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Friday, October 28, 2011

Devastating Floods in the little hamlets in Italy where we had been...

We so enjoyed this little town, as I said in our blog earlier in the month... Just got home from the trip, and, the last couple days, heaving rain created flooding... the restuarant we ate at... all rocks...

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What's with the Bridge Pictures?

Jer had an idea.... every place we go, we will walk across a bridge..... NYC was the first....

Tahquitz Canyon - California

Stone bridge over Tahquitz Creek

Sailing Ship "Quest" on the Seabourn Line

The Captains Brdige

Saint Lucia, Caribbean Island

An Unidentified Creek Next to the Atlantic

Thames Creek

Dash Point State Part, Browns Point

Chambers Creek, Kobayashi Park

Great pic of the grate... nice and focused, not us so much!

Salmon River

Welches Oregon near Mt Hood Resort

Chicago River - Chicago

We really are on a bridge... the Wrigley Building behind us!

Selena's Bridge - River Walk

San Antonio-JLo sang from this Bridge in the Selena Movie

Cafe O'Lei at the Mill House

Wailuku, Maui...Gorgeous Grounds with a Sweet Bridge!

Alaska Pipeline Fairbanks

An Unknown, Frozen Creek!

Singelgracht Canal

Amsterdam, Netherlands (Holland)

Kinderdijk, Netherlands

Even a UNESCO site... so many windmills!

Cologne, Germany

On the Rhine, Under a Bridge!

Strauborg, Austria

A Canal through Town

Lucerne Switzerland

Chapel Bridge River Reuss (650 years old!)

Basel, Switzerland

Over the River Rhine

Balzono, Italy - A German Italian Town

Torrenta Talvera

Basel, Switzerland

Our first one over the River Rhine

Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy

In the Dolemites(Alps)

Oberammergau Germany

Over the Ammer River

Puyallup River located on the Orting Foothills Trail

The river is filled with silt from the mountains

Tillamook Head Trail

Seaside Oregon

Deception Pass Bridge

Whidbey Island, Wa - a quick getaway!

An Un-named Bridge in Central Park, NYC

An early morning walk across one of the footbridges!

Majorelle Garden, Marrakech, Morocco

Yves Saint-Laurent 2 Acre Garden

Palikea Stream, Maui

On the Pipiwai Trail to Waimoku Falls and Bamboo Forest

Foss River - Off US 2 Skokomish WA

Here are the Fosses, over the Foss River

Parsonfield-Porter Covered Bridge

Over the Ossipee River, Main

The New Parsonfield-Porter Bridge

Over the same Ossipee River, Maine

Babbs Covered Bridge

Presumcot River, Maine

Upper Big Creek Trail, Olympic National Park

Beautiful trail that actually had SEVEN bridges!

Swinging Bridge Across the Spokane

Bowl and Pitcher Hike at Riverside State Park

Spokane River

One of the many bridges in Riverfront Park, this one over some of the falls

Perrine-Coulee Creek

This coulee flows to a huge waterfall that feeds the Snake River Gorge... So quiet and humble at this point, not so much further down the way!

Bridge across the Umatilla River

Pendleton Oregon... Where the famous Pendleton Woolens began

Rum River, Anoka, Minnesota

Running through the city, this river had lots of charm and walking paths!

Sammamish River, Woodinville, WA

A great trail along the river extending for 11 miles from Bothell to Redmond... Had to cross the river to get to the trail!

Gold Mountain Hike

A hike with over 1000 foot gain with the top (1600+ Feet) giving a gorgeous view!

Four Seasons Resort Hualalai

Okay, it's in the resort... BUT, this is our first long distance travel since covid restrictions... We feel blessed!

Wright Park, Tacoma, WA

Right in our own little town... Fall leaves, crisp air, and a pond bridge beckoning us!

A Bridge Over a Beaver Dam

Port Gamble Heritage Forest, WA

Staircase Rapids

Olympic National Park

Cedar River Trail

Covid has reduced our bridge pics. This is on a trail near Renton WA

McCormick Trail Gig Harbor

Covid has found us in the woods and our bridges reflect that!

Billy Frank Jr Nisqually Refuge

A huge boardwalk leading to the Salish Sea, reclaiming the Delta back to it's natural habitat

Piihola ZipLine Maui

A zippy fun time!

Wenatchee River Leavenworth

A snow fix we needed badly!

IslandWood Suspension Bridge

Bainbridge Island-A beautiful Non-Profit Organization in the woods!

Minnehaha Creek

One of many pedistrian bridges over the creek....

Tagus River, Toledo Spain

You can barely see us, so took one from the bridge too!

Finisterre Camino

One Bridge of Many on the Camino Walk

Pontemaceria, Spain

Can you see us? We're there!

Boise River, Idaho

A little feeder creek into the big river!

Keana Farms, Oahu

Zipping and Hiking!

Judd Falls, Oahu

Look hard, and you will see us!

Canal Bridge Venice

One of the many bridges in this old citiy!

Corinth Canal Bridge

Peloponnese, Greece

Zagreb Botanical Gardens

First trip to Croatia and found a bridge!

Calabazas Creek

Glen Ellen CA, which was spared during the fires of 2017!

Iron Goat Trail near Steven's Pass

An Eight Mile Hike in Beautiful Mountains!

Dickerson Creek Falls

Near Bremerton and the Uleland Tree Farm

Sabino Creek Bridge

Yes, the desert does have water!

Menehune Swing Bridge - See peeking out behind Jerry!

The “Menehune Ditch” would be easy to pass by if there weren't a sign pointing to it and a swinging bridge next door.

Hanapepe Swing Bridge, Kauai

Off the beaten track, in the small town of Hanapepe!

Central Park Gapstow Bridge

Tried our best to get a good pic, but it was so cold and used our timer on the cell phone

Wapato Park Tacoma WA

An afternoon walk around Wapato Lake and a surprise find: a bridge!

Bora Bora Four Seasons Resort

Bridge over one of the many lagoons in the area

Kawiti Glow Worm Caves Entrance

Just outside the cave of these special worms!

The Double Arch Bridge, Hobbiton New Zealand

On the way to the Green Dragon Pub!

The Chasm, New Zealand

Fiord National Park Waterfall

Sydney Harbor Bridge... ON TOP!

Bridgeclimb: 1400 steps... worth every one of them

Richmond Bridge Tasmania, Australia

Richmond which is home to the oldest bridge in Tassie, built in 1823 by, you guessed it, the convicts.

Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens

SubArtic Display of Vegetation - Temps were near freezing! Not much of a bridge, but it was a bridge!

Leavenworth Wa

Over part of the Wenatchee River

Lima, Peru

Okay, not on a bridge, but UNDER the bridge on one of the city roads!

Vizcaya Gardens

Almost Lost my Hat... Next to Biscayne Bay

Cascade River Falls

In the Grand Marais MN and Boundary Waters Canoe Area

Bridge over Wah Gwin Gwin Falls

Near the Columbia River on the Oregon Side

Zion National Park

Path to the Weeping Rock

Hiking in the Jungle

Arenal Volcano Observatory

Butterfly Bridge!

Doka Coffee Plantation

Montreat NC

Flat Creek

Stewart Bridge & Railroad Bridge

Cottage Grove Oregon... a couple covered bridges

Spoon River Creek

The Covered Pedestrian Bridge

Spoon River. Illinois

A unexpected treat while geocaching

Rope Bridge in Kaanapali Hyatt

Ahhhh, a smooch!

The Breakers, Rhode Island

Under the bridge this time... Near the Vanderbilt summer home

SteAnne Canyon Falls Bridge

Quebec Canada...

Silver Falls and Creek

Wonderful gems here in the Pacific Northwest!

Monet's Garden In Giverny France!

Seems like the ultimate Bridge Pic...

Anne of Green Gables Heritage Site

In the 'Haunted Forest'... Thanks Julie for taking the pic!

Hellesyit, Norway

Falls, right in the middle of town!

Bridge Over Glacier Creek

This feeds one of the Fjords...

A Danish Castle!

A Most Extraordinaire Moat & It's Bridge

Copenhagen Denmark

Canal's Everywhere!

Toftaholm, Sweden

A sweet little bridge in the beautiful countryside!

Wright Park Walking Bridge

In our own little town... a beautiful respite on any day!

Stone Arch Bridge Minneapolis

How about a picture... UNDER the bridge!

Hulopoe Bay Bridge Lanai

No stoplights on the island... and darn few bridges... this is the only one we found!

Piiholo Ranch Maui

How perfect... a nice swinging bridge before our ZipLine Adventure!

Garden of the Gods, Colorado!

Found this small bridge over a creek, which, fortunately, was running low!

Lake Coeur d'Alene

Watching the sun set on a narrow bridge here in Idaho over the Lake!

Manhattan...McGraw Hill Building Park

In search of a geocache, we ran into this little bridge... right smack in the city!

Snoqualmie Falls Covered Bridge to Viewing Point

Bonnie S is a part of our picture, Thank you Tracy for being our photog!

Brooklyn Bridge

Another 'two fer'... the Manhattan Bridge in the background as well as the DUMBO area

A Bridge with a Bridge!

A smaller bridge in the Brooklyn Bridge Park... with the Brooklyn Bridge in the background... which was the first Bridge pic we ever took!

Boston Commons Pond

Can you see us? We're kinda tiny, but this little lake in the park was beautiful!

Montmorency Falls

This bridge over the falls is outside of Old Quebec City

Old Montreal Port, Montreal, Quebec

Along the St Lawrence River, a great foot bridge!

Portland, Oregon

Hawthorne Bridge, with Jerry, Jean, Jillian and Oliver

Grand Cayman's

Queen Elizabeth Botanical Park, this island has NO bridges just docks

Wenatchee River, Leavenworth, WA

The water looked ice cold... and it was... AND the scenery... winter wonderland!

Florence, Italy

Ponte Vecchio...the bridge with all the gold vendors!

Wolf Bridge, Illinois

This covered bridge so reminds me of "Bridges of Madison County" The bridge was rebuilt in the late 90's after some teens burned the original one down accidently. Still, it's pretty darn cool!

Beards Hollow

Located at Cape Disappointment on the Washington Coast, south of Seaview, Washington, and north of the North Head Lighthouse. On November 15, 1805, Captain Lewis reached the Pacific Ocean near Beards Hollow

Bridge over Twin Ponds

Dan took our picture... pointed out in the future, make sure you get the water in the shot too! lol

Lots of Bridges in Winthrop and area

A brand new Foot Bridge over the Methow River... the river was pretty high and really running!

Little Bridges even while hiking in area

SunMountain Lodge was the starting point for lots of hiking trails! So beautiful with the flowers this season and little foot bridges over the creeks!

Pinkerton Foot Bridge, Franklin, TN

We found this foot bridge over the Harpeth River.... Last year this river flooded the whole area with devastating results.

Port Hadlock Marina

Trying to find a 'quaint' or, for that matter, any bridge in Port Townsend was a bomb... Found this one and said "This Is It!"

Maui Tropical Plantation Bridge

Nice, Lush and Green!

Capilano Suspension Bridge

Vancouver BC, Canada

Columbia Gorge Hotel

Right on the Columbia River, outside Hood River, Oregon

Wailai, Maui

Lots of Wind.... on a small bridge that is built over a gully that takes the rain waters away and out to the ocean!

High Steele Bridge: Forest Road #24

685 Foot Steele Bridge sitting 420 feet above the South Fork of the Skokomish River. You get there off of HWY 101

Alderbrook Resort

A sweet little creek through the resort.... Thanks Patti for taking the picture!

From the Bridge of the Celebrity Solstice Ship

This bridge was gorgeous, large and so electronic... the ship was being steered by a joy stick no larger than 3 inches with a tiny little ball the size of you thumbnail

One more pic from the Bridge of the Solstice

Awesome is the only description

Casada de Peguche, Imbabura

Next to Otavala, Ecuador, a short drive and then walk to a beautiful waterfall

Suspension Bridge Lake Bracken, Illinois

Jean was left to her own and found a unique little bridge.... Patti didn't even know about it....

North Coast of the Big Island Hawaii

We took a 4 mile scenic route diversion and found this sweet bridge...behind us is a waterfall

Lake Chelan Washington

Okay, we forgot to walk over a bridge... but here's the next best thing... Eating Dinner overlooking the Chelan River Bridge!

San Diego: Spruce St Pedistrian Suspension Bridge

Yup... that was the name (say it fast three times)... and an absolutely neat bridge over a small canyon.

Stillwater Bridge

Connecting Minnesota and Wisconsin, this is a lift bridge over the St Croix River!

Anahulu Stream Bridge.... Northshore Hawaii

Jerry pointed out that our first bridge we just posed on... never really walked across it... This one we walked across, you can barely see us, but we're there!

Ala Moana Park Mini Bridge

Honolulu....a great place to be!

Gorge Creek Bridge

On the NorthCascades Hwy coming home from SunMountain. This was right up from Ross Lake Dam

Seaside's Broadway Bridge

It may small, but lots of people.... it's the way to the beach! That's Jer and I on the Bridge, Jilli took the picture!

Portland's Broadway Bridge

Yup, we walked it..but when we got across, we chose to come back on a different one!

Portland's Steel Bridge

Much older bridge, we walked on the bottom part, which was also the train rails. The top was closed for construction.

Tacoma Narrows Bridge-3miles RT

How could we forget our own local bridge?

Edina Mill Bridge Minneapolis

Over and Back in one minute, but it's beautiful

Brooklyn Bridge

Our first walking trip across the NYC Bridge

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