returning after a few, was
dangerous. (Now we are ‘uptown,’ even have our own breweries!)
Bridges
seem to conjure up many feelings. Some romantic, some of dread and many the
feeling of FEAR. Our good friend Judy who lived in a town called Milbridge,
hated bridges, especially if they rose to enough height for ships to go under,
as along the coast lines. BUT she fought that fear every year to come to
Florida. When we lived in Biloxi, Miss there was a bridge going over Back Bay
that threw a fear into Sherry. We lived just at the end of it and had to cross
it for work, church and groceries. Her greatest fear was being on it when the
draw bridge opened for a ship or shrimp boat. Having to sit on the bridge and
wait (forever) to get off of it.
I don’t
think she has that fear anymore. WE cross some big bridges on I-95, the biggest
will be on the 95 bypass. It is a
beautiful bridge, it looks like the twin of the Skyway Bridge near Tampa. WE
have had the pleasure of going over it and under the Skyway. It is a beauty.
Skyway Bridge across Tampa Bay
We have
driven the Golden Gate and many other bridges. Bridges are just more enjoyable in
our Class A motor home. Because of the height we see so much more of the bays
and rivers.
What about this bridge in China???
Do you
have an opinion on bridges? Love or hate
them?
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