Cincinnati Adventures

Hi Blog Pals,
My time in Cincinnati is winding down.  Perhaps some of you might remember a TV show that took place in Cincinnati.  

I am off on a walking tour.  This little book has been really helpful in planning my adventures in Cincinnati.

Time to explore the city. This statue is in a nice place called Hyde Park. 

Next to Hyde Park is Ault Park.  Ault Park has a huge field, a nice pavilion, and plenty of community gardens. 

The view from the pavilion is awesome.  They have fireworks on Independence Day, it would be a great place to watch them.

Time to explore the community gardens.

This one is nice. 

More pretty flowers. 

Time to leave Ault Park and head downtown to where the baseball stadium is. These stairs are huge.

On the other side of the stairs they have fountains. 

Cincinnati was once nicknamed Porkopolis because the farmers used to send their pigs to slaughter in Cincinnati and sometimes they would drive their cattle down the middle of downtown Cincinnati. 

To get the best views you have to cross the Ohio river into Newport, KY.  A bridge dedicated to walkers only.  Sounds perfect for me. 

I made it back to Newport, KY.

During the 1800s there were so many steamboats on the Ohio River.  They still have some boats that take tourists on the river.  They were right, the best views of downtown Cincinnati are on the Kentucky side.

Speaking of steamboats they had a fox sized model in a local park.

Oh my, this is a lending library.  What a creative idea.  I wonder if they have anything by John Grisham?

Cincinnati and Newport Kentucky were awesome places to explore on foot.  One more bridge to cross over to get back to the Cincinnati side.  

Goodness, I look good against this bridge. Downtown doesn't look too bad either :)

A new adventure

Today's adventure in Cincinnati starts with a walking tour in a really nice neighborhood.  This house might be a good rental for me and my stuffy friends.

This house isn't available for rent but maybe this one is.  It does have a mural on the side of the house, that would be an easy place for all of my stuffy friends to locate.

Attention:  Everyone be careful.

A beary cool fountain in a nice park.  My goodness I am getting hungry for some famous Cincinnati food. 

Oh yeah.  Skyline Chile.  Not a bean based, Texas style chili but a more Greek flavor chili.  It's so good. 

They start you off with some crackers.  I recommend them. 

This fox came here for chili, where is it??

Oh my goodness!  This chili looks amazing, I can't wait.

Mine, all mine,

Flash forward to the next day.

I have had a chance to explore Cincinnati and now we are off to the Smoky Mountains.  Lot's of rain today.  Perhaps if I take a lunch break the rain might go away. 

My goodness, this rain is so intense that it's flooding the street.

Perhaps relaxing with a beer sampler will take this fox's mind off of the rain.

Yep, the beer worked.  This fox is happy. 

A proper vacation

Hi Gang, I am hanging out at the airport wondering where my roommates are going to take me.  Do you think I am flying first class?

First class?  Yeah right, I don't even get a full seat.  What stuffies put up with for a good vacation. 

8 or 9 hours later I have arrived in the Queen City, that's right Cincinnati Ohio.  They have a huge chair for me to relax in.

After lunch at the Findlay market it's time to explore. 

This is a cool church.

This is the opera house.  

More opera house.  It's huge!

Cool old buildings.

Narrow alleys.

I am staying at my roommates friends house.  Hello world, meet Dylan. 

World meet Stella.

And there is a special guest.  He used to spend most of his time running around the Southwest chasing a certain road running animal.  Hello blog pals meet Wiley Coyote.

A great first day.  So much to see in Cincinnati.