Dan Antion

One-Liner Wednesday – Where?

Part of our birthday present to Faith was a weekend road-trip to Pittsburgh for a Pirates baseball game and some other ‘burgh stuff. For the ballgame, we parked on the west side of the Monongahela River and took the Gateway Clipper to PNC Park.

This was also the weekend of the Pittsburgh Regatta. When we bought our Clipper Shuttle tickets they told us that, in order to avoid the regatta boats, the shuttle would dock at Heinz Field instead of PNC Park (about ½ mile walk). When we turned around the Point and headed up the Allegheny, the boat kept going and docked at PNC Park.

As we disembarked, I asked the deckhand if they would be picking us up at PNC, or Heinz. His response was comforting:

“When the game is over, if we’re not here, check up there.”

We got lucky, traffic on the river let them bring our ride home right to the PNC dock. I used to work on those boats and we love riding on them. It’s the best way to get to a ball game.

This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s fun weekly series One-Liner Wednesday. You can follow this link to see the one-liners from the other participants. The gallery is mostly photos from the boat. You can click on any of them to start a slide show.

Carp at the boat dock. When I worked on the boats, I used to scrape rigatoni and au gratin potatoes overboard and these guys would snarf ’em up like candy.
Waiting for our ride to the ball park
We’re early, so were going through the big boat but we’ll be boarding the little one.
“Am I doing this right?” We’re turning into the river to head to PNC.
That’s the Smithfield St. bridge in the background
Heinz Field. Home of The Steelers
The fountain at Point State Park – PNC trivia says it’s 6,000 gallons per minute.
Boats for the regatta. Looks crowded, but the captain has it under control.
That’s “The Point. The confluence of the Monongahela, Allegheny and the birth of the Ohio River.
Turning up the Allegheny, looking at “the Sisters” Roberto Clemente, Andy Warhol and Rachel Carson bridges.
We’re under the Ft. Pitt Bridge looking back across the Monongahela River to the heart of the city. That’s the PPG tower that looks like a castle.
That’s our ride. It looks like it’s coming to PNC Park. A half mile isn’t far to walk, but this is nice.
Faith snapping a few photos with her phone.
Leaving the prettiest ball park on the planet
Good night Pittsburgh
Good night Heinz Field
Pretty park – PNC Park
The “Sisters” at night.
Game over – The Pirates lost, but we had a great time.

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  3. Happy belated birthday to Faith! Glad you were able to enjoy a sport’s day in Pittsburgh, Dan, with a relaxing ride on the boat and being among your fellow Pirates fans. Looks like you all had an awesome time.

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  5. A father-daughter day sounds like a wonderful birthday gift <3 Great selfie of the two of you!
    My favourite photo is the one taken from under the Ft. Pitt Bridge. Love the composition and lines of this photo :)

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    • Thanks. The GPS was questionable this weekend, as there were some significant road closures that were only announced last week. We had to look a couple things up on a map, and then force the GPS’s hand by exiting the highway and driving to the point where she stopped trying to get us to get back on.

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  9. That’s fun :)
    Great selfie, fountain, and bridge photos — I enjoyed reading all the captions.I like thinking about fish gettin fat on rigatoni and au gratin potatoes!

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    • Thanks! Those fish seemed to know when dinner was over on that nightly cruise. I’d never seen a fish eat things that big before. A gig glob of congealed potato and cheese? No problem for those bad boys.

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  11. PNC Park looks really pleasant. Three Rivers, not so much. I went to Three Rivers years ago (circa 1986) and, while it wasn’t a bad experience, there were very few fans in the park and it just didn’t feel right. PNC looks a lot friendlier.

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    • I preferred Forbes Field to Three Rivers. Three Rivers wasn’t horrible for football, but it was awful for baseball, especially if you were in the cheap seats, where every infield pop-up looked like a home run. The Pirates will never fill 50,000+ seats. PNC is comfy-small and really has some nice seats for not a lot of money. I will be sharing some photos from the game at some point, but there were too many to pile them in today.

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    • Thanks! I asked Faith to reply to your comment. It might take a while. She’s always on the lookout for gear. It’s funny, I rarely take selfies. I took that one but I texted Faith last night to ask her if she could send it to me. She did, and then I realized it was my photo 🙁

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  17. The Clipper Shuttle- this is the best thing ever. Look at all you get to see, beauty not to mention different sports arenas. Boston, you can learn something from Pittsburgh.

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  24. I love the fact you book a Clipper (boat) shuttle and you also took amazing photos of the whole experience. Fish included! It was a remarkable demonstration of how close you and Faith are. I liked the night city scape and the “Sisters.” Those bridges are beautiful, Dan.

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