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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Sunday Bridges - Rouge River
This is a continuation of a previous posting. Crossing the Rouge River the pedestrian bridge connects Toronto and Pickering on the waterfront trail. I'm linking to San Francisco Bay Daily Photo.
I don’t think anyone is going to fall or jump off of this one. I think it is really attractive. It is sort of like a bridge arboretum. It is nice to see the folk on their bikes and all of the shadows on the walk and in the water. Such a great capture for us this week. genie
From this vantage, it looks like it's a covered bridge, but I see in your previous post it's not. Although aesthetically I find this an attractive footbridge, I'm disappointed that our world has become so fearful of so many things (jumping, throwing rocks, litigation... just using the examples of this bridge) that the authorities feel the need to be protective and enclose it so much. I would have been robbed of so much of the fun in my youth if it had been like this then. Yeah, I'd be there jumping off this bridge! LOL!
I agree with Francisca, we live in an overprotected world. You grow to cope with dangers not to keep them away. To walk over such a bridge can not be that dangerous to make it such a tube.
this is pretty! we have bridges like this on Long Island over our highways so pedestrians can not throw things at the cars. & I can assure you most of the people who live here are not so rotten - it only takes one bad apple.
I don’t think anyone is going to fall or jump off of this one. I think it is really attractive. It is sort of like a bridge arboretum. It is nice to see the folk on their bikes and all of the shadows on the walk and in the water. Such a great capture for us this week. genie
ReplyDeleteFrom this vantage, it looks like it's a covered bridge, but I see in your previous post it's not. Although aesthetically I find this an attractive footbridge, I'm disappointed that our world has become so fearful of so many things (jumping, throwing rocks, litigation... just using the examples of this bridge) that the authorities feel the need to be protective and enclose it so much. I would have been robbed of so much of the fun in my youth if it had been like this then. Yeah, I'd be there jumping off this bridge! LOL!
ReplyDeleteFrancisca, it's there to protect stupid people from doing stupid things. We are living in a world of bubble wrap.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Francisca, we live in an overprotected world. You grow to cope with dangers not to keep them away. To walk over such a bridge can not be that dangerous to make it such a tube.
ReplyDeleteA lovely bridge. I noticed the pedestrian walkway at the GO station in Pickering is really coming along.
ReplyDeleteWe have near here the "Rogue" River -- for a minute I thought you were here ;>)... a beautiful shot.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a beautiful area, and the bridge is very cool looking!
ReplyDeletethis is pretty!
ReplyDeletewe have bridges like this on Long Island over our highways so pedestrians can not throw things at the cars. & I can assure you most of the people who live here are not so rotten - it only takes one bad apple.