Goodbye Pittsburgh

I have taken so long to post this, Pittsburgh seems like a dream. Did we really live there for 4 whole years? It can't be true! 

Perhaps it's good I waited so long. Otherwise I might have gotten emotional. You know, going on and on about the amazing friends we had there. How they were like our family. How they all took care of us, helped us raise our kids, showed us how to be good parents and good people and accept everyone. How to love a crazy old town and make the most of any situation. I might have noted that if I were allowed to only miss one thing about Pittsburgh, it would definitely be my 'family' there and how I sure could use amazing next door neighbors on both sides of me. Or several others down the street and around the corner. I would have said that Brinkley also misses her friends, and out of all of us, seems to be taking this move the hardest. She talks about her dear Pittsburgh friends everyday, and it breaks my heart. I might have even mentioned that I was bawling as I wrote all that.

Yeah, see? Good that I waited so long so you don't have to suffer through my emotional ramblings.

But I'm getting ahead of myself.

Our last night in Pittsburgh, we made the most of it.

We went to the Duquesne Incline one last time.

It's still just as cool as the first time I went. The girls thoroughly enjoyed it and I snapped about 100 pictures. Just to ensure I don't forget how cool it looks from above. 

I also edited the heck out of them. It was a bit of a hazy day. 

Later, when we got home we busted out a lantern. Like the one Rapunzel uses in Tangled. 

It. was. awesome. 

Everyone should get one. I saw they sell them at Walmart now.

Josh was acting like a kid, he was so excited. We lit it on fire and watched it fly far, far away. 

The package said it burns for about 12 minutes. It got pretty far in that amount of time. I hope we gave a good show to many a Pittsburghers. 

I wish we had been able to light a hundred of them.

Farewell Pittsburgh.

We will miss you. 

Oh, and Brinkley still sings 'Black and Yellow.'

... One more thing. Believe it or not, I miss the overcast clouds of the 'burgh. It feels so bright here. It burns my eyes. And maybe it's my imagination but the heat, humidity mixed with the bright sun makes it feel so much hotter to me.
I might be eating my words come winter.

See that tiny white speck in the picture, between the power lines (oh, Pittsburgh), that's our lantern. Still aglow, miles and miles away.