Little Bridges

Bridges. They're some of my favorite things of all. I found some new bridges at Dunham Prairie Preserve, my new park for some relaxing short hikes. I was overjoyed to find them because while doing some internet research for nature parks I looked specifically for bridges.

One of my favorite kinds of bridges are those old hanging rope bridges they always show in the movies. You know, the ones where the people come to them and wonder if they're safe to cross. Inevitably they go across one by one, and usually at least one board breaks under someone. sometimes the whole bridge eventually collapses. The whole thing always fascinates me.

Well, these bridges aren't really the same kind as those, but they're the closest I've ever come to it. Not to say that these are at all dangerous, they just physically resemble them. And I love to cross every bridge I find. It just seems like such a wonderful adventure to do so.

The point is that a bridge is there to transport you from one place to another. On one side of the bridge you're in one place, and then when you cross that bridge you are magically transported to another. It's almost as if you're in another country or even another world. What wonders might there be on the other side of that bridge?

It's always fun to go to another place. A bridge can take you to that other place, or you could get there another way too. Have you ever considered another country? How about Portugal holidays? I always wondered what it might be like to travel to Portugal. I could imagine crossing a bridge to get there, or I could just pick up and go someday.

Any way you think about it, crossing a bridge can at least be a source of wonderful fantasies. I know I always savor the moment right before crossing any bridge I come upon. I'll stand there at the foot of the bridge looking across and wondering what marvels I might find on the other side.

And it's not just the other side that is special about a bridge. Crossing a bridge is also a special experience for me. The journey is one of the best parts of a trip. I love to get to about the middle of a bridge and look down at what the bridge crosses over. Sometimes it's a river, sometimes it's only a dry ravine, but I always like seeing it.

I'll be looking for more bridges while I'm on my new adventures here in Iowa. I hope I find some good ones. You should look for bridges too. They're always so much fun. Maybe you'll find a fantasy world on the other side.


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