There’s a Drawbridge Ahead!
Shane and I took a special one-day college road trip throughout the Washington, D.C. area. It was a good excuse to spend some quality time together, and we managed to tick off a lot of the nearby colleges while we were at it.
At one point, we were traveling over a bridge. There was a sign that said, Prepare to Stop: Drawbridge Ahead.
We were going over a river that led into the Chesapeake Bay. We were on a long, concrete structure that, apparently, could be lifted for passing barges.
It occurred to me that Shane probably hadn’t been over a lot of drawbridges in his lifetime. Heck, even I haven’t been over a lot of drawbridges, and I’m a few decades older than Shane.
In fact, I wasn’t sure if Shane would even know the word.
“There’s a drawbridge ahead!” I said. “Do you know what that is, Shane?”
“Sure,” he said. “It’s a bridge that goes up in the air.”
I started to compliment him. “Yeah, and….”
“And there’s a castle and alligators and a boat,” Shane said.
With that comment, I realized that the only drawbridge Shane had ever seen was less than five inches long – and it was attached to our vintage Fisher Price Little People castle.
I nearly wrecked the car, laughing so hard.