Addendum. The bridge

Nora Vrakas and the rest of us were almost to Louisiana, MO. We just had to cross the bridge over the Mississippi
River. Nora Vrakas balked at going over the bridge. "I'm not going over that thing. (It had no shoulder and quite a bit of traffic). The rest of us all stared at her like "how the heck do you expect is to get across". We decided to cross in force. Christine flagged down a car and they followed slowly behind us. We got across safely. Nora Vrakas survived the crossing.