We had a task to accomplish first for his job and once we completed that task, we decided to take a detour from Columbus before we headed back to the Indianapolis area for the evening. Headed southwest out of Columbus, we decided to go and sight-see another “list” attraction that I had found. I came across an article that denotes the “Most Impressive Bridge” in every state and the bridge we went to find in Ohio was in Cincinnati [https://www.loveexploring.com/gallerylist/71687/the-most-impressive-bridge-in-every-us-state-and-dc]. It is named the Roebling bridge after its creator – who is the chief mastermind of the Brooklyn Bridge in NYC; so when looking for the information about this Roebling bridge, we saw some pictures of it and it DOES indeed resemble the Brooklyn Bridge in NYC! We parked in a parking garage and moseyed across the street to the north bank of the Ohio River and walked along the shore to get up close and personal with the Roebling Bridge that connects south Cincinnati to northern Kentucky. There was even an iced-over staircase for pedestrians to cross the bridge on foot. We DID climb the icy steps but did not cross the entirety of the bridge, but we did get some photos as cars were whizzing by on steel metal gratings (like a drawbridge) with a humming sound I won’t soon forget.



We also took in some other sites as well – a meditation labyrinth and a few statues. The mediation labyrinth we were unsure if they kept it short on purpose or if it’s short year-round but it was fun following its path; even if I cheated a few times and just merely stepped in front of Clint several times cutting some of my “time-to-finish” timing off.

The statues we came across were of:
1. 2 geese in flight and was named “My One and Only”. If you look at the picture, they look like two birds connected at the wing of the other.

2. Colonel William Dickson receiving a sword from the Black Brigade. Upon further investigation, we discovered that Dickson inspired some 400 colored men to return to duty the next day and was pleasantly surprised when 700+ showed up to report for duty. He eventually returned to his previous work (from practicing law to being named a judge) while the Black Bridgade went on to seeing action in the Civil War. Another noteworthy fact is that he was married to Mary Todd Lincoln’s 3rd cousin (just a basic search was done here – my source is Find a Grave website).

We didn’t spend a whole lot of time in Cincinnati since we wanted to save some other stuff for the future, in case we get a chance to explore it again more in depth. The drive back to the greater Indy area was uneventful with the exception of admiring the rolling hills of southwest Ohio and southeast Indiana with thin blankets of snow everywhere.