Hidden in Plain Sight

Ironton, Ohio was our next stop. Ironically, twin bridges linked this community to Kentucky, and one was painted blue and the other was painted green. Noticing this, Benji declared from the back seat “Benji’s bridge and Davey’s bridge”. We color code our twins’ personal items; blue is Benji’s color, and green is Davey’s. Once across the river, we followed our GPS’s directions to the address and found a depot, but no caboose. We made several passes around the block and were tempted to give up and move on, but something told us to persevere.  Just to be thorough, we drove through the flood gate and down to the boat launch behind the depot where we found our missing caboose sitting high on the bank by the flood wall. Unfortunately, vandals had damaged this Toledo, Detroit & Ironton Railroad car. A bonus was the great mural that had been painted on the flood wall depicting important town events.