This day I switched over to the Kentucky side of the Ohio River at Maysville, Kentucky, followed the river north along Hwy 8 to Cincinnati, where I braved a drive through that city, then rode Hwy 27 North, crossed into Indiana and stopped for the night at Connersville.
It was a cold night and morning in Manchester, frost on the scooter in the morning. I dressed up in all my layers, including some new ones I bought at Walmart the day before, put some hand warmers in my gloves and rode off. Good news, I was too warm. So I gradually shed layers until things were just right and had a good day.
There are coal fired power plants at regular intervals along the river. They have a certain beauty. I’ll erase the power lines when I get home.
Maysville, Kentucky has flood walls similar to Williamson. Mayville’s have murals painted on them depicting local history and personalities.
There is regular barge traffic on the river, usually transporting coal or petroleum. This boat is pushing three tanker barges upstream.
If the previous two days were about coal, today it was tobacco. Although, tobacco is in decline, and these drying barns are getting old. The barns are specialized for the purpose, with tall doors on both sides for ventilation.
This train came along after I had parked the scooter to set up for a shot. The engineer probably thought it was a bad place to park a scooter, and he was probably right.
There were many factories spotted along the riverside.
This is a water pump and storage facility in Mount Aire, an area within Cincinnati. I like their creativity.
The inside and outside of my dinner place in Connersville.
Thanks – I think the rules are that you must be minimum 25′ from railroad tracks.
Connersville must be the original manufacturing location where the Connersville gas meters were made – they are now replaced by higher tech meters, but there was a day decades ago that when you needed large volumes of natural gas they were metered by Connersville meters.
Tobacco farming in Indiana sounds kind of odd to me. Especially since I recently saw a program about Cuba (now opening up and promoting tourism) where they say all the really good cigars are made.
Love your photos and hope you have luck with the weather. Today our area is in very warm trend.
Mexican food at the White Horse restaurant must have been a treat so far from the west coast. Re photo 3rd from the bottom, I always love figuring out what an unusual gadget is for, but that one has me flummoxed. I can see how some of the parts must move. Probably for farming. Photo 5th from top looks like it has a nuclear plant cooling tower, but maybe it cools something associated with the coal-fired plant. As usual, a lot of imaginative scenes you’ve caught.
The farm implement 3rd from the bottom is a hay rake. It’s used to turn over cut hay to air and dry it out so it can be baled. In the picture the rakes are “folded up”. The hydraulic arms pull them up and let them down.
Tyson,
Thank you for visiting the site and providing that clarification. I’ll make sure that Bob sees your reply.
Mike