Southbank/Southpork

It had been awhile since the grands and I had ridden the Southbank Shuttle to "downtown" and with summer drawing short I wanted to do that.

When we got off the trolley, there was exclaimation about a pig we'd missed before, right at the shuttle stop, named the Southpork Shuttle.  It is mounted on a tire and a sign says to spin the tire.  All the other pig signs say "don't touch the pig."  This was a very great hit.

Not so appreciated was the downtown Cincinnati library, despite its elevators and multiple buildings and circular marble staircase and wonderful bronze fountain.  I could have happily stayed all day, but the kids preferred the smaller Campbell County libraries with their quirky immaginative playthings.

So, they much admired the big fountain in Fountain Square, ate Graeter's ice cream, spun the pig, and climbed on the shuttle once again.