One thing that was kind of nice on a motorcycle, was crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on a warm summer day heading to the ocean. The Atlantic, is just short of a 3 hour ride from home, but an hour into the trip I hit the bridge.
The official name is The William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge. In truth, it’s two bridges. 2 lanes going eastbound and 3 lanes on the westbound span. They do us that 3rd lane to go east when summer traffic is heaviest.
A touch over 4 miles long and a max clearance for ships of 186′ in height. And it has some great views. It’s just beautiful in good weather and frightening in bad weather. We were at the top when a hail storm started in a light car one time. It felt like we were going to be blown off the bridge.
I’ve experienced some strong cross winds on the bike that had me leaning on the tank for a lower profile also. But most of the time it’s at sunrise on my way to the beach. And in the convertible it’s a real treat.
One of these days I’ll have to have my better half take the wheel so I can shoot with abandon. It will be one of my favorite targets this summer, with a good friend on Kent Island now I’ll be riding it much more than the past.
I’m not crazy about heights but and this one is high, but for some reason going over it has become fairly easy. So here is to a few dozen safe trips over and back this year.
Random Thoughts of the Day
- Fitness used to just be part of my daily life when I was young. Being I’m pretending to be young in my advance years I thought I’d incorporate fitness again.
- I had to retire my favorite pair of glasses. But I can see clearly now.
- Too many cooks in the blog can make a mess of a post. It’s already crowded in here with me, myself and I.
- Another snow event on the horizon. And here I am, flip flops in hand waiting for summer.
