I am in Niagara.
Oh my Lord.
Bucket List Holiday – USA & Canada 2014
Niagara Falls, here I come!
We are about to go to Niagara Falls to see them lit up at night. I am so excited.
7 miles away.
So very, very close to this dream becoming a reality.
Roadtripping #1
We’ve been in the States since Saturday and we have already been in California, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
This afternoon we are on our way across the southern shore of Lake Erie toward Niagara Falls.. Niagara has long been one of my huge bucket list places and I am slightly overwhelmed at the thought of actually almost being there.
Rock and Roll.
Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is amazing.
It exhibits memorabilia, video, audio and documents relating to the history of rock and roll music from its roots in gospel, country, and rhythm and blues to modern icons like Springsteen and Madonna.
I thoroughly enjoyed my visit there today.
It’s definitely a highlight of my trip so far.
Keep right.
Learning to drive on the right hand side of the road has been easier than anticipated.
However, remembering to keep right on sidewalks and escalators and in supermarket aisles is much more challenging.
Megabus dos and don’ts.
The Megabus service is an efficient and very cheap way to get from the Rosa Parks Transit Centre in Detroit to Union Station, Chicago if you book well ahead. It cost $12US each for us to take the bus because I booked a couple of months ahead.
The bus has the suspension of a brick building, but you can overlook that if you are inclined to focus on the positives.
Clean bus, very polite and helpful staff, and some lovely scenery along the way.
Don’t rely on using that little bathroom at the back of the bus, though, unless you are short and thin with thighs strong enough to keep you on the potty while the bus is bouncing and shuddering.
This little piggy #2
Fishbones is a bar/restaurant in Greektown, Detroit. We had their buffet on Sunday. When they say “all you can eat”, they mean it.
Take a little of this, a little of that.
There were opportunities to try lots of Southern, Creole and Cajun style foods that we don’t ever see on Australian menu, including gumbo and alligator. I got brave and sampled different things. I still don’t know what some of them were.
My favourite was the crumbed fish pieces with some kind of spicy sauce. That was amazing.
There was also a full buffet of desserts. I had my first taste of Key Lime Pie. It was nice, but far better was the lemon cheesecake: intense and not at all sickly.
There was no need for dinner that night.
This little piggy #1
Breakfast: Canadian bacon, French toast, Canadian maple syrup.
So amazingly good.
Regular bacon will never be the same again. Spoilt for life.
First time for everything #3
Oh Susie. I have longed to hug you. This feels so good.
Something really special just happened here.
We just cemented a friendship that I know will be life-long and very special.
Deep, rich happiness.
First time for everything #2
I just tried to get in the driver’s seat. This car is my first experience of being in a left-hand-drive car. We’re travelling on the right-hand side of the road.
This is going to take some getting used to.
It’s a good thing we are going to be passengers for a couple of days before we drive anywhere.
An Aussie Maple Leaf, adrift on the wind... 