Tuesday was a busy travel day filled with some unexpected twists and turns -- mostly in rural West Virginia (isn't that redundant?), where we hiked at Blackwater Falls State Park (a poor man's Niagara Falls, but well worth the side trip) and made a quick detour to visit the smallest Catholic church in the lower 48 states (oh, it was small, all right!). As we arrived near Pittsburgh, we had to stop in Canonsburg, Pa., a southern suburb of the Steel City. My grandmother was born here, and there have been several distant relatives that have inhabited the city through the generations. It is here in Canonsburg where the highest concentration of Colaizzos in the country can be found -- not that there are many. In the center of town, there is this business (above), located in a building named after a long lost descendant (left). Ours is an uncommon name, so it was thrilling for our family to see it here.
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