Sorry for the delay in this post. Our hotel in Niagara Falls had very limited wifi available.
Day 1 – 7/13/2012
Today we started off on our cross-country trip. We managed to keep our packing to a very reasonable amount in the back of our minivan. We will see if our “system” works over the next few weeks.
We covered 442 miles in our first day with our first stop in West Seneca, NY (just outside of Buffalo) to visit my grandfather who will be 90 next month. We had a nice visit and dinner with him before heading to Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Our girls were excited to make the trip into another country and use their new passports. I am not sure what the girls had originally envisioned, but they were surprised that Canada, at least the region by Niagara Falls, looked a lot like the U.S. and the weather did not turn dramatically cooler when we crossed the border.
One of the funny things that happened today was as I was driving today Karen decided to take a little nap since she was up late last night with the last of the packing and house cleaning. She brought along a face mask to be able to shut out the sunshine. After she had dozed off I heard Lindsey yell, “Mom, Mom, Are you asleep?” Really Lindsey?
This evening we enjoyed fireworks over the Falls. It is amazing how the Canadian side has developed into a kiddie version of Las Vegas with all of the lights and attractions with mostly arcades instead of casinos, although there are casinos as well. Kelsey and Lindsey enjoyed seeing the Falls at night. After looking at the Falls Kelsey said, “I could watch the Falls forever.”
We had a very enjoyable start to our trip.
Greg
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