Ailsa’s(Where’s my backpack) theme this week is bridges. Please check out more entries for this week at this link. There are some great ones again this week. This was fun because I found some oldies but goodies!
First one from the past is Miss M and me on the bridge near our cabin in Akeley:
Another one from the past. Miss M and me on the Stone Arch bridge in Minneapolis near my work place. Hubby stayed home with her during her first year and they came to have lunch with me one day and we took a walk. You can see the ill-fated 35W bridge through the railing in the distance, about 6 years prior to its collapse:
The Stone Arch Bridge:
The 3rd Avenue bridge and falls:
Next, let’s go to northern Minnesota and one of our favorite places to camp, Jay Cooke State Park. Sadly, the swinging bridge washed away last summer after torrential rains produced the worst flooding in the area in 40 years.
Yes, it was a huge amount of water to come up that high to take out that bridge! We make reservations for a particular spot in their campground every year and there was so much damage that the park closed and everyone that had reservations got refunds. We were very disappointed but of course we understood. Hopefully we’ll be able to go this summer. Here are a couple more photos of the swinging bridge from years past:
travels with toby 
That last photo has great depth and perspective…what a great collection :-)
thanks so much! I loved yours too :)
Love bridges, Tobyo. Yes, I like that last shot too, and the smiley one of you guys sitting on the bridge.
he he. I kind of forgot about that photo until I went looking. ah, my little girl…..who isn’t so little any more. Fun memories for me :) Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I hope you’re enjoying your Sunday!
Love your bridges! I can’t resist taking photos of them, can you? :)
Thanks! ha, I was just commenting that for someone that lives near lots of water, I don’t have many photos of bridges. This just gives me more ideas for photos in the future ;) Thanks for stopping by!
Also, those are really cute photos! Did you actually take all of them? That is pretty cool.
I’m in 4 of them, hubby took those. but I took the others. thanks!
Great post, Toby!
Thank you! It was fun :)
Beautiful bridges! The last one is a great shot.
thanks! now that I look at it again, I think hubby took that one. but I appreciate the comments nonetheless :)