So, I told ya I would show you some photos from our family vaca, right? Here are just a few from the, ahem, over 400 photos we took. Yikes! Not to mention I have at least 800 photos to edit for families right now. So, I picked through the 400 to show you just a taste of our little trip.
Why is it that the best moments are never caught on camera? Sigh.
Just a thought.
Anyway, before I show you the photos, first I will explain where we went. Well, the main point of the trip was Niagara Falls. Ahhhh, so beautiful and big and breathtaking, right? Well, we have the little man and we knew that he would not do well traveling 9 1/2 hours in one day to New York state. And, why rush? We wanted to see as much as we could in the 5 days we had. So, first we stopped in Columbus, Ohio to see the
topiary park, designed after Seurat's "
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" (which is a fav painting of mine and Kyle's). I also FINALLY got to see some work by
Dale Chihuly in Columbus. HOORAY! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Chihuly. One of my all time favorite artists EVER! Anyway, they have a bunch of installations at their conservatory. We also went to the Columbus Museum of Art out of pure curiosity to see the entire book of
Genesis illustrated by comic book artist R. Crump. It was pretty interesting!
Okay, so moving on to day two. We completed our drive to New York and saw Niagara Falls. Oh, did I mention that we are now in love with the northeast? It's so beautiful there! We also stopped at Lake Erie for a little bit just to soak in some more nature. Went to a winery to get some wine (what else would we get?), had buffalo wings in Buffalo, New York at Duff's, and we ate at a little Italian restaurant (one of many in NY).
Oh yeah, I had no idea how many vineyards there are in New York. astounding!
So, on our way back home we stayed in Pittsburgh, PA. I must say that while Pittsburgh has a lot to offer, it was a difficult city to drive in. Ugh. GPS kept taking us to an imaginary highway and directing us toward city streets that didn't exist. Very frustrating. However, Pittsburgh is a great city and has a lot of family fun to offer. We mainly hung out in the Strip District where you can buy anything and everything you can think of. Handmade art, spices, fish markets, fudge (yum!), plenty of restaurants, homemade tortillas, bread, and more. We also took the Duquesne Incline to see the view of Pittsburgh from the top of Mt. Washington.
I know what you are thinking, "Get to the photos already!"
Here ya go.
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| Liam and Kyle at the topiary park |
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| Such a big boy! |
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| CHIHULY!!!!!!!!! |
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| Yeah, I don't think Liam was too excited about this outfit. I didn't want him to get cold at Niagara Falls. Result - he couldn't move on his own. |
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| The American and Horseshoe Falls |
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| The American Falls |
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| Liam, staying warm..... |
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| Liam's Cheerios came in handy, like, for feeding this squirrel. |
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| At Lake Erie |
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| And we also fed these birds some Cheerios.... |
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| Pittsburgh incline |
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| Pittsburgh at night | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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