Bridge to the future

So the title of the blog is kind of corny, but I wanted to try and commemorate my 30th posting somehow.   I remember a few years ago, the documentary maker Morgan Spurlock had a show on TV called "30 days" where he'd take someone out of their element and have them do something for a month to see how it would change them.   While it didn't last very long, and he was trying to build off his doc about the McDonald's challenge, I did remember that the people that did those things actually did change.   Not only that, but the subjects actually formed new habits and new routines that helped them get to the goal.   Doing this project has pushed me in a direction that has both been extremely rewarding and pretty challenging.

Earlier this year, Monroe decided that it was finally time to repair a street corridor that was pretty confusing to navigate and was just poorly designed in the first place.   Along the way, they replaced sewer lines, rerouted traffic patterns with one-way streets, and demolished a decades-old pedestrian bridge previously used as a railroad crossing.   It recently opened back up for the outdoor enthusiasts to be able to use the trail that was closed for the bridge construction and it is pretty neat.   While extremely simple in its design, I think that the minimalistic ironwork is very artistic.   It blends well with the surrounding residential neighborhood and is a welcome sight from the eyesore that the old railroad bridge was.   This shot is a metaphor for me to be both excited and challenged at the shots that await me in the next 30 days and beyond.