Friday, July 8, 2016

The floating bridge



Maybe a better title is "What did you do on your drill weekend?"




For a rainy Friday, Sault Ste Marie pulls out all the stops.  Best way to keep a wet campground entertained is to have the local National Guard practice launching, connecting, moving, and retrieving a modern "pontoon" bridge next to the campground.
As you can tell from the pictures, it kept a lot of people entertained! Not sure all the "trainees" enjoyed being watched so carefully.
They eventually had three sections of this size that they moved down river and placed between the river bank and an island before returning
 At a distance, it does look like a floating road.
Retrieval is by crane. Once they lift it up, it folds up on its own

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