The Dalles Bridge in the picture crosses the Columbia near the Maryhill Museum of Art, which was built by Sam Hill. Sam was a railroad tycoon who saw the writing on the wall and championed the automobile. He thought that to get people in to cars they needed somewhere to go and roads that would allow them to get there faster. Horse and buggy roads were too rough and vibrated the cars to an early demise. The Maryhill Loop Road was the first asphalt paved road in Washington. The museum was supposed to lure people to the wilds of eastern Washington. Once they got there he hoped to jumpstart civilization in the boonies. The museum has an eclectic collection of art, some of which was donated by Queen Marie of Romania.
You should ride a motorcycle across one of those bridges. Not only can you see through them, but the steel grid grabs at your tires and makes you go where it wants you to go.
I am glad that we were able to go over it when they still had the observation deck, fishing pier, gift shop, and restaurant at the south tunnel - that was pretty neat
The amount of water that we lose from leaky pipes every day is staggering. The ASCE report card says 6 billion gallons per day.
So what are the unintended benefits of fixing our decrepit utilities? For starters, new road surfaces or road reconstruction, sidewalks, traffic signals, etc.
The Dalles Bridge in the picture crosses the Columbia near the Maryhill Museum of Art, which was built by Sam Hill. Sam was a railroad tycoon who saw the writing on the wall and championed the automobile. He thought that to get people in to cars they needed somewhere to go and roads that would allow them to get there faster. Horse and buggy roads were too rough and vibrated the cars to an early demise. The Maryhill Loop Road was the first asphalt paved road in Washington. The museum was supposed to lure people to the wilds of eastern Washington. Once they got there he hoped to jumpstart civilization in the boonies. The museum has an eclectic collection of art, some of which was donated by Queen Marie of Romania.
Why not a chicken?
Nah, they're just a bunch of takers who would spend it on lotto tickets and cheap booze.
Apparently he's saying dumb things about marijuana laws again.
I used to really think he had a brain, at least a fairly decent one. I might not have liked him, but he wasn't stupid. At least that's what I thought.
Well, we had to wait for our politicians to have kids, grow up to be general contractors, and receive the money.
In this case, I'll allow it.
In this case, I'll allow it. If for no other reason to keep Manchin's construction friends from getting a dime!
Yeah, but they had a lot of those cool VW command cars.
Then we could say "Well, you wanted a president with absolute power. Now you got it!"
The bridges come down fast, but boy that is a lot of cleanup before boat traffic can go through.
That was great. Cheers!
You should ride a motorcycle across one of those bridges. Not only can you see through them, but the steel grid grabs at your tires and makes you go where it wants you to go.
I am glad that we were able to go over it when they still had the observation deck, fishing pier, gift shop, and restaurant at the south tunnel - that was pretty neat
The amount of water that we lose from leaky pipes every day is staggering. The ASCE report card says 6 billion gallons per day.
So what are the unintended benefits of fixing our decrepit utilities? For starters, new road surfaces or road reconstruction, sidewalks, traffic signals, etc.
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I suggest changing the frequency to WDCB 90.9 MHz, but that would probably piss off too many people because it's the Devil's Music (Jazz).
That's right, you live in God's country