21 years - 6 Jan 2008 - Flickr

The opposition of instinct and reason is mainly illusory. Instinct, intuition, or insight is what first leads to the beliefs which subsequent reason confirms or confutes; but the confirmation, where it is possible, consists, in the last analysis, of agreement with other beliefs no less instinctive. Reason is a harmonising, controlling force rather than a creative one. Even in the most purely logical realms, it is insight that first arrives at what is new.
With that said, know this to be an evident truth: it took me twenty one years to take this photo. The reasons against are quite simple: the fog has never been quite right. Too thick, too thin, rainy, whatever. Once, years ago, I just knew I had the shot I had came for, only to find out that I had a film advance problem and a half-double exposure tripped me up. The fact that it was the last two frames on that roll further complicated matters coupled with my distinct lack of having. more. film. Duh… Never have I went out again with only two frames on a last roll, let me tell you.
Friends introduced me to this bridge in April, 1987, on the second day of my ongoing North Carolina residency. Whenever it’s been foggy, or has called for it on the weather forecast, I’ve always tried to make it a point to travel here and see for myself. Trestles like this one are not as wide-spread as you would think…