Pittsburgh

Had to hit the road again! This time Mike and Jeannette were headed to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to celebrate the wedding of Roger and Floria. It was a 8.5 hour drive each way so they carpooled with their good friends Trent and Heather. Unlike Illinois, once you get a little further east you start hitting more hills and mountains. Here's Brownie riding on the dashboard as we approach the Fort Pitt Tunnel:

Whee! I'm not sure why, but driving through tunnels is a lot of fun.

The next day we explored some shops we had spotted the night before. They had a Penzey's Spices store! Jeannette loves Penzey's Spices with all the cooking she does and was super excited to visit a real store instead of ordering from a magazine. You could open up all the spices and smell the samples.

Here's a great picture of Jeannette from the wedding. Mike was behind the camera so we didn't get any real good shots of him this time.

On our last day we took an architectural cruise around the rivers. One of the coolest things was this building that had a hole in the side of it. The purpose of the design was so that every office could have an outside window. The building was built before the days of air conditioning.


Next week Mike is headed back to Las Vegas for another couple conferences for work. Brownie is almost certainly going to tag along.