Welcome to Pittsburgh!

Today has been an interesting day...we began our day at Das Dutch Village Inn with homemade donuts- way better than dunkin'! Mom, Eva, and Laura, you remember how the Amish make them- yum! Todd and the boys loaded bags with Ken while the riders prepared to leave.

Patriotic John! 

We checked out of the Inn,  and headed to the lunch spot in Pennsylvania, where we soon met police once again!

We came to the place we planned lunch, which was a park and baseball field.  The entrance had road closed signs and barriers blocking it. There was a sign with a website (which of course I couldn't get to with no Internet service) to get permission to access the property. After a brief, but helpful conversation with my mom, she found a phone number for the town (thanks mom!).  We got hold of the town to ask if any construction vehicles might need to use the entrance and inquired about parking in front of the barriers. The woman I spoke with did not understand, and said she'd send the police. In the meantime, Todd ended up going to another park with a woman who was scheduled to meet the foreman of the site. While they were gone,  I met the foreman!   The police were super nice and the foreman moved the barrier and let us in!

The riders were thrilled to see us at lunch because they had many hills to climb this morning.
Lunch ended and we headed to our hotel for the night.  It was late in the afternoon, and there was lots of construction along our route. Todd is doing an amazing job driving the "truck!" At one point we entered a tunnel,  and when we exited,  it was like Christmas morning.

We were extremely surprised to see a beautiful city skyline, including multiple bridges, as well as a train along a track!

Welcome to Pittsburgh!!
We will be saying goodbye to a few riders (Margaret, Greg, and Susie, we'll miss you!), and we welcomed a few more today!
We had a delicious Chinese dinner at a restaurant within walking distance, and we have the day off tomorrow. Tonight I took the kids to the pool and Todd is taking some well deserved down time at the movies across the road!