Feb 2020 (3) MAYSVILLE, KENTUCKY to an Ohio Birthday Party

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The next morning we stopped by Delite's, Darla's downtown recommendation for breakfast. It had a typical breakfast menu (no grits though!!!)

Inside was a 1950's vibe.

After breakfast we took another stroll around town. We saw this building with cool green tile work, especially the lovely lady in the middle.

We saw a number of buildings with these quilt squares. This one on the town's Irish pub is the Celtic knot design. These are part of the Maysville Heritage Quilt Trail. To see other quilt squares, go to https://www.pinterest.com/randesigns/maysville-heritage-quilt-trail/.

We were surprised to see this sign, as Kentucky is a big tobacco-growing state. Darla said they are trying to pass a non-smoking ordinance in the county. Some of the bars still have smoking (like the one above) and some don't allow it. Luckily, yesterday we had picked Chandler's, which is voluntarily non-smoking.

We saw the Opera House (now a live arts theatre) playing "Love Letters" this weekend. Generally, we try to take in a play when we are on the road, if one is available. But we had seen this one a few times, so decided no-go.

We saw these bronzed bison (buffalo) sculptures. I wanted to take that cute baby home.

We also discovered The Russell. In 1928 Colonel J. Barbour Russell, a local grocer / entrepreneur, built this "atmospheric" theatre as a philanthropic gesture to the town. Movies and vaudeville played here. After years of decay, it is slowly being refurbished.

Here's a mini version seen at the miniatures museum.

The mini interior displayed its "atmospheric" Moorish influence. Sorry about the reflections.

Then we saw the Cox building. It was built in 1886 by William H. Cox (Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1908-1912) in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. It was originally offices and retail. After a 2006 restoration, it now houses two grand ballrooms for public events, the Maysville visitors' center, and several other public offices.

Here's the mini version, built with 15,000 individual fired-clay bricks. The receptionist at the museum said that in 2010 the building's fourth and fifth floors and roof were destroyed in a fire. The roof-line was so intricate that they came to the museum to study the miniature's roof-line to help faithfully restore the roof architecture on the original building.

After that we hopped in the car and drove around some of the outlying areas before heading back across the Ohio to the main reason for our trip. We saw the old Maysville / Mason County cemetery.

Some beautiful headstones. This one from 1834 for a local minister.

Across from the cemetery were several long metal farm-like buildings. What we found mysterious was that several peacock, deer, an alpaca, an emu, and other smaller animals and fowl roamed free in the fenced in yard. When we stropped, they came up to the fence. Who was more curious??

Through research back home, we discovered it was converted from a family farm to a national Emergency Disaster Services facility. Read all about this interesting facility at: https://maysville-online.com/news/128592/eds-sets-up-shop-on-kentucky-10 and https://www.emergencydisasterservices.com.

Back north over the Ohio River we headed to Pappadeaux Restaurant in Springdale. Ohio. It was a surprise meet-up with Mike's sister Kathy (the "zero-number" birthday girl), hubby Jim, Jim's sis, and two neighbor friends. She was totally shocked to see us so far from home at her lunch party.

Although I forgot to take people pix, I did manage to get some great food pix. Everyone's order was fabulous--oysters-on-the-half-shell, Cajun fish, shrimp po'boys, kabobs, and huge, rich, wonderful desserts.

Here's Kathy as a kid. Ain't she cute?