Montgomery Inn at The Roadhouse, Cincinnati, Ohio

Finally got into downtown Cincinnati yesterday.  We had a team meeting at the Garfield Suites Hotel.  Kind of a seedy hotel but at least was downtown.

That is a picture of the James A. Garfield statue with the sun obliterating his head.  It stands in the park just outside of the hotel.

After the meeting...which on for way too long...we went to dinner at the Montgomery Inn located along the Ohio River.  The view from the restaurant was fantastic.  The near full moon rose over on the Kentucky side of the river and shimmered off the river.

The food was good.  Montgomery Inn is famous for its barbeque pork ribs.  I had a small rack of ribs and barbeque chicken.  Both were very good.

Home from Cincinnati

A very long evening of travel last night. Left client site in Blue Ash around 5:15pm eastern time and got home just before midnight central time. It was partially self-inflicted because I flew American Airlines and had to connect through Chicago.

Cincinnati was warm...matter of fact near record breaking warm on Wednesday.

The biggest and most interesting story is finding evidence of other Alspaughs. The woman who set up my access to the client's wireless internet told me that my last name is the same as her mother's maiden name! That has never happened before. Her mother's name is Roberta and I don't know anyone on my dad's side of the family with that name.

Stayed at the Doubletree in Blue Ash which has a really large maccaw in the lobby. The picture is a bit blurry because he was swinging on his swing. This guy was not particularly friendly. He would have been pleased with himself if he could have gotten a piece of you.

The redbud trees were in bloom everywhere and so beautiful. The Cincinnati airport is actually in nothern Kentucky on the south side of the Ohio River. The drive from the airport to the city is quite lovely. Very hilly on the Kentucky side with the hillsides covered in trees with the redbuds splash of red and purple-pink.