Coming off the slope of the Seven Mile Bridge, heading south toward Big Pine Key I thought this view of the bridge was worth the picture, especially as I watched the boat buzzing alongside the penned in traffic. It looked much more fun on the water than standing in line traveling north on the bridge. 
It was another of these astonishingly pretty days of what is effectively summer even though it won't rain for love money or other bribes.
I often find people like to drive slowly on the famous bridge which as a result ends up with me passing the visitors as I prefer to be at homerather than staring up their exhaust pipes. It does not seem to be a well known fact but the dotted double yellow lines on the bridge do allow passing though, like anywhere in the Keys if you are going to pass you want to do it cautiously. Some callow youth killed a couple of strangers here a few months ago in a head on that closed the road for some considerable time. Looking in my mirror this grotesque contraption followed my example:
Darth Vader on an orange tricycle followed me across the bridge. I was surprised by how handy the contraption appeared to be. I see more and more tricycles appearing in various guises on the roads so I guess a simple old fashioned hack as a sidecar is known, is no longer desirable for many riders. I had always planned on getting a sidecar for my motorcycle when balancing becomes tricky but perhaps I will have to harness something like this instead.
That would shock the wife if she went downstairs one day and saw the Bonneville had been traded in for a Volkswagen engine in a tricycle...It would shock me too.
It was another of these astonishingly pretty days of what is effectively summer even though it won't rain for love money or other bribes.I often find people like to drive slowly on the famous bridge which as a result ends up with me passing the visitors as I prefer to be at homerather than staring up their exhaust pipes. It does not seem to be a well known fact but the dotted double yellow lines on the bridge do allow passing though, like anywhere in the Keys if you are going to pass you want to do it cautiously. Some callow youth killed a couple of strangers here a few months ago in a head on that closed the road for some considerable time. Looking in my mirror this grotesque contraption followed my example:Darth Vader on an orange tricycle followed me across the bridge. I was surprised by how handy the contraption appeared to be. I see more and more tricycles appearing in various guises on the roads so I guess a simple old fashioned hack as a sidecar is known, is no longer desirable for many riders. I had always planned on getting a sidecar for my motorcycle when balancing becomes tricky but perhaps I will have to harness something like this instead.That would shock the wife if she went downstairs one day and saw the Bonneville had been traded in for a Volkswagen engine in a tricycle...It would shock me too.
4 comments:
I ran across that bridge almost 14 months ago to this day. It is a very impressive structure, with many nuances.
Of course, it helps to not have cars/motorcycles screaming past at 55mph in order to enjoy the details.
Greg P. In WV, where the longest bridge I cross is about 1/2 mile over a muddy Ohio River...
I have pictures just like two of these-- without the crazy little contraption in them. It's a picturesque bridge that I always look forward to driving over! I hope we make it back there again but it's not looking good.
We live in an economic bubble in the keys. Where the visitors come from, so many of them, still, I have no idea. But they keep coming.
Lots of trikes these days, as the motorcycle-riding population ages. It doesn't look like you have the scary Can-Am Spyders (wheeled snowmobiles made by Bombardier) down your way, which I consider a good thing.
I'm thinking it won't be too long before I'll need an extra wheel myself. I'd like a Piaggio MP3...
__Orin
Scootin' Old Skool
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