My mom came and stayed for the weekend to take care of Bobby and his respite worker came to help out during the days. Bob and I got in the car early Friday afternoon and headed off for some much needed weekend fun!
There was one little issue on Friday.....the HEAT! All I know is that I have to try and be the best person that I can be because I am definitely not meant for hell.....the heat, with high humidity, was just a little too much!! Our clothing options for the day were switched out for lightweight fabrics!
We spent some of the afternoon exploring Station Square, which is such a nice touristy area with restaurants, shops and great city views. Our big plan for the day.....a Pittsburgh Pirates game. Part of the fun....riding a Gateway Clipper boat across the river to the game.
We went over on the first shuttle of the afternoon and had two hours to explore the area before the baseball game began. SCORE.....the Three Rivers Regatta was going on and we could see some amazing water fun happening. We walked over and enjoyed watching guys do stunts on wave runners and jet packs. So cool!!!
After the water show ended, there were some BMX bikers doing a show.
We had a great time watching all of the fun, however, we were sweat covered. Now to head over to the stadium and pack in with a bunch of other sweat covered fans!! LOL!!
It was Stand Up To Cancer free t-shirt night at the ballpark. So before the game they brought out different kids, told their stories and granted wishes.....yes, so I am sitting there sweat covered and crying!! This is why there are zero pictures of Bob and me at the game!!
At 9:00 pm the temp was still 86 degrees and super humid. OK, I know our weather and this never happens.....unless I am packed in a ball game!!! Even with the heat, it was still fun. PNC Park is such a beautiful facility. However, I was extremely happy to go get back on the boat and go back to the hotel.
Thankfully, Saturday's weather was much more tolerable. The humidity was much lower and the temps down a little. We had the hotel shuttle drive us back across the river and drop us off at the Carnegie Science Center. We went in looked at the model train display. Bob put a much smaller train together years ago for Bobby....this just might inspire him to get it out and set it up....or not, this one is pretty impressive!!
We walked around, saw some sights, and found a fun restaurant for lunch.
I was so excited when I began hearing Mr. Roger's voice.......
Ahhhh, a Mr. Roger's statue and on going recordings of some of his words of wisdom.
We saw some more monuments and then found a lunch spot.
Well alright....a shade covered, outside table for lunch!!
Lunch became even more fun when speed boat races began on the river and we had the perfect seats!!
Boats racing at 125 mph is pretty cool!! The regatta was just icing on the cake for our weekend. We saw most of the events that were offered and loved them all!
We found a perfect location to sit and watch some of the water activities!! Just in case you were wondering, because my mom asked, yes, you are allowed in the fountain. There were a bunch of kids in their bathing suits totally int he water and people all over the rocks with their feet in cooling off. No, the rocks are not slippery at all, they are finished with a texture.....Bob and I were both wondering before we stuck our feet in.
The shuttle came and picked us up, took us back to the hotel and we got ready to go out to dinner. Station Square is right beside the hotel and we walked around and checked out our options.
We decided on the Hard Rock Cafe.
We had PLENTY of time to take pictures!! They texted to tell us that our table was ready. 15 minutes after we sat down, our waitress finally came over to take our drink order, we went ahead and ordered our meals because we had plenty of time to decide.
I really try not to complain. I'm the type of person to write a letter to compliment a good job done, not complain about poor service.......but.....after sitting there for 45 minutes, I asked our waitress about our food, "the kitchen is really backed up" was her response. Ummm, the place is only half full, other people are getting food. 15 minutes later, the manager comes around to ask tables how they are doing. I pulled out my phone and showed him my text that our table was ready so that he could see the time that we sat down....and hour and five minutes earlier. He couldn't have been nicer, running and getting us drinks, our food arrived a couple of minutes later and he came back a couple more times, apologizing, kept asking us what else he could get us and gave us our meals for free. Our poor waitress is in the wrong profession. Bob asked her for a fork after our food came and we realized that we didn't have any silverware.....the prep station was literally 10 yards away, she forgot by the time that she walked over there and Bob had to ask her again when she walked by!!! Heaven help her!!! Oh well, at least I got to see one of Prince's outfits!!! LOL!!
Bob checking out a coal train going by!! A little after dinner fun!!
A peek down the middle of station square.....
We had a wonderful 48 hours. Driving home Bob remarked that he had a great time and thanked me for planning such a fun weekend. Think I'll keep him!!! Thanks Mom for watching Bobby so that we could get away!!
