"Where I Live"

The recent talk about the many places seen by the Traveling Engine made me think that there may be some interest in a thread dedicated to member's' homes around the world.  Many incredible places have been posted, but may be buried in subject threads that might make them hard to find.

So, I'll start, and if anyone wants to check in with their places and stories, please feel free to post.

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Cruising back from the Allen Brickhaus Memorial Control Line Stunt Contest over in Paducah, Kentucky, and decided to let my nostalgia risk my life by taking a lap around the River Wall Drive on the back of Cairo's flood wall.

But for a single pick-up truck and boat trailer, the place was deserted, so I upped the ante with few quick photos.

Like so many places of my youth, this is now a much different place, in spite of the occasional efforts change it's image.

If you were to stand in this same spot in the early 1960's, you would see cars parked bumper-to-bumper along the ledge, with others slowly cruising by in the open lane. People would be walking among the cars, and down toward the river, trying to get a good angle for photos of the river and the bridge to Kentucky.  The Ohio River ends just pass the bridge, absorbed by the Mississippi River which is blocked from view to the right.

The river would have dozens of small boats racing back and forth, many towing water skiers, with their parked trailers and cars lining the boat ramp. The arrival of the Delta Queen would be announced over Cairo's radio station,WKRO, and The Cairo Evening Citizen newspaper. IF you were lucky, some adults would be interested enough to brave the crowds and traffic to get a glimpse of the riverboat.

If you were really, REALLY lucky, your Big Brother would arrive from far-away and mysterious Kansas City, and take you and sister out for comic books from the dime store and a trip ACROSS the river bridge and then back to the housing project! THAT was high living!!!





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