A Wonderful Weekend in Pittsburgh

We spent the weekend in Pittsburgh so that Bob could compete in the Pittsburgh Triathlon. It's such a beautiful city, I don't know why we don't go more often.

We went to Jen and Jeff's beautiful house for dinner the night before the event.

Greta waiting for an opportunity

Bob and his dad

The morning of the Tri - Bob and his cheering section (the kids and I, his mom, his dad and Carol - Jen and Charlie even showed up later)

In the Allegheny River

Swim

Out of the river, heading to the transition area

Bike

Run

Jen, Charlie, the kids and Bob

Bob did really well!

Packing up

After the race we spent hours at Carnegie Sportsworks. 

Giant Operation game

Ben and Will on the climbing wall

Giant Air Hockey

Getting locked into the roller coaster simulator

We learned that we're not fast pitchers

Trying the acrobatic stunts

That's Ben on the unicycle. The kids all tried this. It didn't go over so well for Will.

A Night in Pittsburgh

The kids and I spent last night at the beautiful Omni William Penn in Pittsburgh. We were in Pittsburgh for the kids' first concert...American Idols. We loved the concert, but boy am I old. Somehow, in my years of absence from concerts, fans have replaced waving lighters in the air with waving their open cell phones. Due to memory card problems on my camera, I have no pictures of the hotel (which I highly recommend) or the concert. We took a walk around Pittsburgh this morning, and I was able to take a few pictures after replacing that darn memory card.

Pittsburgh is a beautiful city, with three rivers and many bridges. Looking across the river at downtown Pittsburgh...

One of Pittsburgh's many bridges...

Doesn't this picture look like it's of a model train! It's real, and I believe that it's carrying coal...

The train from a distance...