The End of the Road......Almost

Location: Bridgeville, PA 

"Still I'm convinced that giving in is the worst thing there is..." 

So this is it....almost.  Being back in Pennsylvania is weird.  As Matt said a couple days ago it's so close to home but still so far away.  At least when you're outside Pittsburgh.  This is probably our last night in a hotel and thus this is probably my last post while we are actually on the road.  I actually can't believe that I posted as much as I did but it's cool to be able to look back and see what I was thinking when this all started.  

Tonight we are at a Knights Inn only about 10 minutes outside of Pittsburgh.  This place has quite the clientele tonight but it is shockingly quiet right now.  It couldn't end any other way.  

So since our departure from the Super 8 in Mizzou we went to downtown St. Louis and saw the arch.  Going up into it is just about the coolest thing ever as they put you in these 2001: A Space Odyssey like pods and send you up to the top.  If you ever go there spend the $10 just for the ride.  It's worth it.  Once you get to the top of the Arch it's obviously pretty awesome as well as you can see pretty much the whole city from the little windows.   After taking the ride down we walked around the city and saw the cool pink fountains behind the capitol building and checked out Busch Stadium.  Then we left.  

Next up was Evansville, IN where we met up with Craig who was nice enough to take us out to lunch at a pretty awesome Mexican restaurant in town.  After that, we drove up to my cousins house in Louisville where my Aunt and Uncle were nice enough to take us out to dinner at an equally good BBQ place in town.   We stayed at their house for the night which was almost surreal as I was just there three weeks ago under totally different circumstances.  It was a great stop.

This morning we got up and drove through Lexington, Huntington and Charleston before stopping in right outside Pittsburgh.  We hit a mall in Charleston for a while which was about as classic a mall as you could get.  Every stock store was in it.  The town itself actually reminded me a lot of Providence which was kind of weird.  From there it was straight driving to this Knights Inn.  

After we checked in we went to Bob Evans for dinner which was sweet.  We have been talking about it all trip so it was good to finally get there.  They were out of salad though....what is the deal there.  

Tomorrow marks our last day or so on the road.  We are going to the Pirates game in the afternoon and then either trying to make the long trip through the night back home or stopping somewhere in between if we decide we can't make it.   One way or another I think it would be great if we can go to the same Waffle House that we went to on the first day.  It would be a funny bookend.  Plus I want to see if that guy is STILL in the bathroom. 

And so it the end of the road is upon us.  I want to thank anybody who took the time to read my ramblings over the past few weeks.  This whole thing has been an amazing experience.  When it is really all over for good I'll definitely post a final write up about the whole crazy three weeks.

Steel City here we come....