Lake Pontchartrain causeway

Ah yes, Lake Pontchartrain. This lake has been the end for some and the beginning for others once they left New Orleans for safety before,during and after Hurricane Katrina's landing. Its name has been used in many a song. It was created around three thousand years ago, give or take a few hundred years or more. Its depths are much shallower than I once thought. Water levels reach anywhere from twelve feet to sixteen feet. It is forty miles wide and twenty four miles long. I was a bit surprised actually. It was difficult to get a clear view of the landscape during the night. After leaving New Orleans the causeway was the last thing in my mind when we reached the other side of the bridge. While crossing the bridge I was slightly terrified that the weakened structure would collapse while we were on it. I thought to myself, what a way to go, drowning after falling into the lake. I thought the end was ever so near. I was anxious to get to the other side as quickly as possible. I couldn't wait to hit land. Lord just get me safely to the other side, I whispered under my breath. Yes, it was all in my head. If the bridge wasn't safe enough to cross it would have been closed off. I concluded in my mind that the construction barriers, barrels and caution tape made me a bit nervous. If it were not for the fact that all I could see was water in the middle of the night I might have been more at ease.