Travels with Kenny

Friday, August 27, 2010, Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

We explored Pittsburgh today. It's a really neat city, with interesting bridges, old bank buildings from its heyday in the 19th century as an investment center and steel town (Andrew Carnegie was a powerhouse there), and a nice-to-walk-around downtown area. But I have never been more frustrated driving into or out of a city. All of the major roads in and out are torn up. There are detours everywhere, some seem to be contradictory, and, to make matters worse, they appear to have changed all the exit numbers so the GPS is almost worthless. I thought we'd never get out of there. I must have driven through the Pitt Tunnel three times! And did I mention the traffic is horrendous?

But we did get out, and now, 12,349 miles and more than two months later, we're back home from the trip of our lives. More tomorrow.