 |
06-28-2015, 08:07 AM
|
#1
|
|
Who Dares, Wins
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Chester County, PA
Posts: 7,063
|
First time towing with new TV to Pittsburgh
Last week we took the first trip to the Pittsburgh area using the new Chevy 2500 TV. WOW! What a difference! Now I know why people say once you go to the dark side you'll never go back.. We set the cruise control to 60 to 65 and never heard the truck even break a sweat! Made the 300 some mile one way trip in under a half tank of fuel. My 1500 needed gas every 200 miles.
We stayed at a KOA in Washington PA which was maybe 30 minutes or so South of Pittsburgh. It was a very small campground, probably under 50 sites, most of which were pull through sites. They were very small sites, our awning almost reached the class A next to us. Our site was almost dead level and clean. Our 33ft trailer and my truck parked end to end JUST fit into the allowed area to keep everything on the stones. We did use the pool which was nice on the 90 degree days after hanging out in the city, the wee one loved splashing around.
The one caution... Make sure you come in the daylight to get to the campground and follow the KOA signs. Our GPS wanted us to go down a narrow alley to get onto the road to the KOA but the signs made it very clear which way to go. The main entrance road is narrow (almost not enough for two cars to pass so two trailers is a big NO!) and very windy with a 40mph speed limit! I could not do the limit even without the trailer since it was so dark, windy and narrow.
While in the 'burg we checked out the city and a few of its sites. We had a two year old so we had to keep it easy. But we did go and eat at the Primanti Bros. and got their famous Pittsburger. Wow was it good. It is two thick cuts of Italian bread, burger, cheese, tomato, coleslaw and fries all smashed into the bread!
On our last day we made the 2 hour drive to Altoona and visited the Horseshoe Curve. I am not a huge rail road buff but it was VERY cool to sit and watch the freight trains pass by.
__________________
Pat, Jen, Heather & Sapphire, the head mouser.
2015 Chevy HD D-Max
2022 Impression 315MB
|
|
|
|
06-28-2015, 08:18 AM
|
#2
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Texas
Posts: 396
|
Sounds like a fun and successful trip! I have only driven through PA once-- on a car trip to Maine and never realized how beautiful it is there. Thanks for sharing your first trip ...
__________________
2015 Coachmen Chaparral 360 IBL
2014 Ram 3500 Turbo Diesel 6.7 4wd Crew Cab Dually
|
|
|
|
|
06-28-2015, 08:22 AM
|
#3
|
|
Who Dares, Wins
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Chester County, PA
Posts: 7,063
|
I have lived outside Philly all my life and after driving West for almost 6 hours I could not believe one that we were still in the same state and two how beautiful and open the land is. I've hiked parts of the Appalachian Trail when I was younger and I guess I forgot how nice our own state really is. We always end up visiting somewhere else in another state.. Made me realize not to pass up our own state so quickly.
__________________
Pat, Jen, Heather & Sapphire, the head mouser.
2015 Chevy HD D-Max
2022 Impression 315MB
|
|
|
|
|
06-28-2015, 11:30 AM
|
#4
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: greensburg pa
Posts: 347
|
Welcome to my neck of the woods!! Glad you enjoyed this area and Horseshoe curve is awesome place to visit for what really was done on an engineering point.
Pittsburgh has really cleaned up it act just the traffic/constuction is a big low.
__________________
2006 Honda Goldwing
2012 Toyota Tundra DC s(sold)
2015 Cherokee Grey wolf 19RR Limited
2017 F150 Super Crew 3.5eb 5.5
|
|
|
|
|
06-28-2015, 12:59 PM
|
#5
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: S Florida
Posts: 294
|
Once drove the the state of PA from west to east. Stopped n a town called Belafonte. It was like another world.
|
|
|
|
|
06-28-2015, 01:18 PM
|
#6
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Western New York
Posts: 423
|
We stayed at the same KOA last fall, nice little area.
__________________
2014 F-150 SuperCrew
2015 Rockwood 8289WS Diamond
|
|
|
|
|
06-28-2015, 01:24 PM
|
#7
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 157
|
Glad you liked had a great trip!
__________________
"Wrinkles only go where the smiles have been." ~ Jimmy Buffet
Don, Kim, Donny Jr., Sarge, Ginger & Buddy ~ Pittsburgh, PA
|
|
|
|
|
06-28-2015, 02:01 PM
|
#8
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Long Island, New York
Posts: 101
|
Thanks for sharing...
|
|
|
|
|
06-28-2015, 06:02 PM
|
#9
|
|
Who Dares, Wins
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Chester County, PA
Posts: 7,063
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by bluewoo
Welcome to my neck of the woods!! Glad you enjoyed this area and Horseshoe curve is awesome place to visit for what really was done on an engineering point.
Pittsburgh has really cleaned up it act just the traffic/constuction is a big low.
|
Traffic was not to bad, we visited the city on the weekend to avoid the city traffic. The construction was not to terrible or fun but it is no worse than anything we have around here.. I will say it was crazy sometimes trying to navigate with all the tunnels, bridges and rivers breaking up the city. But over all it was a very nice area. The KOA was very nice as well, I was not criticizing them, just letting those know the area if they visit.
__________________
Pat, Jen, Heather & Sapphire, the head mouser.
2015 Chevy HD D-Max
2022 Impression 315MB
|
|
|
|
|
06-28-2015, 06:43 PM
|
#10
|
|
Member
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 70
|
Washington PA
May I ask where you camped in Washington? We have friends down that way and may want to make a trip after we get ours?
|
|
|
|
|
06-28-2015, 06:56 PM
|
#11
|
|
Who Dares, Wins
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Chester County, PA
Posts: 7,063
|
__________________
Pat, Jen, Heather & Sapphire, the head mouser.
2015 Chevy HD D-Max
2022 Impression 315MB
|
|
|
|
|
07-01-2015, 08:56 PM
|
#12
|
|
Retired
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Sundeland, MA
Posts: 700
|
next time you are in Pittsburgh
If you are into historical restoration,interesting history, great food, micro brews, you need to spend some time at The Church Brew Works, 3525 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh
http://www.churchbrew.com
You won't regret the time your time there.
__________________
2017 Columbus 340RK
GMC Sierra 3500HD Z71 6.6L Duramax/Allison
|
|
|
|
|
07-01-2015, 10:45 PM
|
#13
|
|
Who Dares, Wins
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Chester County, PA
Posts: 7,063
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by MainelyUS
If you are into historical restoration,interesting history, great food, micro brews, you need to spend some time at The Church Brew Works, 3525 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh
Home
You won't regret the time your time there. |
Yes, we saw that place while on one of the trolley tours. Quite an interesting way to re-purpose and save an old structure!
__________________
Pat, Jen, Heather & Sapphire, the head mouser.
2015 Chevy HD D-Max
2022 Impression 315MB
|
|
|
|
|
07-01-2015, 10:55 PM
|
#14
|
|
I Break Everything
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Lampasas, TX
Posts: 514
|
We're headed that direction, should be there in a week or so. Staying in Toronto, Ohio.
Did you see any Andy Warhol things?
__________________
2015 Georgetown Forest River 351DS Class A
2008 Keystone Cougar 293SAB 5th Wheel
2007 Jay Flight 30.5RLS 5th Wheel
2006 Jay Flight 29BHS TT
|
|
|
|
|
07-01-2015, 11:09 PM
|
#15
|
|
Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Ocala Fl
Posts: 48
|
Born an raised in Pitts. Just visted there this past May. I ran the Pitts Half Marathon an remembered very quickly how hilly the area can be. LOL Great city now. We went to our high school an its now a old folks home, too funny. So now the joke is we can always to back to the ole school when the time comes. Happy to read you had a good time. We were up on Mt Washington also an took pictures.
|
|
|
|
|
07-02-2015, 02:40 AM
|
#16
|
|
Who Dares, Wins
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Chester County, PA
Posts: 7,063
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by mikel68
We're headed that direction, should be there in a week or so. Staying in Toronto, Ohio.
Did you see any Andy Warhol things?
|
We saw some of his things but did not tour the museum, had a 2 1/2 year old who was not interested in sitting still... LOL
__________________
Pat, Jen, Heather & Sapphire, the head mouser.
2015 Chevy HD D-Max
2022 Impression 315MB
|
|
|
|
|
07-02-2015, 05:38 AM
|
#18
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Waynesville
Posts: 14,428
|
Doc73, you brought back Memories with your (Caution Notice)!  Several years ago there was (Construction) and the (Sign said use THAT LITTLE alley)!  WHAT a MESS that was! The (Challenging) entrance road IF a Roadracer was coming the other way! Youroo!! 
|
|
|
|
|
07-02-2015, 07:23 AM
|
#19
|
|
Who Dares, Wins
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Chester County, PA
Posts: 7,063
|
Yeah it was crazy, we had a few close calls on the road with the locals zipping through... Not the hardest spot I've had to navigate too but I cannot imagine in the dark, rain, or snow it being a fun experience.. But with the new ride it was the hardest part of the journey..
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk
__________________
Pat, Jen, Heather & Sapphire, the head mouser.
2015 Chevy HD D-Max
2022 Impression 315MB
|
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Recent Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
