Buffalo NY to Niagara Falls Ontario

We arrived in Buffalo and got our rental car. Here is a picture of Mom and Jason just before we departed from the airport. We have a navigational device that promises us we'll never

get lost....

We are pretty sure we will prove it wrong!

Our first stop was The Anchor Bar. This, according to their story, is where buffalo wings were invented. They did not disappoint. Buffalo is full of some amazing old buildings.

It took us awhile to get through Canadian customs. We assume all the people were going home from the Buffalo Bills football game. In finding our hotel we got our first glimpse of Niagara Falls and all I can say is AMAZING! I have been wanting to come here my entire life and it is not disappointing. I will say we are really looking forward to taking a walk along the river tomorrow morning as we find the falls to be much more spectacular during the day.

We had dinner reservations at the Skylon restaurant. Here is a view of the tower:

In this pic you can see the elevator car arriving at the restaurant and observation levels:

Unfortunately the dinner was a bit overhyped and it was way too expensive for what you got. The falls are lighted at night but not spectacularly so and overall I am sure the view is much better during the day. None of my pictures of the falls this evening turned out so you will have to wait until tomorrow for those. Just one of those touristy things you have to try once to see whether or not it's worth it.

Plan to take lots more pictures tomorrow and we have a couple of fun excursions planned. Our destination for tomorrow evening is Olympic Village at Lake Placid.

Here is a picture of the three of us:

In Seattle!

Checked in at the hotel in Seattle. Shuttle leaves at 4 a.m. so not much sleep tonight but who needs to sleep? Excited! Goodnight.

Let's Try This Again

Obviously, the blog idea didn't take off. One post over three years ago and nothing since.

In a couple of days I will be taking a trip with my Mom and Brother to New England. My Mom earned this trip as her 20 year anniversary gift from our employer. Aside from the trip after 20 years of employment (which is awesome), North Cascade Eye Associates is a great place to work! Many of our co-workers and friends have been listening to the planning for this trip for quite some time and are interested in our travel adventures. Hence the reason for bringing the blog back to life.

So stay tuned. And, huge thanks to Dr. Crowell and Dr. Siapco for this gift to my Mom. Thanks to Mom too for letting us join her on this adventure and putting up with thousands (dare I say millions) of payroll questions, HR questions, timeclock screw-ups and month end books that just won't balance for the last 20 years! Love you Mom!

This is Spring, Right?

The weather report had forecast snow for this weekend. Some snowflakes fell from the sky Saturday morning but the day was mainly overcast with some sunbreaks. I woke up this morning and went to the window and my jaw literally dropped. This is what I saw:

So everyone put on their snow clothes and went outside to make a snowman, snow angels and take a walk. There was no wind so it was actually quite pleasant outside at 34 degrees. We took a walk down the road. The kids had fun sending huge snowballs down the stream; they would put it in the stream on one side of the road......

and watch it come out on the other side:

Everything was going good until Nicole was running down the road, tripped and fell into an icy mud puddle. Then it was time to go home! It is already warming up and the snow is slowly going away. At least we will have this guy to keep us company for a few days...

and hopefully he will be our last snowy creation for this Spring!