Over the river and through Ohio.....

.....to Grandma and Grandpa's house last weekend! We hadn't been to NE Ohio since before the holidays, so we decided "hit the road"! We spent Thursday night with Grandma and Grandpa, then headed off Friday to check out the "Steel City". Since M&M had never been there Mark and I thought they'd enjoy a mini tour. We loved the Renaissance Hotel. The inside was very elegant looking and the rooms were HUGE! It is situated on the Allegheny River and had a amazing view of PNC Park and the Roberto Clemente Bridge.

After checking into our hotel, we caught a cab over to Station Square. This is a "touristy" area of shops and restaurants at the foot of Mount Washington. There we had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe then headed to catch the Monogahelia Incline to the top of Mt. Washington.

The kids were amazed at the great view from on top of the mountain!

It really is an amazing view.............

Wow! They act like they like each other! How weird is that?

After walking across the top of Mt. Washington we stopped in at the "Grandview Inn". We had visited this place before and loved it! It restaurant has an amazing view as well. The photo above was actually taken from the patio. From there, we cabbed it down to PNC Park. Although we were early for the game I wanted to look around a bit.

Having read about Honus Wagner, I couldn't resist getting a glimpse of the statue of him outside the park. The Honus Wagner baseball card is the most valuable baseball card of all. There were so few made because in his time cards were put in chewing tobacco. Because he was so against chewing tobacco he forbid them putting his image inside a chewing tobacco pouch. Hence, the rarity of the card.

So, you ask, what happens during a rain delay? It's usually BORING, but how can you top this spectacular event?? Unfortunately for the Reds, there was no pot of gold at then end of this rainbow! I wish there were had been a pot of hits. Maybe we would have won!

So, you are thinking.....look at M&M with the Pirates' mascot, right? No, this dude actually was a guy in the stand watching the game! He had the whole gear on from head to toe! My husband typically wears a Reds golf shirt and a pair of shorts! He's got the look down!

An awesome day ends as we cross the Roberto Clemente bridge back to our hotel.

We returned to Grandma and Grandpa's house on Saturday. The kids had a great time hanging out and playing board games with Grandma. We also went to see Grandma's friend Karen. She allowed Marshall to "borrow" her piano. Marshall put on a concert for everyone. He did a fantastic job, as usual!