I want to start off by saying that as pretty as the PA turnpike is, it's ridiculous that we had to pay a $20 toll to get from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. We went to Pittsburgh for the Pirates game and had Natalie, our fabulous friend from OU as our host. She and her family were great. We went swimming and grilled out for dinner and got to see Pittsburgh in a pretty cool new way. We went on an incline where we saw an amazing view of the entire city. Obama apparently said Pittsburgh is one of the most underrated beautiful cities. He was right. Downtown looked amazing from the incline, and we did get a great picture of an obscene gesture towards Heinz Field ;)
Apparently Matt sang karaoke when we went to the bar with Natalie's friends. I found out the next morning because I posted up at the bar for $2 drinks- something we can't afford to take for granted on this trip. Even tho we were in Shitsburgh (only because of your football team) we had an awesome time. It's a gorgeous city with the best hole-in-the-wall bars we've ever been to- and we've been to a lot.
On the way to DC, our karma decided to even out the good luck we'd been having lately, by breaking my car. In Uniontown, PA (yeah, I've never heard of it either). A few hundred bucks & 4 hours later we were back on the road. We missed the first 4 innings of the Nationals game, but the less time we had to spend around Red Sox fans, the better. The Nationals stadium was huge and amazing. It just fit in with the excitement I felt while I was in DC.
We stayed with Matt's old neighbors from home who have the perfect house to start a family- which is perfect because they're expecting their first child! We entered into a pool Chris & Jodi have for when their bundle of joy will be born. Chris is a huge Navy football fan & ironically the baby is due the day of the Army vs Navy game! They're going to be awesome parents & I'm so excited for them.
After touring DC, having some great sushi, finding out about Michael Jackson and touring DC more, we left for Baltimore. On the way we stopped at Walter Reed to visit my cousin, Marc who was injured in Afghanistan. He's doing great, looking great & had plenty of amazing pictures to show us from over seas. I'm so glad we got to visit him.
Baltimore was our shortest trip yet. We got there in time for a block party pre game at the bars across the street from Camden Yards. Everyone kept telling us how awesome Baltimore's stadium is & we didn't understand why... until we got there. $1 beers and hot dogs outside of the stadium was exactly what our budget called for. Inside the stadium we couldn't put into words what was so awesome but we could definitely feel it in the air. We stayed with some friends of the Pavia family and their house was beautiful. They had pizza and beer waiting for us when we got there & we had a lot of great conversation for an hour or so. Their 2 golden retrievers entertained me well into the wee hours of the morning- probably not a good idea since I was driving the first leg at 8am.
We got to Cincinnati for a 4 day break & that's where we are now.
I'll be sure to blog more often so I can add in more details- so tune in next time!
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