Oglebay Adventues

After getting into some crazy Pittsburg traffic for a Saturday and a intense gas "situation" we finally made it home from the Superhero Race.  We quickly changed our clothes, grabbed a bite to eat, and headed up the road to Oglebay. This time PopPop was with us.  Our first stop was the boathouse.  We were lucky and 4 boats were available since all the kids wanted to paddle.  We put one adult and one kid in each boat. After paddling for awhile Jared wanted to now whose idea it was to do paddleboats on the same day as a 5K.  I think he had it a little harder than the rest of us since Jacob couldn't quite reach the pedals.  The kids wanted to get sprayed a litte by the fountain but a couple boats had the misfortune of the wind shifting on approach and ended up drenched.  Bella and I happened to be in one of those boats.  Good thing it was warm!



 

 

After the boats we went on the hike to the waterfall.  This time the kids decided to explore under the waterfall.

One the way back Jared and the kids crossed a log to the other side of the creek.  They ended up having to do some off trail slope climbing to find another spot to cross back over.

 

 We ended our day of fun with a little DQ.  The girls and I tried the peanutbutter chocolate pretzel special of the month.  I always regret deviating from my usual order, but this was really good.

Our gas "situation" for those who are curious :  We needed gas in the van after we left the race, but we had fuel perks at a station near our home of  $.50/gallon off.  Since we don't drive the van much here, we wouldn't need gas again until after the perks expired.  Jared calculated our miles back home and put 2 gallon in when we stopped.  I had asked him to put 3 in to be safe but he insisted we'd get home on 2.  When he tuned the car on the GPS said we had more miles to home than the car said we had gas for.  He joked that it was mostly downhill home so we could coast, but I was not amused. To make matters worse, our GPS took us home a different way than we came.  A way that went straight through Pittsburg right before a Pirates game.  We were not moving at all at some points.  I was freaking out.  I was sure we would run out of gas.  The traffic was already putting us behind schedule and I didn't want to have to hike for gas or pay to by a new gas can just because he refused to err on the side of caution.  Conversation got a little heated in the car.  Jared will even admit that he was pretty nervous at the end.  We must have ridden in on fumes.  I will probably never live down the fact that we made it, but it was probably only because of the prayers of Mima, the kids,and I that we wouldn't run out on the highway!!