The Big Two, Station Square, and the Incline

Saturday was amazing. First off, both Michigan and OSU lost Big Ten football games. It doesn't happen very often when both of the Big Two lose on the same day. After we watched the Michigan game on our motel tv, we drove down to the river and spent four hours at Station Square. Station Square is an area that was once occupied by the railroad. Our first stop was at a Steelers store that was packed with fans grabbing any type of Steelers memorabilia you could imagine. Steeler fans take their football seriously as all you could see were people decked out in yellow and black. Pat and I then shared a hamburger at Houlihan's. After that we took the Monongahela Incline up Mount Washington. It's an incline that began operation in 1870. It rises 740 feet up and offers a spectacular view of Pittsburgh. You can see where the Monongahela and the Allegheny Rivers meet to form the Ohio River. After catching a breathtaking view, went took the incline down and stopped for coffee and tea at Starbucks. We drove back to our Quality Suite through the twists and turns of the mountain roads. I started reading "Unchristian" by David Kinnaman earlier in the day. It's a book that presents research gathered by the Barna Group. I was able to read two thirds of the book and hope to finish Sunday morning. The book presents amazing insight into our culture. I'll blog more about this important book later in the week. But now it's time to sleep and prepare for the Steelers game on Sunday. These are the days my friend,
Jim "Train"