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Today we spent the day checking on the series of bridge letterboxes that we have planted here in our county. A couple of years ago the boys and I did a bridge study and found out that our county was home to almost all of the types of bridges we were studying. We visited them all. Now that we are letterboxing we wanted to plant one box for each of the unique bridges, in hopes that people from all over would take the time out to visit them. So far, so good. We've even had a visitor from Guam at one of our boxes! Of the three main boxes, one was missing. We will try to replant it as soon as we can. That box belonged to Liberty Bridge. Liberty Bridge is a curved suspension walking bridge. Our information says it is the only one in the US!! It is also the only bridge letterbox we planted in the city. Those are always trickier to hide! While we were checking on the downtown box, we took some pictures of anything interesting we saw. Our downtown now has pedicabs, bicycle cabs!! Take a look at our slide show: http://www.slide.com/r/mfkhmGxg7z_CljhxLP8h9ob4ASuQdIv7?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url After enjoying a little time at the downtown park, we headed to one of the more mysterious bridges, Poinsett Bridge. It is a 14 foot Gothic Arch bridge designed in the 1800s. There are lots of legends about this bridge. It is located in the more mountainous area, off of any main road. Our box hidden here was fine, so we enjoyed some of the wildflowers. I was very proud because I identified a new flower without the help of my oldest son! He gets tired of me asking him what everything is, so I am trying to learn for myself!! Then we headed over to a local covered bridge. Our letterbox there was also fine. We didn't stay here too long because sometimes there is a scary man that asks people about warts. We didn't want to see him! Ok, Ok...the real reason we left was that we had to get to ballet. But if you ever want to know about the wart man, there is a story there! If you can't see the slide show link, let me know. I am trying to find better ways to share pictures. If anyone know any good tips, please share!!!! |
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