Brooklyn Bridge Walking Trip

Mika and her fellow second graders had one last excursion on their to-do list: a walking trip across the Brooklyn Bridge. These hardy kids didn’t just walk across the bridge once, but twice. And they walked all the way to and from the bridge as well. That’s 5.5 miles (9 km) altogether – with very little shade – on a hot day (!)  Thank goodness for peer pressure, which kept the whining at a bare minimum. The chaperones had to buy a few extra bottles of water though, to keep the gang hydrated. On each crossing, the class took a break under the stone arches to take in the views and work on their assignments. Mika pointed out the countless padlocks that are fastened to the bridge, and none of the adults had noticed them in the past. Turns out it’s a new(ish) fad from Europe, where couples lock their eternal love to a bridge and throw the keys into the river below…