Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Day off in Pittsburgh

Today was a great day filled with lots of things to see and do....
Some of our highlights included the top of Mount Washington (Not NH), The Andy Warhol Museum, and a tour of the city. Unfortunately, once again the WiFi is slow, and I'll update this post tomorrow with more stories and lots of pictures...
We started at the Duquesne incline to ride the "finicular " to the top.

We had a fun ride up with a woman who was afraid of heights,  and slightly freaked out by Greyson's comment,  "if those cables broke, we'd be dead!" The view was spectacular! We could see all three rivers, lots of bridges, and the city!





Our next stop was The Andy Warhol Museum where we saw lots of artwork, and did some silkscreening. I really liked the way the galleries were set up in an organized manner.







We started at the 7th floor and worked our way down to the basement. Todd made a tshirt, and Tenrick did a tote bag as a small token of thanks to Ken and Nancy.
On a whim we decided to go on a duck boat tour of the city before we needed to be back to our hotel for meeting and dinner.







 We were glad we did! None of us had ever done a tour on a duck boat, and I've always wanted to.  The guides were hilarious. I imagine if our friends Pete and Chris ever needed a job,  they'd be perfect duck boat tour guides! We laughed a lot! Greyson and Elliot even got to drive the boat!!






We saw a different perspective of the city,  and found out that Pittsburgh has more bridges than any other city totaling 445. We also learned that Heinz payed 57 million dollars to name the stadium.  We saw several memorials honoring men and woman who died in service,  and several sculptures including one of the friendliest neighbors, Fred Roger's!




We had a late dinner with everyone at Bravo Italian restaurant. Todd and I had a loving squabble about taking "home" the leftovers,  and he won! We had the table laughing!

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