Where's my T-shirt and bumper sticker? LOL!
[Actual day was Friday, July 20, 2012.]
While waiting for me to show up at the starting point, a black limousine drove by and turned around. Leader Bob and participant Dave looked at each other. "I know Larry inherited some money but this is ridiculous!" (It was not I.) When I did arrive, I commended Bob on his choice of day. "You are a monster! Either that or you sold your soul to the devil for this perfect day!" (He is a big Harry Potter fan, so I am not ruling out witchcraft!)
Before we started out, Bob announced that we would not be allowed to take the pedestrian bridge over the deep ravine in Fox Point. A couple of years ago the bridge was declared unsafe and the "impoverished" community of Fox Point has not been able to repair or replace it. LOL. As we bicycled north on Lake Drive, I noticed a new sign welcoming us to Bayside, another "impoverished" North Shore community.
As we passed the old George Pandl's restaurant building we noticed that it is now a synagogue. I quipped, "Now that I no longer have contact with Herman [a Jewish former coworker], I have to get my education from Howard Wolowitz on The Big Bang Theory!"
We continued on to our scheduled rest stop at Virmond Park in Mequon, rested and continued on to our next scheduled rest stop on the campus of Concordia University. I would later quip, "We used to make better time getting to Port Washington before we were beguiled by the opulence of CU!" I also lamented, "Why is my Lutheran congregation always hitting me up for money when it seems as if money is no object to CU?" Before departing the campus, we checked out the new stadium of Robin Yount's Midwest Chinooks baseball team. Dave raved, "What an intimate setting for a game and tickets are only five bucks!"
When we arrived at our breakfast venue and turnaround point, Harry's Restaurant in Port Washington, we were puzzled by the chairs lining Wisconsin Street. I quipped to our waitress, "Do the people of Port Washington not realize that the Fourth of July has passed?" "Oh, those chairs are for the Fish Day parade tomorrow." "Shucky darn!" I responded. "We came a day too early." Breakfast tasted exceptionally good to me, perhaps due to the beautiful day.
To be continued...
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Very good blog! It is interesting that you mentioned the Fox Point Bridge Lane Ravine Footbridge. GRAEF inspected it and determined that it was only safe to hold about 8 people at a time, so Fox Point closed it. I then worked on a proposal which GRAEF submitted to the Village for design services to either repair or replace it, and the Village hired Boldt construction to prepare a cost estimate for construction of a replacement bridge. The construction estimates ranged from $1.45 million to $1.75 million - just for a pedestrian bridge! So that is probably why nothing has been done!! (Although I don't know why one of the wealthy Fox Point residents doesn't just open up their pocketbook and fund it - lol!)
ReplyDeleteAlso regarding the Chinooks -- I have tickets for the game on August 8 and am looking forward to going, since it is Robin Yount bobblehead day!!
Keep on bloggin'!