Day 4: East bound & down

Today was a real road day, we woke up in Granger IN packed up our tent and hit the road. Just like in the movie Smokey and the Bandit we were 'East bound & down & loaded up & trucking'

Ok, so maybe we weren't bootlegging a semi full of beer across state lines to win a bet, nor am I sporting a 70's mustache .. but we did have some serious ground to cover as we have hotel reservations in Atlantic City for Monday and to get us to Pittsburgh I was playing that song over and over in my head. Click here to hear inside my head :)

After spending what seemed like a small fortune in toll fees to drive to Pittsburgh we finally made it here in time for supper.

Luanne was on the hunt for a good Pittsburgh meal and by golly did she find it. If you google 'Pittsburgh sandwich' you will be guided by the google gods to Primanti Bros. Restaurant. Who would have ever thought to stuff your french fries and coleslaw into your meat sandwich .. well, the Primanti Brothers back in 1933 did, and they were on to something. The sandwich was great and may be tough to top on this cross country trip.

After stuffing ourselves we quickly toured the Downtown Square district of Pittsburgh that was really impressive. It had a European feel to it that made us wonder if the Exchange District back home could pull it off.

After taking some pictures we hopped in the Trans Am, err, Ford Focus and punched the coordinates to the hotel into Nuvi. Not sure why, but Nuvi had a meltdown and just could not figure out how to get us here .. after a mini sightseeing tour of various parts of Pittsburgh and a reboot it seemed that Nuvi got his act in gear and eventually guided us to the Microtel near the airport .. once again flashing some Federal Government plastic we were given the government rate .. you gotta love this country.

Anyhow, tomorrow we are headed as far East as we can go by car and once we hit the ocean we will stop and check into Harrahs for a night of gambling and drinking. Time now to research how to play craps .. I'm not sure if that will really help, but stay tuned and find out.

Weird fact of the day :: Heinz was founded in Sharpsburg (a suburb of Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, in 1869 by entrepreneur Henry John Heinz.