Washington - Days Inn

We are having a wonderful stay here in Western Pennsylvania! We decided to make the long 6-hr drive across the state all in one sitting on Friday night. We've booked three nights here at Candlewood Suites. And, in fact, due to a changed schedule, it's both possible and advantageous for us to stay here an additional two nights, so that gives us five nights here in this suite.<br>We stayed at a Candlewood the weekend ...

... be a mountain goat to enter the park<br>but the view is very nice &#8211; we're sandwiched between three mountains so there<br>is hillside fall-foliage all around us &#8211; but its falling quick.<br><br> <br><br>PITTSBURGH<br><br>Once known as the Steelmaking Capital of the World, today it<br>is a hub for finance, medicine, education and advanced steelmaking ...

Along the Way:<br><br>From Milton, we drove Hwy 25, the QEW to Fort Erie and I-90 from Buffalo to Erie, PA and then Hwy 79 through the Allegheny Mountains to Pittsburgh. There was smoke/haze/smog along the entire drive but the temperature increased from 42-75 deg F. We stayed at the KOA campground in Washington, PA (just south of Pittsburgh). You have to be a mountain goat to enter the ...

Along the Way:<br><br>From Milton, we drove Hwy 25, the QEW to Fort Erie and I-90 from Buffalo to Erie, PA and then Hwy 79 through the Allegheny Mountains to Pittsburgh. There was smoke/haze/smog along the entire drive but the temperature increased from 42-75 deg F. We stayed at the KOA campground in Washington, PA (just south of Pittsburgh). You have to be a mountain goat to enter the ...

... It was like heaven on earth. My favourite art, all in one place. All from Mr. Warhol, but to top it off, the temporary exhibit was Shepard Fairey, the guy who made that famous Obama stencil, and also the guy who did the Obey Andre the Giant stencil and designed some White Stripes album covers and Smashing Pumpkin's Zeitgeist. Awwwwesome. I could've easily spent a few hours just there. <br><br>However, it was not to be.<br><br>Steph, Lee and I left the exhibit at exactly at the time we were ...

... and that people and events come into our lives for a reason. This belief, while not unique to any one religion or culture has been demonstrated to me on numerous occasions and was again today. Three things happened. Our lives which run on the very loosest of schedules found us walking around inside the U.S. Capitol Building on election day. We had tried on two previous occasions to get in the building this year but time and circumstances ...

... time. We hurried back to the Washington Monument and Ryan could barely keep up-for the first time of the whole trip. He usually led the group, wanting to walk up the escalator all the time. But this heat and humidity seemed to cause him to wilt. Once we got to the monument, we realized we could have showed up 20 minutes late and would have walked right onto the elevator rather than sitting in the sun in line. Anyway, we enjoyed the view from the ...

... exact speaking level. It was not quite a 3rd grade level. And actually not a 2nd or a 1st. Not even really a kindergarten level. I actually refer to it now as a caveman understanding of the language. I would point at things and mumble in Chinese, "MY CAR". He would understand and I would smile and grunt. "MY BANK!" "MY BOOK!" "VERY GOOD!" I grunted over and over. It went on like this all day until finally, mercifully my lady returned home. We then went to the ...

... time limit on how long you could use them for (about ten minutes before you had to queue again). Luckily we managed to find somewhere to stay before the time ran out, but it was pretty close and things started getting quite tense as the timer started flashing red. The woman on the counter looked like a right ball breaker too, so we didn't fancy trying to scam any extra time. We then went for a spot of lunch, after which we realised that it ...

... we decided that we would risk it (actually, Jay seemed a bit too keen). I put some washing in the laundry and checked out the pool, which was disappointingly empty of water. Once the washing had finished, we decided to walk towards downtown Washington to see how long it would take. There was a sign in reception saying that there was free shuttle into town, but it had stopped running for the day and we ...