Purple People Bridge

After returning from the motility test we decided to walk across the "Purple People Bridge" near our hotel. The bridge was originally built in the late 1800s for railroads and then later opened up for cars and pedestrians. In the 1980s the bridge was closed to railroad traffic and almost was closed completely due to years of neglect.  But, the city of Newport, KY fixed it up and now it's a great way to walk, run, or ride your way across the river into downtown.

We brought with us the geocache travel coin found on our ice cave adventure and wanted to leave it in a worthy Cincinnati cache.This location was definitely a great place to drop off the coin.  All along the bridge were locks couples had attached to a chain link fence (expressing their love, commemorating a proposal accepted, etc.).  One of these locks was actually a geocache combination compartment lock hidden in plain sight.

As we walked we crossed over the Ohio River to the state of Ohio, then back across to the state of Kentucky. The walk was windy, but it provided some great views of this waterfront section of the city.

Bonus photo: Jonathan realized I was taking his picture at a table in the hospital cafeteria.