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We miss seeing the color green, and since Armstrong County is 1-2 weeks behind everyone else, Sam and I wanted to see some flowers. So we packed up the car and took the kiddies down to Pittsburgh. I forgot to take my camera with us, so no pics of the Strip district this time.
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Our first stop was Wholeys on the Strip, to get some fish sandwitches which were tasty. I had a few other items to pick up in the Asian food store, before we scaled Polish Hill and popped over to Oakland.
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Once at the Phipps, the kids had a really nice time. There was an outside area with a massive tree trunk and place to play, which they enjoyed.
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There was one place where we stopped to do crafts. The kids made a sort of tropical rain forest flower from a Dixie cup and construction paper, which rain forest frogs store their tadpoles in.
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Here are some other shots of our trip.
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