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January 04, 2007
A Pittsburgh Christmas
It's a good thing we've been doing a lot of trail running the past few months because we had to sprint through the airport to catch our connecting flight to Pittsburgh. Thank goodness because the next available flight was two and a half days later due to the Denver snow storm. I guess our luck at the beginning of the trip was a good sign because the entire 10 days we were away turned out awesome!
Click on the photo below and see a short slideshow of a few places we went while in Pittsburgh. Unfortunately, we were only able to make it into the climbing gym one time. Unfortunate because we are getting a little out of shape but not so unfortunate since we got to do so much stuff with family and friends. To try and stay a little in shape while eating, eating, eating and more eating we managed to blast out a few "city runs." Instead of seeing views of mountains or wild animals the city certainly had comparable sights to the mountain trail runs we are used to. The graffiti along the "jail trail" (which actually leads to the Pittsburgh jail) is full of beautiful colors and hidden messages (like f**k the police). Also, we always managed to keep a nice fast pace because of the need to dart past cars in traffic, crossing streets at the "right" time, bums asking you for money, and just plain weird people you don't want to talk with. Overall it was a blast and I loved being back in my home town. I shouldn't convey that the entire time running was full of city excitement. On two of our runs we managed to escape the noise and crowds of people by hopping on the trails in Frick Park and Shenley Park.
One of the biggest highlights of our trip and probably a favorite by both April and I were the two hikes we took with my parents. We visited Cooper's Rock State Park in West Virginia and Linn Run State Park, about 1 hour outside of Pgh. The weather was perfect both days. Actually, that depends on how you view perfect. I think of it begin near what I consider the perfect temperature for climbing. But, not perfect when you think that it's December! What's going on? Where's the snow? Check out the photos to see what I'm talking about.
Actually, the snow was in Tucson (so we heard)! And...it snowed at our house!
Posted by Paul at January 4, 2007 10:26 PM