Popes Island and an update on my surgery hospital stay
Good Morning and happy Saturday , have a good day and weekend
I thought I should give an extra update on my stay here in hospital
Let’s see it’s day 12 I think thought I originally thought would be at 5 to 7 day stay as
I thought that was the recovery time, well seems that is for a partial colon removal but can drag on a lot longer for full removal
For the most part, I’m staying mentally positive and feeling OK. The big hold up is basically for my I call them Gastro part of my body, intestines and stomach and such to start passing gas which they had hoped what happened six days that some just take a while to kickstart they keep saying This stage I have no idea how much longer I will be in here. Thanks for all the positive energy prayers and support truly appreciate it.
Today I will share a few shots from visits to Popes Island some shots are recent and some from visits last year
a Shot of the swing truss bridge catching a light trail of a car driving by
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The New Bedford-Fairhaven Swing Bridge sees an average of 5,000 openings a year for vessels
the Swing Truss Bridge and it was built between 1897 and 1899 and includes a 283.2 foot long swing truss which with its age and style Whenever I visit Popes Island for a walk, I generally walk over it and occasionally get some shots of it.
the cost of maintaining the bridge is apparently a challenge and they are now planning to replace this bridge with a lift bridge that raises up the bridge portion rather than swinging it out But i think this is still in the planning stage and will take a few years to complete
This shot shows the platform or base of the bridge that when it swings upen to let ships pass the swing bridge rotates over its funny the morning I took this there were no seagulls on this side, and yet when I walked across the bridge and bakc over on the pother side the similar pletform to this their was covered with seagulls,
I have noticed that a few times I wonder why one sid eis more popular than the other
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now off the bridge and looking at the Popes Island marina some real nice private boats docked there
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and looking the other way some of the commercial fishing boats
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Sony A7iv 28mm F11 10 Sec ISO 100
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