With all of the traveling Amy and I
will be doing this summer, she asked that I resurrect the blog that I
“we” did during our last big road trip in the summer of 2012.
Apparently she can't get enough of my wit and insight simply by
listening to me, she also needs it in written form. So here goes...
We began this trip as you would begin
any trip that starts in Milwaukee and ends in St. Louis – we headed
for Niagara Falls, Ontario. We got a late start on our drive today
due to that pesky thing called work. We both had our last half day
of the school year today – the all important “teacher work day”
- so we didn't get on the road until 12:30. The ride from Milwaukee
to the Canadian border at Port Huron was uneventful, complete with
the typical hour and a half delay to get through Chicago traffic.
The ride continued to be uneventful after we crossed the border, but
at least then I was able to amuse myself by making jokes about the
metric system, Mounties, and just Canada in general. God bless Amy
for putting up with me. One highlight of the drive was our first
ever stop at a Tim Hortons restaurant somewhere in the middle of
Ontario. We had both heard of Tim Hortons, but only had a vague
understanding that it was something quintessentially Canadian like
hockey or Molson. Having no idea what type of food they served, we
were satisfied to find that it is a panini/donut shop where you can
get a donut as part of your extra value meal.
We finally made it to Niagara Falls
just before midnight and checked into our hotel. I was tempted to
ask the lady at the front desk what time the Falls were turned off
each night, but she did not seem to be in a joking mood. She was
disturbingly serious (especially for a Canadian). We had heard that
the Falls were lit up at night so, despite the time, we decided to go
take a look. Walking through the town on the Ontario side of the
Falls was an interesting experience. It's part Vegas, part Wisconsin
Dells, and part Great America – and it's not necessarily the good
parts. Anyways, it turned out that they don't keep the falls lit all
night, but we still ended up walking for almost two hours. It was a
very foggy night, and with the artificial lights from the towns on
either side of the border, it was an eerily beautiful sight.
Tomorrow we will check out the Falls in
the daytime and from the U.S. side. Then we drive to Mansfield,
Massachusetts for a Dave Matthews Band concert.
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