A Long Weekend - The Carnegie Museums

Pittsburgh has several musuems that were established with money from Andrew Carnegie, who also funded a series of public libraries across the country (including one in my hometown). We visited two of these museums, the Carnegie Art Museum and the Carnegie Natural History Museum. Both had wonderful collections. Here is a sample of a stained glass window:

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And some pictures at the natural history museum:

The natural history museum also had an interesting collection of rocks and minerals, like this one:

A Long Weekend - Pittsburgh

After visiting with Uncle Joe for a couple days, we headed up to Pittsburgh where we took the incline railroad. Here's the view of the track and the river from inside the car:


And here are a couple of the beautiful views from the top:



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A Long Weekend

Last weekend, we headed over to western Pennsylvania to see an uncle of David's who we hadn't seen for years. Uncle Joe was just like we remembered -- outgoing, friendly, and personable. The three of us went sightseeing in the area, stopping first at Fort Necessity, where George Washington fought in the French and Indian War.

Here's one of the National Park Service rangers (in period attire) talking about the battle:

Afterwards, we drove to Fort Ligonier, built in 1758, where Uncle Joe and I examined a cannon:


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