I usually walk across a bridge that offers the possblility of witnessing a plane flying over a car that is driving over a train that is running over a boat. Although, of course, such a conjunction of transport options rarely occurs. Mostly there are just cars, pedestrians and bikes passing over skiffs and other varieties of sporting and pleasure craft. The occassional freight train does shunt along the track from time to time, but its haphazard timetable rarely seems to coincide with the desire of any canoeists to paddle beneath the elevated rails. I don't recall ever looking upwards and spotting a plane, probably because I am too busy staring downriver at the view of the city.
Nice view!
Posted by: Laurent | December 04, 2012 at 08:01
Why, I know that bridge. It was only slightly upstream that a fellow oarsman and I were nearly murdered, oh, 25 years ago at the H of the C by a gang of drunken Holy Cross heavyweights. As we sauntered past, one of them, observing our school wind jackets, yelled, "Hey! You guys are easy!" To which my teammate immediately shot back, "Yeah? So was your mamma!"
[Exit hurriedly, pursued by a bear.]
Posted by: Robbo | December 04, 2012 at 15:06
I recently cruised the canals of Oxford, England in a narrow boat at a speed of about 4 miles an hour (max). It was an interesting contrast to see fast commuter trains zip across the fields and through the woods beside the canals. And to think that 200 years ago the canals were the way to move people and stuff around.
Posted by: Anne | December 07, 2012 at 14:17
found a galley with food, water and a phone. He called his wife, and told her to call the Coast Guard. He said he was on rig 633A
Posted by: Discount Christian Louboutin | December 20, 2012 at 02:09
Lovely picture, what a nice commute.
The only thing I see each morning is Mt. Hood, otherwise known as the tombstone, for the number of persons who die there each year. No bridges to cross, and not much chance of anything but a flock of geese flying over. However some idiot last night surmounted an obstacle in the road, and left it there. It just happened to be a raccoon. Apparently the only thing being, "run over," here, is the wildlife.
Posted by: Giric | December 30, 2012 at 17:50