Carew Tower

Today, I am tired.  But yesterday, that was a busy day.

Aaron and I ate lunch at our favorite, The Gruff, at the Kentucky foot of one of the Ohio River bridges.  Fries ordered as soon as we sat down.  That boy is always hungry.

I had planned to drive across the river to a parking garage, but Aaron asked to walk across the bridge.  We did that, seeing helicopters flying around and a fire truck pulling an inflatable boat.  We later learned that an employee had fallen off one of the parked barges, no word yet.

Aaron was a bit reluctant about the Sky Wheel, a huge ferris wheel.  He decided to try it since the seats are enclosed, air conditioned even.  Not much rocking.  He declared it good.

While on the wheel, he noticed Carew Tower, which has an observation deck that he enjoys.  We walked a few more blocks,  went up the big elevator for 45 floors and a tiny elevator for a few more.  It was $9 for us to go on the deck, and it was cash only.  Oops.  I had $7.  Then we cleaned out my coins and came up with the $9.00.  It was a clear day and the view was amazing.  We admired the bends in the river and talked about the difficulties of steering barges around those bends.

A trip back across on the trolley would have been nice, but I had no singles, so we trudged our way across the bridge again.  We never did visit the waterfront park on the Cincinnati side, maybe next week for that, and I'll be sure to have trolley money.