Part 2--Ohio and Pennslyvania

This are way out of order, so bear with me on this. This is the church of the wedding that we attended in Pittsburgh. It is a beautiful old church, both inside and out. Allow your eye to follow the vertical line to the top and notice how it changes. Almost like a piece of the spire is missing--just to the left of the gargoyle--not the part that has the sky as the background, but the line that runs up to the top. Well, that's because it is. Story below.

Here Ed is helping mom unpack. I managed to get all the newspapers in the recycle tonight and Ed helped unload the clothes onto the floor. Afterwards, he decided to climb in the suitcase--guess he wants to go again!

Here's the happy couple, notice the pile of rubble in this photo and the one below. Well, all through the service it was threatening to rain, thundering, wind blowing. Finally at the end of the service, it let loose and just poured--good luck for the bride and groom. Then the lightening started.

After the service, guests were treated to cool beverages in an adjoining room. As we stood there, one really loud clap of thunder and lightening happened almost instantly. Den relayed how in weaponry there is something called 'flash to bang', which basically tells you how far you are from the explosion/detenation. When this one happened, the lights went out and Den said it was a 'zero', that it happened very close.

You could literately feel the church shake and I asked if he thought it hit the church. He doubted it, but that it was extremely close. Well, after the rain stopped, we went outside to find this and a whole lotta people starring with wide eyes. Thankfully no one was hurt. I'll be interested in hearing from the bride about what they were doing when it struck.

So g'ma and g'pa Ohio took care of Eddie for us for 2, count 'em 2 mornings in a row (notice I didn't say nights, because it's the mornings that counted, where we got to sleep in. So I don't have any photos of Ed--but I'm sure they do. Was great to get away, but we were happy to see Ed again. Here he is in the airport back home--kind of looks like he's clicking his heels.