Wild Postcards

The original Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel was built between 1960 and 1964. It connects between Cape Charles, VA on the Delmarva Peninsula, and the cities of Virginia Beach and Norfolk in southeastern Virginia. Prior to the bridge-tunnel’s construction, one could either take a ferry (which, despite making as many as 90 crossings a day, was not [...]

“Bridge Spanning Cuyahoga River on Ohio Turnpike.” I don’t want to be too technical, but it appears that the bridge pictured is spanning the Ohio Turnpike. Unless, of course, they built the turnpike on the riverbed. Hope they don’t get a lot of rain! Actually, what I think is happening in this picture is that, [...]

This is one of many postcards that my Aunt Brenda picked up on our many trips to western Pennsylvania to see our extended family.

This card has it right: A never-ending flat plain, delineated only by Interstate 80. As the back of the card tells us, “Nebraska lives by its extensive sea of grain — principally corn, wheat and rye. More varieties of grass grow in Nebraska than any other state. Beef cattle and hog production are major contributors [...]