Recently, we made a trip to Cincinnati to visit our daughter Rachel. She got a job down there a few weeks ago so we went down to visit her.

Ohio is an interesting state to say the least. They do things differently down there. Besides having a lower speed limit on the interstate, 65, they also have a different view of life in general. For example, they have signs noting that there are overhead wires.

Now, it is not that the wires hang low enough that a tall load on a truck might hit them. On the contrary, those wires are so high that it would require a low flying plane to hit them. A truck carrying a load that high would never make it under the over passes which the wires are often right next to.

And, it is not like the wires sign are far enough back to give you adequate warning in the event that an ice storm might pull them down. No, the signs are right before you get to the wires. Certainly not enough time to stop before you hit the wires.

And, they have a sign just after the wires. I guess that is in case you just ran over the fallen wires and wondered what that snapping sound was. Or maybe it is for people who just decided to stop and back up. “Hey you! Before you back up, you should know that there are over head wires that could fall on you.”

I’ll bet that one of the governor’s won a reelection campaign based on the overhead wires issue “Can’t be too safe here in Ohio.”

I have been in Ohio for two days now and already I have a months worth of blog material.