Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Travel Tuesday - Trolls

I am a troll, I was born in the lower peninsula of Michigan, or as a Uper, would say, below the bridge.  The Mackinac Bridge connects the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan.  I have never been across the bridge.  I have seen it from the air, the couple of times I was there, we flew into the Island.  

In the town my parents lived in, in Florida, the state built a new high rise bridge across the inland waterway on the north side of town.  In the shadow of it they built a new concrete fishing pier to replace the wooden one that had burned.  At the beginning of the pier was a small bar and restaurant.  I don't know that the official name of it was, we always just called it the Troll bar.  The food was good and the views of the water amazing.  The Bridge provided shade, all the better for the trolls.  

Near our home here in Alexandria, Virginia the Woodrow Wilson Bridge carries 10 lanes of I-495 across the Potomac River.  Under it is Jones Point Park.  In it is the original marker for the southern corner of the District of Columbia before retrocession.  That marker is in front of a colonial era lighthouse.  We were married at the lighthouse.  I sometimes remember it is Jones Point Park, but if I refer to it as the Troll Park, we know exactly what I mean. After all who lives under a bridge, trolls.  
 

12 comments:

  1. Anonymous8/23/2022

    I had to look up retrocession and I think I understand what in means in this case.

    The bridge looks very sturdy but then those that collapse do too.

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    1. Land area that was taken for the creation of the District of Columbia, the US Capital, was given back to Virginia, It is a complicated and messy history

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  2. Imagine the size of the troll under that bridge. (If it’s a troll bridge, you have to pay a troll to cross it.)

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    1. It is a drawbridge, so we can shut Virginia off from Maryland.

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  3. I never had you pegged for a troll!!!!!! And your far from one. Bridge or no bridge, lol.

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    1. As long as I don't act like one

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  4. I kinda like the pictures of the underbelly of a bridge. Most of the times the structures are pretty amazing.
    Living under one? I don't think so ....

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  5. The underside of bridges can be very attractive. I like to photograph them. I haven't run into any trolls on those occasions. ;-)

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  6. I've only been to Alexandria once years ago, even though I pass by it on the way to DC all of the time, usually on the train. I bet Alexandria is a great place to live being so close to everything.

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    1. King Street Amtrak station is about a mile from home

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