Cincinnati, Ohio and Northern KY 5/19/14

Day 17 of our summer trip

We stayed at Winton Woods campground in Cincinnati.  It is a very nice county park with many activities available.  This is the site we were in.  You can see the lake behind our trailer.  It is the light brown spot near the center at the base of the trees in the photo on the right.








We spent the day checking out our old haunts in the Ludlow and Covington, KY area.  Flowers were placed on the grave of Earl’s parents as Memorial Day is coming.  The Forest Lawn Cemetery is beautiful and peaceful.  His parents’ grave is located on a hill overlooking a pond that was inhabited by some ducks.  Spring is just beginning in this area.



While we were driving on the back roads, we passed a bridge, part of someone’s driveway, that crosses over a stream.  When we were dating, years ago, we passed this bridge often.  It is more overgrown than then, but still interesting.  We had the opportunity to purchase a painting of this bridge, back then, but it was too expensive for our college budget.  Our loss.

 
Covington is a diverse city.  There are many restored historic homes in the Licking Riverside Historic District.  This one, on the left, is currently a lawyer’s office.  Then there is the ultra modern Ascent Condominiums located near the Convention Center. 



We both graduated from the University of Cincinnati.  We did not go over to the University on this trip, but here is a photo of the Ohio River with Cincinnati, OH on the left and Covington, KY on the right and foreground.

There is a park along the river, on the KY side, where we took some pictures of the Cincinnati skyline, including the river front stadium.



The other thing that we did today was to go to dinner at one of our favorite places from college days, Frisch's Big Boy.  It brought back some good memories.

Cincinnati, OH 5/18/14

Day 1 - Sunday, May 18, 2014
Goshen, IN to Cincinnati, OH

This was a travel day.  We finally had some nice weather in Goshen.  Between the gravel that they put down and the rain giving us a break, we were able to get out of the infield and onto the road headed to Cincinnati. 

Most of the driving for this leg of the trip was on U.S. Highways going south in eastern Indiana and then east into southern Ohio.  The rural Indiana countryside was very serene with farms large and small.



This is a caution sign that you will see only in Amish Country.  There is even a buggy to demonstrate what the sign is talking about.

 

 

When you see the Amish buggies on the highway, you notice that they are very well marked with lights and placards so that they are quite visible at night.  They even have license plates.

 

There were many small towns along the route that we took.  This is a clock tower in Berne, IN.

 

The town of Linn, IN was having a carnival as we drove through.

Another small town had a nice little memorial park.

After we entered Ohio, there were still farms.  Here is one with the quintessential red barns.

 

This water tower let you know it was in Eaton, Ohio and the diversity that is in the area.  You can also see some of the large farming equipment that is for sale here.

 

Here is a closer view of the water tower.

 

 

This is a scene from the town.

 

At a stop light in Cincinnati, we saw this small old street rod?

And across the street was this artwork that looked like a sailing ship mast.

Once we got to our campground, in Cincinnati, we dropped off the trailer without setting it up and hurried off to meet some of Earl's cousins for dinner.  We were late because the local highway driving and traffic from detours, surrounding constructions areas, took us much longer than we had expected.  Thankfully, they were patient and waited for us to arrive.  We really enjoyed getting updated on what they were doing.  It was great seeing everyone again.