{"id":2767,"date":"2016-08-28T18:01:26","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T22:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/?p=2767"},"modified":"2016-08-28T18:01:26","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T22:01:26","slug":"summer-roadtrip-pittsburgh-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/?p=2767","title":{"rendered":"Summer Roadtrip: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year is a big year for Paul&#8217;s Aunt Jude.  She not only turned 65, but also retired, as well as got another book of poetry published.  To celebrate these momentous achievements, her partner Ann coordinated a surprise party with all of Jude&#8217;s close family and friends.  A great excuse to drive east, right?  \ud83d\ude42  It was a lovely visit.  We spent our short 3 days just hanging out and catching up with everyone.  Paul&#8217;s Uncle Bob and Aunt Marilyn flew into town all the way from Seattle, which was a real treat since they&#8217;d never met the kids.  <\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripPittsburgh\/1.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripPittsburgh]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripPittsburgh\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAunt Jude on the left, rockin&#8217; the red shoes<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripPittsburgh\/2.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripPittsburgh]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripPittsburgh\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nParty time<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripPittsburgh\/3.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripPittsburgh]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripPittsburgh\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe surprise was a success<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripPittsburgh\/4.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripPittsburgh]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripPittsburgh\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8230;months in the making and Jude had no idea.  Nice job Ann! (standing, starting the toast)<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripPittsburgh\/5.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripPittsburgh]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripPittsburgh\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPaul&#8217;s family from left to right &#8211; Aunt Marilyn, Uncle Bob, Aunt Jude, Ann, father (Regis) and mother (Marian).<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripPittsburgh\/6.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripPittsburgh]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripPittsburgh\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUncle Bob and Aunt Marilyn joined Paul, myself and the kids on a bike ride on Pittsbugh&#8217;s portion of rails to trails<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripPittsburgh\/7.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripPittsburgh]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripPittsburgh\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA 6 mile ride!!  And Ivan&#8217;s cute little legs peddled the whole thing!!<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripPittsburgh\/8.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripPittsburgh]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripPittsburgh\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA sunset story time with Grandma<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripPittsburgh\/9.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripPittsburgh]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripPittsburgh\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nGorgeous summer night in Pittsburgh<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>posted by arr<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year is a big year for Paul&#8217;s Aunt Jude. She not only turned 65, but also retired, as well as got another book of poetry published. To celebrate these momentous achievements, her partner Ann coordinated a surprise party with all of Jude&#8217;s close family and friends. A great excuse to drive east, right? \ud83d\ude42 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2767"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2774,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2767\/revisions\/2774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}