Sandcastle for John's Birthday

At John's request, we went to Sandcastle water theme park for his birthday.

Here's the slide that John and I went down at his request. Well we actually raced each other on the orange slides not the yellow one. As you know Galileo proved that gravity has an equal effect on items of differing weights, but not necessarily on the run-out at the end of a water slide.

So while John stopped in the first 15 feet, I continued on for another 30 at least. The ride was a lot of fun because there was no wait. So there was no time to think before you got on the slide. On this ride, it's best not to think before you go.

Like most Pittsburgh area attractions, one is never far from a river or the woods. The area has been very nicely reclaimed from US Steel's Homestead works where Bobbie's dad worked until he retired about 1980. Thirty years ago it was a very different place.

Here is a view from one of the three swimming pools. This is the area where adult beverages are served, hence the name. Interestingly, the train is as much of an attraction as a nuisance. It is fairly quiet because it is slow and carries small loads, unlike the Norfolk Southern line on the other side of the park.