tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post163283487329424449..comments2024-02-24T15:49:59.506-08:00Comments on Another Long Walk: I'll Cross That Bridge When I Come To ItRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243706924573005381noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-2320689574525627092008-01-04T17:18:00.000-08:002008-01-04T17:18:00.000-08:00Wow! I agree, on the live cam...wonder if we can ...Wow! I agree, on the live cam...wonder if we can get you on Google Satellite - LOL!!<BR/><BR/>Good luck & be safe! Keep sending those stories, we'll be checking in regularly!<BR/><BR/>BasketCaseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-14141307955039338002008-01-04T09:55:00.000-08:002008-01-04T09:55:00.000-08:00Well, this is just so dang entertaining! I'm glad...Well, this is just so dang entertaining! I'm glad you're walking so far.. it'll extend the adventure for all of us reading!<BR/><BR/>It's like watching the Amazing Race. Only without the airports, money, language problems, bickering, uh, never mind. It's more like the Amazing Tortuga. <BR/><BR/>EsmereldaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-71844717740046907462008-01-04T07:02:00.000-08:002008-01-04T07:02:00.000-08:00Ah, the modern Seven Mile Bridge, with breakdown l...Ah, the modern Seven Mile Bridge, with breakdown lanes! Back around 1980, my wife and I rode bicycles to Key West and back, crossing the original Seven Mile Bridge -- which was originally a railroad trestle. To make an automobile bridge out of it, they had merely lifted up the rails and mounted them on uprights down the sides, so the guard rails were literally rails. Two lanes, each of which was perhaps eight feet wide. No breakdown lanes.<BR/><BR/>On the way down, we made a lot of drivers unhappy. We didn't travel that much slower than the cars, actually, but they pretty much couldn't pass us for seven miles. And we couldn't get out of their way if we wanted to.<BR/><BR/>On the way back, though, we crossed the Seven Mile Bridge at 11:00 at night. That was great! Didn't get passed by a single car the whole way -- nobody had any reason to drive anywhere in the Keys at that hour. And we heard screaming from someone in a boat, apparently stranded with a dead engine. When we got into Marathon, we contacted the Coast Guard station there and they went out and rescued the guy.<BR/><BR/>We were staying in motels. Never much for the camping under the stars thing.<BR/><BR/>-- KirbertAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-5439263886590897822008-01-04T05:16:00.000-08:002008-01-04T05:16:00.000-08:00Marathon? seems aptly named.Marathon? seems aptly named.midlandtrailblazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09182685560510119372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-70218212466994229992008-01-03T22:44:00.000-08:002008-01-03T22:44:00.000-08:00We agree 100% with everything everyone has said.. ...We agree 100% with everything everyone has said.. This is so very interesting and your feelings are expressed so well, that my "toe" feels it needs a band aide.. haha<BR/>This is like a book you can't put down, a movie you can't wait to see the ending, waiting on the punch line to a joke, etc..<BR/>Be safe out there, take care & keep on Blogging, Please!!<BR/>"Nanni" of NanniPapawTo4<BR/>Feverishly looking up the "Seven Mile Bridge"... I'm learning as you lead me... Love it!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-84844323642271078072008-01-03T22:19:00.000-08:002008-01-03T22:19:00.000-08:00Hi there GT! Do you feel more like Jimmy Buffet or...Hi there GT! Do you feel more like Jimmy Buffet or Ernest Hemmingway? I grew up in the Keys, so I am really enjoying this: ) Any minute now, you will be passing through Islamorada, where a church bus would take my sister and I on Sunday mornings. Then before you know it you will be in Key Largo where I lived and went to elementary school. I spent many childhood days at John Pennekamp State Park. I can still smell the salt and see the mangroves reaching into the water. I was always more scared of barracudas and Portugese Men o'war while in the keys, but as soon as we got towards Homestead, my alligator fears stepped right in. WIll you be taking Card Sound road? There is an amazing bridge on it. But I imagine it is much further out of the way.<BR/>Be SAFE!! I have an Uncle down there still. If you need anything let me know: )<BR/><BR/>'t' of dtandfamblytriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13476151601365421427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-56879426259171729882008-01-03T18:02:00.000-08:002008-01-03T18:02:00.000-08:00Ryan,Your blog is AWESOME! I feel like all of us ...Ryan,<BR/>Your blog is AWESOME! I feel like all of us are on this trek with you!!<BR/>Please take care of yourself. <BR/><BR/>~resQlou of AQAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-35127269984715532962008-01-03T17:38:00.000-08:002008-01-03T17:38:00.000-08:00If you take a day off of blogging I'll be in serio...If you take a day off of blogging I'll be in serious withdrawal. I do enjoy tucking the kids in bed and snuggling down for a good read. Keep it up.<BR/><BR/>-just4beesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-72445501166604400302008-01-03T16:16:00.000-08:002008-01-03T16:16:00.000-08:00Hey Now, GT!I am enjoying following this little tr...Hey Now, GT!<BR/><BR/>I am enjoying following this little trek of yours, a GT's trail journal without the formality of Trail Journals or Whiteblaze. I guess you don't need the usual caveat to "hike your own hike". <BR/><BR/>What's next? Perchance the "International AT" in a few years? :D<BR/><BR/>Be well, <BR/>ConnfederateUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12072518264755625515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-72528544081684919562008-01-03T15:34:00.000-08:002008-01-03T15:34:00.000-08:00Your a GREAT story teller GT:)Glad you were able t...Your a GREAT story teller GT:)<BR/><BR/>Glad you were able to avert the "potentially serious problem";) That's where guy's have a definate advantage over us women out on the trials.<BR/><BR/>It sounds like an interesting part of the country.<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to reading more about your adventures.<BR/><BR/>Trish:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-41541955328827134982008-01-03T14:40:00.000-08:002008-01-03T14:40:00.000-08:00Hey, you could be our own reality show!!Hey, you could be our own reality show!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-45602930088983075622008-01-03T14:33:00.000-08:002008-01-03T14:33:00.000-08:00wow! now if we could just get a live cam on you!?P...wow! now if we could just get a live cam on you!?<BR/>Plgrims in This Land<BR/>oh the glowing things in the water sound real cool. hmmm. Sure you weren't just dehydrated? tee hee<BR/>Pilgrims in This LandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-83965547835401075652008-01-03T13:49:00.000-08:002008-01-03T13:49:00.000-08:00This is so entertaining! it's better than a TV sh...This is so entertaining! it's better than a TV show!<BR/>Sweet n SassyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838884300056139535.post-296094611055215202008-01-03T13:33:00.000-08:002008-01-03T13:33:00.000-08:00I love your stories GT! I will be a faithful reade...I love your stories GT! I will be a faithful reader. Write often:) And be safe out there.<BR/>ShoafstersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com