Cincinnati

Friday night we, two canoeists going 2 MPH mind you, got pulled over by DNR; Never mind all the drunkards open throttle all around us. However, they weren't unfriendly and only cost us some time. We saw another Bald Eagle later on that night. That's a total of 11 now on this trip. We survived the heat wave and reached our goal of hitting Cincinnati by Saturday. We were admiring the USS Nightmare just before the city, when we got stopped again! These guys were Ohio boat police though and were psyched on what we were doing. We told them our story and that we got stopped the night before. They did a quick vessel check so they could give us a vessel safety sticker in hopes of saving us the hassle of more stops in every city. They even gave us some candy bars, Gatorade, and other snacks, then sent us on our way. We got a hotel in the city and did some relaxing. Some could argue this is "cheating," but our bodies and clothes needed some cleaning seeing as we've only showered twice in over month and haven't done laundry at all. It was also 103 that day so we decided to stay on the Newport, KY side of the river to avoid traffic and steep banks on the Cincinnati side. A block up from where we stayed was the Southgate House. This historical site was the birthplace of the inventor of the Thompson sub machine gun, aka the "Tommy Gun." It is now a bar and concert venue that gives off an eerie feeling, such that a dimly lit, early nineteenth century home should. We left the city yesterday and are back at it with fresh arms!