I am terrified of driving over bridges. You might think that it's not really a fear, or that your deepest fear is worse than mine, but knowing that I had to drive over the Hoover Dam gave me a very deep gnawing knot in my stomach. I was afraid it would collapse and that I would drown!
After leaving Grand Canyon we drove 147 miles to Hoover Dam. The traffic queue went for miles, but when we turned the last corner the waiting was forgiven as we saw the massive dam before us - it was so beautiful.
The sun was blazing; it was about 35 degrees Celsius. After we’d gotten out of the car and taken some photos, I was very glad to get back into it and back to my air con!
Then the knots in my stomach started up again, moving upwards towards my throat as I approached the dam. Tom decided to get some closer photos and jumped out of the car leaving me all by myself to cross the dam with my fear bubbling up!!
I started thinking… what’s the big deal with bridges and dams? What are the chances of them actually collapsing while you are on them? How many accidents have you ever heard of where bridges collapse?
This got me through it - I did it! - I crossed it all by myself! It was a big personal achievement for me and one that I know I will have to look back to when I cross even bigger bridges on our journey in the future.
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