Spent a little time walking around the historical battlefields and some of the town. It is a town that is VERY rich in history. Gettysburg National Cemetary, where Abraham Lincoln gave his famous address, does not allow dogs on its grounds. So we had to settle for taking a snapshot nearby.

The drive on our way out of Gettysburg was gorgeous! Wheat fields are actually very pretty. "Amber waves of grain?" Again we stayed off the freeway until about the last 100 miles into Pittsburgh. We took this picture in the town of Bedford, just before we jumped onto the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It's like something you'd find on Route 66. You don't see stuff like this on most interstates.

Pittsburgh
We got into Pittsburgh around 4pm and immediately experienced the worst traffic of the trip so far. The main freeway into the city was closed, so we were detoured. This created a mess, as all the side streets seemed to be backed up as a result. We eventually found our way through the gridlock by travelling through some questionable back street neighborhoods. But we eventually found the downtown area safe and sound.

No, we didn't make an accidental detour to Manhattan. THIS Carnegie Hall is in Pittsburgh and is part of the Carnegie Museum, also founded by Andrew Carnegie.

Next to the it, we found a really nice park called Schenley Plaza with plenty of chairs and tables, some eating establishments, and free wireless internet access. Very nice! It was curiously empty considering it was a Sunday, so we had no problem finding a place to sit and relax for awhile, and grab a bite to eat.

After that, we took a drive around the city, first going across the Monongahela River and up Mt. Washington to get an stunning view of the Pittsburgh skyline and the "Three Rivers."

After that, we checked out the South Side area which is also separated from downtown Pittsburgh by the Monongahela. Seemed to be a good place to hang out. Lots of restaurants and bars, and people walking around. Then we crossed back over the river to check out the Strip District. This was supposed to be the really happening part of town. We were disappointed to find it almost deserted. Only counted two restaurants that were open. Actually most of downtown Pittsburgh was very quiet for a major metropolitan center. Granted, it was Sunday, but still would expect more from the second largest city in the state. I would have never expected Harrisburg to put Pittsburgh to shame in this regard. That town was definitely the big surprise of the trip up to this point.

We left Pittsburgh around 8pm and got to the West Virginia border at mile 5132 about 45 minutes later. That narrow strip of that state took less than 15 minutes to traverse before to got to Ohio. We crossed half of the state mostly in the dark and got to Columbus close to 11pm where we spent the night, once again, at Walmart.