Monday, October 24, 2011

Pittsburgh and the Steelers . . .

No, we didn’t see the Steelers, but the whole city absolutely loves their team. Steelers T-Shirts everywhere. We found the hotel/motel that I had picked out – drove around the grounds – then stopped in to see if they had a room for us. They did and we took it for two nights. The room was awesome – very large with a full-size kitchen. Not that we were cooking or eating in, but it’s nice to have.

We were on the first floor – even had a small balcony.

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Our drive to Pittsburgh was short, so we had a whole afternoon to start checking out the city. It was a beautiful day, so we thought we would do the tram ride up Mt. Washington because the weather forecast for the following day wasn’t the greatest.

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Tracks going up to the top of Mt. Washington.

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That’s our red truck in the parking lot.

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A stranger offered to take our picture.

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Scary, huh? That’s Bruce in the red shirt.

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Looking down . . . oh my!

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In the tram looking out over the city.

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Inside . . .

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The other car coming up.

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Olive Garden for dinner – that’s my meal – I think it’s called a sampler. Way too much food. We had enough leftovers for the next day’s meal.

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I’ll tell you about our bus tour tomorrow – hop on, hop off.

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