As for the beauty of the Mississippi bluffs, my favorite views come from the little municiple park in Lansing Iowa. The perch is SO high.
"Remember the I35W bridge--who needs terrorists when there are Republicans"
then I have an instant paranoia about what the situation post Thatcher etc bridges in the UK are like.
the main reason I worry about something similar is I rmember a UK county council discovering it was cheaper to post slippery road signs on its county borders and halve its resurfacing schedule for major roads during the height of the Thatcher Years. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
