On the Way to Louisiana: Pecos River

Pecos River High Bridge, Highway 90, Texas. September 2017.

After I left Big Bend National Park, I took Highway 90 for quite a piece. Following some long bouts of not much going on scenery-wise, all of a sudden I came across the high scenic drama over the Pecos River.

Pecos River High Bridge, Highway 90, Texas. September 2017.

Holy Mother! What a vista! What a bridge! 

Pecos River High Bridge, Highway 90, Texas. September 2017.

Obviously, I had to stop and gape.

Pecos River High Bridge, Highway 90, Texas. September 2017.

I walked on one side of the bridge and then the other side.

Pecos River High Bridge, Highway 90, Texas. September 2017.

I looked down its sternum.

Pecos River High Bridge, Highway 90, Texas. September 2017.

I saw there was an overlook nearby, so I drove up there.

Pecos River High Bridge, Highway 90, Texas. September 2017.

I saw flirty, white flowers on a tree.

Pecos River High Bridge, Highway 90, Texas. September 2017.

Pecos River High Bridge, Highway 90, Texas. September 2017.

Pecos River High Bridge, Highway 90, Texas. September 2017.

And then I was on my way again.

Boonville, Missouri: Katy Bridge on a Hot-Hot Day

 

Train choo-ing under Katy Bridge, Boonville, Missouri. August 2016.

My descendant and I left South Louisiana at the beginning of August and came back to Missouri, where I re-deposited her with her parents. 

On our way back to Missouri, via Harrison, Arkansas, we saw this ugly welcome. Fortunately, my granddaughter is too young to take in its over-sized message. 

So began an intermission in Missouri before pushing off to my new home for a year. 

Boonville on a hot-hot day

Hoo-wee, it was hot when we walked over to the Katy Bridge in Boonville.

You wouldn't think I'd be so done in by the heat seeing as how I'd just spent two years in South Louisiana, but sweet Jesus, it was oppressive.

A train chug-chugging under the bridge here and here:

I like how the backdraft pushed the tree branches, and then me, following the train.

Train choo-ing under Katy Bridge, Boonville, Missouri. August 2016.