The Bridge from Hades

When we were in San Diego a month ago I managed to avoid going over the bridge to Coronado Isthmus. Thats where the Del Coronado Hotel is located and the Pacific fleet. The bridge was built soon after Pearl Harbor and it was designed to give the entire Pacific fleet the chance to all run out of the harbor at the same time if attacked. As a result, the bridge is 30 stories high, has a curve right in the middle and is over 2 miles across. Today our friend Lloyd said, we should take the City Tour, which had the zoo as a stop where we could get off, then come back on the trolley from the zoo. Sounded like a great plan, killing two birds with one stone. It never even crossed my mind to ask whether we would be crossing the bridge. The driver asked about 45 minutes into the tour, wheher anyone had a problem with heights. I raised my hand and he responded that I was in deep poopoo, as we turned the corner and started up the ramp to the bridge. We were sitting in the back of the trolley where there weren't even any sides to the vehicle. The winds are really strong here today and he warned everyone to take off their hats or they would be blown off the bridge. That sort of talk did not make me feel any better. I just stared at the floor of the trolly and I was able to survive the crossing AND the return, but I am going to make it up to myself with Mojito's at dinner!