Perhaps it was just me... or maybe it was the time of day (noonish) near a factory... but I was on the second day of a road trip between Texas and Pennsylvania a couple of days ago and my route took me through Cincinnati, OH. I cranked the windows down to vent my car (I'd taken in some diesel exhaust from a truck I'd just passed) and the most peculiar odor blew in. It was... organic, kinda sickly, a bit medical, more porcine vet's office than Park Avenue dermatologist, and just plain gross.

Was I imagining it? At first, I wasn't sure what it was (perhaps a car's bad exhaust system or some such) but the smell lingered from the riverfront stretch of I-71 North and uphill past dowtown. It was several minutes before the smell finally purged from my car.

Anyone have any idea what this might've been? A factory? The river? The unwashed denizens of nearby Kentucky?