Niagara Falls

Today we drove from Verona, NY to Niagara Falls.  Other than a lot of road work, it was an easy drive (yeah, easy for me to say...I wasn't the one driving through all that road construction).  We have seen so much road and bridge construction this trip.  At least the road workers and the assembly line workers at Caterpillar are working.  Now if we can just come up with a plan for the rest of the 14.9 million workers who need jobs.

The French high wire walker, Didier Pasquette,  is scheduled to walk tomorrow night in Buffalo.  It is to celebrate the opening of a new art gallery.  He's going to walk between the two Statues of Liberty on top of (what else?) the Liberty Building.  Too bad we will be gone.  Bummer...I love stuff like that.  One of the local TV stations will stream it live, so if you're interested, tune at 6:30 pm Thursday.  The TV station can be found at http://www.wgrz.com/default.aspx.  Here's a photo of Monsieur Pasquette:

Now, for the Falls.  Even though this was our third time here, I never get tired of it.  The water is so clear and powerful.  It was a cloudy, misty day, but there were still plenty of tourists here.  Here are two photos - flowers and flags:

Here's a picture of Doug and I with our new friend, Al from Long Island.  He and his wife asked us to take a photo of them and we did, and then we asked his wife to take ours as well.  We also asked for one with Al who was a very nice man.  We told him he would be famous on our travel blog!

I asked them if they knew Mary Occhino, the psychic with a radio show called "Angels on Call", but they didn't know her.  I thought everyone on Long Island knew Mary O.

Here's a great shot of the Falls that Doug took:

When we left the Falls, we drove a short way to the Seneca Niagara Casino, owned and operated by the Seneca Nation of Indians.  Doug and the dogs napped while I went inside to check out the free coffee (oh, and a few slots, of course).  I gave them a little bit of what I had won in Verona, but still ended up for two casino visits.  Pretty good results.

This is our last night on the road.  We are staying at a KOA which is okay...free WIFI, full hook-ups, but not the most scenic of places,  Maybe I just have the "Last Night Blues".  I always get this way at the end of a trip.  Sad to see it end.  It sure doesn't seem like we've been gone 3 weeks.  Feels like I'm just getting into the swing of things.

I was going through the cupboards earlier for something to snack on and couldn't believe how many snacks are left.  Crackers, an un-opened can of cashews, candy galore, an un-opened bag of trail mix, an un-opened bag of banana chips, two Key Lime Yoplait Whips in the freezer (same two I packed when we left home that I planned on eating on a hot night in Myrtle Beach as a substitute for ice cream), an apple and some un-opened cookies (of course I've been eating bakery cookies along the way, probably why the Pepperidge Farms ones are un-opened).  With less snacking and more walking (gotta keep the doggies busy and happy), my clothes are loose on me.  No idea what I weigh, but when the clothes are loose, it usually means a weight loss.

You know, we have a full tank of fuel, still have plenty of cash and food - can't we extend this trip a little bit?  One more week?  What's that you say, Captain?  Quit dreaming and pick up my book and pour a fresh cup of coffee?  Okay...if you insist.