We caught each others’ eye and smiled. In that moment, I complimented her hat, of which she said thank you and quickly asked me how to spell ‘courtesy’. I spelled out ‘courteous’ (way to go, Tree.). As I thought about what I had spelled, I realized I had a really ridiculous moment. I then went to my phone and typed the word in a text message and showed her. We both laughed as we both had the wrong spelling, and she got off the bus in that moment.

When she got off, she said something to the driver, but I didn’t make it out. But when I saw her go in front of the bus, I realized she was grabbing her bike from the bike rack. How awesome and unexpected was that?! She had this nice bag, dressed well, and was riding a bike! It was a cute blue bike with a rack on the back.

It’s beautiful weird moments like this that make me appreciate public transit.

By Latria

(PS — She mentioned needing an English tutor. I think we both do, haha! Any graduated English majors out there willing to give me free tutoring? There is always room for improvement, right?)

Segway Of Ohio conducts 90-minute tours around Eden Park on their unique two-wheeled transportation devices.  Have fun tooling around the park while learning from an experienced guide.

Much appreciation should go to the city Park Board.

Cincinnati Park Board Director Willie F. Carden Jr., whom I’ve noticed likes to innovate in order to make things better, gave Jenkins the go ahead to roam Segway-mounted through the city’s parks. He also provided a closet to put them in at Eden Park, with an electrical outlet to charge them. For free.

- CityBeat story

Below is the tour brochure, and a 4:35 long video.

Segway Tours Brochure

Photo by P. Reddy/The Enquirer

From Soapbox Cincinnati:

Aquarium owner Herschend Family Entertainment has opened Ride the Ducks Newport, a 40-minute tour that includes 25 to 30 minutes on the Ohio River, with a land circuit of the Great American Ball Park, Paul Brown Stadium, the aquarium, the World Peace Bell, and the historic homes on Covington’s Riverside Drive.

Tickets are $13 for adults and $10 for children and are available from a kiosk located outside of the aquarium.

I saw some a tour leaving the station the other day on the way to a movie.  It would be ideal for out-of-town guests, but I can’t wait to try it out for myself.

Founded in 1975, the non-profit railway museum, located in the four-acre Latonia Yard, has a permanent collection of 37 pieces of historic equipment from the seven railroads entering Cincinnati.

So says Building Cincinnati, in a post about May’s Covington After Hours, about the Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati.

I’ve probably driven down Decoursey Ave. in Latonia about a thousand times, so I’m fairly familiar.  I know about Johnny’s Toys and the now-vacant Value City store.  But I never knew there was a whole museum dedicated to trains hidden back there!

After a bit more digging, I turned up an old Cincinnati Post story (on the Wayback Machine) on the museum.

Some people never stop playing with trains.

Take 84-year-old Bill Ewing of Anderson Township, whose ”toy” is a real, bright yellow B&O Railroad caboose, for which he paid $2,500 15 years ago.

He keeps it in the rail yard of the Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati, in Covington’s Latonia neighborhood, where he and other volunteers work on the museum’s 80-piece collection every Wednesday and Saturday.

… In the rail yard, each car has a unique story, and Ewing is eager to tell them.

A tiny green engine with a No. 1 on its face used to push coal into a power house, he said.

He helped paint a dark green passenger car, which he said was at least 75 years old. ”It’s priceless,” he said.

A red passenger car, which had two master bedrooms and a shower, was one of four end cars for the Broadway Limited in New York, volunteer Bill Williams said.

Buster, the Baby Bus

Born in 1998 just in time to celebrate Metro’s 25th anniversary, Buster shows up at area parades and community events. Buster was built on a go-kart frame and was created by a team of Metro mechanics who gave him such unique features as working headlights and horn, rearview mirrors and windshield wipers. See him at a parade near you!

via Dave E.