Monday May 28: Letchworth State Park

Well Kerry got us up initially between 4:30 AM and 5 AM we got up early and we had it in hour and a

 half to Letchworth State Park in western New York state. It’s in the middle of nowhere. 

 e first stopped and got a cuppa provisions I got my coffee and

 we are off. It was a nice drive up with bargain a nice sunrise. It’s another 

 unny day here in sunny western New York. I’ve missed the thunderstorms in the rain to Philly but not that much. Ha ha ha. The balloon portion of the program was 

unfortunately canceled due to wind. It can’t be anything else because it’s no thunder clouds or anything like that. Ken and Kerry were a bit bummed but I got off on taking
lots of pictures and videos. 

  would probably stay here another hour but the coffees getting to my bladder. There’s nobody here that’s probably because q the balloon aren’t going to be featured today this is the last day of 

 he balloon weekend they had here. Well after that we drove around 

 or a bit and found a place right near the “lower Falls.” It was called the Glen Iris is in a beautiful location.

 Fortunately for us we came in right after big order came so  the service was terrible they made us wait an hour and a half before we got our food.

I got some wonderful pictures but there was no Internet connection in half the place. That’s OK. There were beautiful views Love the waterfalls from all different angles. I must’ve taken about 30 pictures of those waterfalls plus videos.  I love the waterfalls. We then decided around 1 PM to take one last look at the Lower Falls.  We then headed back home. We’re on our way home it’s 1:35 PM so I’m just getting back to you. I’ll be around back in Philly at the crack of dawn Wednesday 

Sunday May 27: Going to Genesee Country Village

After crashing like a baby last night, I slept pretty well and then

 I got up and had a slight headache but soldiered through. We’re 

 going to Genesee country Village today. Tomorrow we’re going to go get up really early and watch hot

 air balloons go in the air. Well we got going and we’re going up interstate 90. Air-conditioner in Ken’s PT cruiser does  not work much so were riding with the air blowing in our faces. Fortunately

 it’s not Philly where it’s 88° and humid. Went to a supermarket called Tops which is a pretty good little supermarket. We got money for the trip and 

 ove right along and then we talked about Greenland. I looked it up and it is very interesting. We then went to a rest stop where I finished yesterday‘s blog post 

 nd took care of business. It’s now 11:54 AM. No it’s 107 and it’s not 

 rowded at all where we’d seen some steer and lamb and some cute cows as well. They have these 

young folks in period . Outfits. They actually train the steer to

 be Oxon that I found the most interesting thing so far they had guys dressed up in. 

 ostumes and there were lots of old houses that were pretty 

 ool looking. There was a nice garden salons etc. There are two weddings 
one  was a gay wedding we did not get to see that wedding. They were both
 driven by horse and buggy which is pretty cool. I got some really good pictures of all that. We then

 went out to eat at the restaurant that Ken works at and we had a little bit of ice cream   came home and just relax for 

  little bit. Very cool and mellow I think I got 

  little bit of sunburn or at least a little bit of sun. It was a lot more fun than I thought it would be. It was a relaxing and the weather was

 basket if you get up being that oo hot in there is no rain. I will hear back east  here’s a lot of rain going down act areas around 

 altimore got completely flooded out place called Ellicott city got completely flooded

Thursday, May 19th: A 14 Hour Road TripOn the Road to Ontario Canada

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5:15am

Good day everyone. It is 9:43 AM and I am taking my first pit stop here at a Tim Hortons in Castle Creek Pa.

Starting Point in Fairmount

 I'm hoping getting gas getting a coffee and updating my blog. It all went pretty smooth voice. I got

Getting on the NE Extension

up at 5:00 AM ate cereal & showered. Fortunately I had taken Sharon's advice and put out my clothes

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& packed my clothes last night. I hop in the car about 6:15 AM and took the Schuylkill breast way

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up to the blue route interstate 476. The traffic was mildly crowded on the Schuylkill. It was a

First Stop for Gas Coffee & Blogging

good thing I left when I did. I then went up the northeast the mention of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. There are various box of road construction but overall I was able to 80 mph with no problem. The speed limit was raised to 70 mph on parts of the

Near Watertown NY

turnpike just last week.  I then kept on trucking. I went to the border and the gentleman with extremely

Just Crossed the Border

friendly. He didn't make me pull over and wait in the office. That was a very fortunate thing for me. I saved a half hour by not being told to go inside the building and wait to looked over allowed into

The 1st Route

42 Miles till Route 41

country. I then pulled over & contacted AT&T to get the international service. It's a rip off. $30 and it

2nd Route Canada 401

lasts for 30 days. It does allow unlimited texting. The main problem is that you're only allowed about 125

Moving Right Along

megabytes total and EACH phone call is a dollar a minute. I certainly will not be calling anybody or

The Ontario Sky

going on the Internet until I go to a WIFI hotspot. And there's pressure few around. I was hoping

Rest Stop Griffith Ontario

gasing up in the USA will save me a little bit of money since Canadian gas is definitely more expensive.

Went Though 2 of These

After I called AT&T, I started up to Canadian route 401 and then from 401 I have the little road called

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41. Route 41 was a very winding little road but I did pretty well in passing people. My 2nd rest

2nd Road Stop

stop for gas what's in a little town called Griffith Ontario. It's on route 41. I was told by my contact that

Getting Closer

I'm 6 hours away from Espinola Ontario. That is the biggest town to Manitoulin  Island.

Close to Espanola

There are a lot of low mover and I want to get to when you're by 830 or so so I wouldn't miss the

Made it to Espanola

first meeting of the 

weekend. There was quite a few places with construction but I'm hauling out up by men and stop times

Driving to Cabin

twice. I did fill up my gas tank twice on the way up here. I went to the end of the turnpike I have to work

Inside Cabin

for drum is in New York State. There's a lot of New York State to drive-through during this trip. Well I

Cabin at Blue Dot 

went on Route 17 with trans Canadian highway all the way up to Espanola. Once I got there I

Map of Trip

did make the meeting at 8:35 PM. I then went to the cabin and crash. 14 hours a long time