I travelled to Connecticut this weekend to bid grandma farewell whose visit to the US has been exhilarating. Those who regularly go North toward Nashua (sounds like a place in Kenya) knows well enough to take Tappan Zee Bridge rather than 1-95. My thoughts wandered on I-287 until I got onto the bridge. This graceful bridge spans the Hudson River approximately 20 miles upstream from midtown Manhattan. I began to marvel at how stretched this thing was. I recalled that back in 2003 we had travelled here (John was too) and Mzee Mwaura noted that too much water is not good (please translate in Kyuk). So I wondered:
- How come such expansive infrastructure is not part of East Africa? Am sure there are parts of Lake Victoria, Lake Turkana, Indian Ocean and other waters that could be bridged.
- Is too much water good? Not after Katrina.
- The fact that the world is made up of 70% water requires that you know how to swim.
- Finally, there are 442 verses in the Bible with the phrase "water." The very first one is Gen 1:6 which says "And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water."
Next time you travel the Tappan Zee what will your thoughts be?
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Thinking of Bridges Kim...my fascination with them - especially the George Washington Bridge that has an upper and a lower level, has fast been replaced by groans everytime I have to pay tolls at the bridges! I remember a fairy tale where some little goats wanted to cross a bridge but could not because of the big bad troll who watched it!Now I know who the troll is!
Speaking of tolls -does anyone else feel the pain when driving to Washington DC?
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