This is The Seven Mile Bridge. It is located in the Florida Keys. You pass over it on the way to Key West;one of the most scenic drives in the country. This is also the domain of BIG MO. He is a huge Hammerhead Shark. Legend has it that Mo has developed a taste for 200 lb. Tarpon. I have fished these waters for years and have never seen Big Mo, just a lot of tarpon heads. To me, he is very real. Incidentally, the bridge is actually 6.79 miles long. I think Big Mo ate the rest.
Big Mo was last seen with a Yugo in his jaws, trying to impress the Loch Ness Monster...
ReplyDeleteI think I'd prefer not meeting Big Mo! Quite a reputation, especially interesting since he apparently eats parts of your bridge.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reminding me of this drive that I still want to do, it must be really great!
ReplyDeleteGod bless you!
Cezar
Your bridges aren't bridges they are so long! Love the colour of the water!
ReplyDeletethat is huge!
ReplyDeleteGreat view of this bridge and very interesting history about Big Mo, I'm sure he ate part of the bridge bit by bit. Have a nice Sunday!
ReplyDeleteThere's a special perspective in your photo. I like it...
ReplyDeleteA seven mile bridge? We can't do that with all the bridges in Tuscany... But we (almost) lack even Yugo eating sharks!
ReplyDeleteMay you never see Big Mo!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting. I really like the photo of the suspension bridge. Looks like a postcard. 6.79 miles -- amazing!
ReplyDeleteBig Mo doesn't sound too friendly! But I like your bridge, it looks like it goes on forever :)
ReplyDeleteI've only seen one Hammerhead Shark in the wild, so I can't wait to meet Big Mo! :-) Actually I will love to drive on that bridge one day as I really want to visit the Keys. The Miami airport is all the Florida I know (LOL) because I had to change plains on my way home from Central America.
ReplyDeleteHee! A funny story!!!
ReplyDeleteNice capture. Have you ever attended the 7 Mile Bridge run? It's tough to get in as a runner (there's a lottery due to so much interest)....but, it's a great event just as a spectator.
ReplyDeleteI know not of Bit Mo...but we love the 7-mile bridge! Lois ran the 7-mile bridge race a few years ago, and her friends ran it this year.
ReplyDeleteNice capture, Bill.
By the way, riding that bike you referred to over bumps might be kinda like riding your Yugo over bumps, right?
Hope you're having a good day!
Stay away from the Jaws of Big Mo. I'd like to take a drive over that bridge someday.
ReplyDeleteFunny comment to the beautiful no ending photo. 7 miles (sorry, 6,79) bridge, how could that clever heads invent, rate and build it???
ReplyDeleteGreat story and fascinating to look at. I love bridge engineering!
ReplyDeletenow that is a long bridge!
ReplyDelete:) nice photo and nice story
ReplyDeleteHi!
ReplyDeleteFun story about Big Mo! It was interesting learning about him! Hope it's too cold for creatures like him here in NY ...
I love your "Art and Artist a Day" in the sidebar. Today's is Female head (La Scapigliata), da Vinci...
Just beautiful~
~Maria
He's my cousin
ReplyDeleteI remember that long drive over the long bridge. I like the Bog Mo story, your own version of loch next monster in Florida. I am sure big Mo is fun to watch for. Good luck in capturing him in a photo.
ReplyDeleteCute post!
ReplyDeleteLast time I visited the Keys that was still under construction .. we motored across on the old bridge.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! Long live Big Mo!
ReplyDeleteI have never been to the Florida Keys. I'll have to visit them sometime as it truly does look like a lovely area. Mo won't scare me away. I don't taste good, I'm sure!
ReplyDeleteShame on him! heheheee
ReplyDeleteI've never been that far south in Florida - I've been to Clearwater, Orlando, Cape Canaveral, & a couple other places, but never the Keys
Wow...that is a long bridge. you have a while to wonder about Big Moe....
ReplyDeleteI love that water color! Also loved the story of Big Mo.
ReplyDeleteThis has to be an engineering feat. How deep does the water get between the beginning and end of this bridge?
ReplyDeleteLook at that blue water! Thanks for the info on the bridge.
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Hammerheads are strange=looking creatures.
ReplyDeleteI am waiting for a photo of Big Mo....be patient.
ReplyDeleteI've never been to Key West, but would love to go.
ReplyDeleteMy mother had a friend who lived there and it always seemed like a wonderful fantasy place to me.
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