August Road Trip - Part 1 (Pittsburgh)

It was just a week ago today that we started our long sojourn home from Decorah, Iowa. Before the memories fade, we're sitting down together as a family to caption a few of our favorite photos from each stop on our two-week road trip, and enjoy traveling back through the memories.

The first leg of our travels was to Pittsburgh, PA, to visit Aunt Christie and Uncle Mark. It was quite a rush getting the farm ready for our absence, getting ourselves ready to be gone, and crossing our fingers that everything we needed would fit in the Subaru Forester. It, and we, did all fit (barely), so, ready or not, there we went...

All smiles, at least at the beginning! Cameo by Chocolate (the rabbit). We chose the smiling picture over the one where Jason looked like he was about to drop over from exhaustion from packing the car!

Cool as a cucumber!!! Recovering from packing the car with some electrolytes.

On this stint we were in no particular rush so decided to take in a scenic overlook along the way. Turned out to be very underwhelming. 

After the car ride Terah needed to get her feet up! We are being nourished by Christie and Mark before heading to downtown Pittsburgh for the evening. 

Everybody but Terah enjoyed an outdoor showing of Turning Red in the park (Terah was there, she just didn't enjoy it...TOO SCARY! ). It was a good thing we bailed on camping outside due to predicted thunderstorms as that would have put Terah over the edge!

After a night of sleep in Mark's sister's home, we showed up on the porch again and were served a scrumptious breakfast before some more Pittsburgh adventuring.

First stop: a Children's Museum that Terah said was no fun because there were "too many children!" 😂 After rejoining Christie and Mark outside, the kids went to get cooled off in an outdoor mist installation that proved rather stinky!

There was a bridge. We walked across it. This was not a surprise; it's Pittsburgh.

Someone had drawn faces on the bridge. This was (slightly) more of a surprise. Find the face to match your mood! Can you find the real face?

Gosh it looks like the water is coming out of Terah's head. This is at the fountain on The Point (where the Allegheny and the Monongahela join to form the Ohio River). Less stinky (dry humor for a wet fountain).

Can't be this close to three rivers without at least dipping our toes in. Some had to show considerable restraint to not fully submerge themselves (TERAH!)

Before getting on the road to Cleveland, Christie and Mark treated us to Burgatory. We can see why it gets good reviews. The burgers were not stinky at all despite Terah's face.