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Assignment Complete (for now)

Just returned from Peoria, Illinois after the float-in of the McClugage Bridge. Landed on the east coast (by car), Wednesday morning and have been unpacking and getting set up for the rest of the winter doing work getting ready for the warmer weather and the start of the bridge design construction projects that we have been chasing the last two years.

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Hello There Folks!

Welcome to my 3rd attempt at a blog on WordPress! This one will be about bridge design & construction, with a focus on bridges that I have been involved with and upcoming work that may be “shovel ready”. My previous attempts are still out there, but this is the one that I wanted it to connect to my LinkedIn account so I could keep it work & travel-related, and a reference for younger…

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Past Posts Botts's Blog

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The Fall is the Best Season...

Central Illinois, winter is coming.

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Fall 2023, Upper Peoria Lake, Central Illinois

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59th Birthday and Beyond

So I started this new page while I was on a week long vacation on Pawleys Island with my family in the lead up to Young Minor’s wedding to Miss Lelia Page Battle from Lynchburg Virginia. Since it is the beginning of my 6oth year here with you nice people on Planet Earth, I thought it would be of interest to update you what I have been up to since returning from Chengdu in 2012 and getting back…

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1st attempt ever ever at using fresh cranberries w/apple cider & mulling spices. Reminds me of that time I tried to eat shad roe. Hopefully my days of shortcutting over to the can of cranberry sauce are over...tbd (at Sullivans Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5cnUv6A7bP/?igshid=1alkmcgolmvex

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#lastnightagram (at Folly Beach, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5XT6oNgYpQ/?igshid=1k7igjqm9c4ex

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Man in motion... #towearthering (at Virginia Military Institute) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5NME_wAv75/?igshid=19hllhp91pqii

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Honda Pilot getting it done. #lastseptemberagram (at Grand Junction,CO) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4dDTFdgyZN/?igshid=a1tirnv48uqw

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Lover’s Leap near Stuart, Virginia. #lastjuneagram (at Primland Resort) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4dDFKaA51j/?igshid=17zddyzqlro8t

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Understatedly dead! https://www.instagram.com/p/B4dCRqrgHjZ/?igshid=15vw2fsjgc68c

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Still smarting from that home loss of the Silver Shako last month here in South Carolina... https://www.instagram.com/p/B4VNPfdAJT5/?igshid=1v92nv8vn1zsf

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My people https://www.instagram.com/p/B1STJbJA4lo/?igshid=s40mzyrlgj8q

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Awesomely awesome https://www.instagram.com/p/B1IGdMtgxAt/?igshid=9sbhompyox31