Lambert Bros., Inc. pile driving under the Rickenbacker Causeway

The metaphor "the answer is blowing in the wind" holds! During our last sail of 2019, we hit an object floating in the water near the Viscaya museum. We realized that it was a floating concrete piling, but didn't know where it originated from. This is Miami and there is a lot of construction going on. I was thinking that it may have come from Dinner Key Marina, which is being re-build after Hurricane Irma a couple of years back. My aha moment came when we recently passed underneath the Rickenbacker causeway bridge. Lambert Bros., Inc. is installing new pilings to protect the bridge foundation from accidentally being hit by a large vessel, or whatever. I immediately realized where the stray piling came from. Just take a look at these pictures and compare to those in my previous blog. It's a match, for sure!

BTW, since I wrote this blog someone told me that Lambert Bros., Inc “had a barge that partially sunk a few months ago… maybe it was lost then…”. (edited February 19, 2020)

Yours Truly,

Magnus Liljedahl a.k.a. magthemotivator