Tuesday, March 8, 2011

On Monday, we drove from Ukiah CA over to the coast and back on a seriously scarry road. It wove in and around the mountains constantly and climbed and descended at a 16 percent grade. Normally, on the highway a 6% grade is posted so that truckers can prepare themselves for the steep downhill strain on their brakes - brakes that can fail from the heat. Much of the road had no line down the middle. Ann said that it was like a slow rollercoaster ride. Here is a bridge that was first erected in 1909. That means that the bridge started its life carrying horse drawn wagons, model Ts and model A Fords.

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  1. The ford model S was made between 1906 and 1909, so this bridge was made even before the model T.

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