Cincinnati

Last week  SM went to Cincinnati for work and I tagged along.  Monday after we arrived we decided to go for a walk.  We walked along the Roebling Suspension Bridge that is not yet opened to vehicles but was opened for foot traffic.  Last Spring was the last time I visited Cincinnati and during that visit this bridge was covered from top to bottom with billowing plastic and was under a lot of construction.

As we came to the center of the bridge, a barge started under our feet.  I knew it was a large barge but it just kept coming....

...and coming...

...and coming.  And it was all incredibly quiet since the engine of the barge wasn't seen until the whole boat had finally passed under us.  It was an amazing thing to experience and those barge drivers have to be very skilled at not crashing their barge into anything because they are pushing and not pulling the barges down the river.



Here I am on the Kentucky side of the river, looking back onto Cincinnati.  I had to share this great photo of Cincinnati, the river and a barge. 



We spent four days in Cincinnati.  The leaves were changing colors and blowing all over the place.  This is a photo taken from our hotel room balcony.  I really loved looking at the church at the end of the road.  I was going to walk down there and get some better pictures but ended up never going in that direction.  I was able to follow SM to court one morning and watch how the Federal Court of Appeals works.  It was a fascinating process.  SM and I were also able to eat Graeter's Ice Cream every day that we were there...and if you've never had it, I don't know how to describe it to you other than it is very creamy.  They pride themselves on having almost no air in the ice cream which makes it very dense and yummy.  We also ate out and I shared a steak dinner that was incredible!  Thanks to SM and his co-workers for letting me tag along on their work week in Cincinnati.