Bridge Over Troubled Early Christmas Shopping – Opinions From E. Curtis Johnson

With only a little over 150 shopping days left until Christmas, you may already be looking for a gift for that hard to shop for person, The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has 11 bridges for sale. I’m NOT making this up!  Priced between $1 and $500, all the bridges are on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Federal Highway Administration may pay your moving costs. If a bridge seems too small of a gift, the entire town of Aladdin, Wyoming is for sale.  1.5 million buys 30 acres, 15 buildings and a 118-year-old general store that is still operating. Aladdin is between Sturgis, S.D. and Devils Tower National Monument. You’ll get all the “summer biker party” and “people who like to look at big rocks” business.

My name is E. Curtis Johnson. People frequently ask what the “E.” stands for. With my obvious penchant for helping you with your early Christmas shopping, “E.” stands for, Elf. If you believe that - I’d like to sell you swampland in Florida – which you could put your new bridge over.