We're Back

Here I am once again in a quiet household, I'm the first one to recover from getting knocked out by that dreaded Sandman last night and I'm up early watching The Longest Yard on Netflix and collecting my thoughts for the day.

Well yesterday was a long one to say the least, three states, two countries and I don't know how many pictures from our trip that needed uploaded. Not to mention that we did our Sam's shopping, washed two dirty cars, unpacked and got everything back to normal around the house.

We had a great trip, we really enjoyed ourselves and this is in fact my first live blog in a while. The internet connection was horrible and and inconsistent everywhere we went. It was like going back into the stone age of dialup for a connection. I had to turn my phones cellular service off while we were in Canada because AT&T knew I was no longer in the United States and wanted to bill me astronomically for usage.

One of the highlights other than seeing the falls and riding the Skywheel was going through Louis Tussaud’s Wax Museum and seeing all of the wax figures of so many celebrities and political figures. If anyone ever goes has the opportunity I highly advise it.

Everyone suggested and asked if we rode the Maid of the Mist, I honestly did not see the first boat from either the US side or the Canadian side out in the Niagara River or anywhere near the falls. So the answer is no we did not ride on any of those boats during our trip as no one was riding any of those boats. It might have been because such big chunks of ice were still present and they did not want to risk anyone's safety.

Now it's back to normal for us, grocery shopping and getting ready to go back to work tomorrow. It has been a busy extended weekend to say the least, fun filled as well. '

Have a great day.

We're Coming Home

We have had a great time here at Niagara Falls, I'll probably go into a little more detail in another blog as well as post up a number of stories and pictures to share.

I usually do my weekend blogs live, but I will confess that this one is one that I have pre-written just in case we have had internet troubles.

We'll be heading back out on the road this morning and heading on down the highway back to the Country Roads that we call home in West Virginia.

We have made some memories together and we will share all of them with everyone once we actually get home and know I have a solid internet connection. '

Wish us safe travels, it's back to the good ole U S of A and West Virginia.

It's a Big Ole Niagara Falls Kind of Day

Well it's a different kind of Friday for Michelle and I as we are on a mini-vacation. We are here at Niagara Falls and we are staying on the Canadian side for this trip.

We traveled up yesterday and plan on returning home tomorrow, but for today it is going to be a day of seeing one of natures most marvelous beauties for Michelle and I as we explore Niagara Fall for the first time together up close.

This is the first time either one of us has been here and we are both pretty excited about being here. We may take a trip on Maid of the Mist or one of the other charters, but something tells me whether it be by rain or mist from the falls that we are not going to stay completely dry today.

I'll be sure to share my pictures if I am able to with everyone, depending on what kind of an internet connection that we have.

Enjoy your day at work and prepare for your weekend as we are already enjoying ours.

Sunday Morning Rambling

Here I sit once again in a quiet household, I'm the first one to recover from that losing battle with the Sandman last night and I'm up watching Sin City on one of the TV stations and collecting my thoughts for yet another day.

Well yesterday we ended up taking another road trip, but one not that far this week as we headed up North to Tanger Outlets and then to Sarris Candies to do a little bit of shopping. I did manage to find one of my childhood favorite candies there in a BB Bat. Inflation is killing us, they used to be 2 for 1¢ I was a kid and now they are 20¢ each. Oh the humanity and inflated prices. It's pretty sad when penny candy is now 20¢.

We did book and pay for our Niagara Falls trip yesterday. We're going up for a couple of days next month to see the falls. We have decided to stay in Canada and found a real nice deal on Groupon which really did save us a ton of money compared to what we did almost pay for the trip. About 1/3 of what we were going ton pay. We are doing it economically as we are just looking for a place to lay our heads a couple of nights. I got two nights cheaper than I got one night in DC plus a bunch of meal coupons, so I'm not complaining. Did get a bunch of advice from a few friends on Facebook, I guess Canada is the way to see the Falls and we did have our Passports since we do travel Internationally when we cruise.

Plans for the day are just to do our routine grocery shopping and finish up the laundry for the week. Michelle got most of it done last night, so there is not much more to do. The Mountaineer Basketball team plays the last game this evening when we take on the Maryland Terrapins to advance to the Sweet 16 to take on the Tournament Favorite Kentucky.

Have a great day.

Monday

All good things must come to an end, unfortunately that also includes those fun filled things that we enjoy so much and call the weekends. There is another one coming, but first we have to return to another fun filled week of putting our noses to the grindstone because this is Monday and those better days are now behind us and furthest from us now.

I did manage to finish up our taxes yesterday, we owed the state so I just wrote the check yesterday and Michelle is shipping it off today to close that out and get it done. I was going to wait, but no need as I just wanted to get it over and done with.

I think I need to start concentrating now on our Spring trip/extended weekend. The last two years we have went east to Washington DC for the Cherry Blossom Festival. Two years ago we kind of missed the peak season and last year we nailed it at peak season and got to see a lot of the sites that we had missed the previous year. This year, we have decided to head somewhere else rather than Washington, DC. We wanted to do something new and exciting that we have not done yet.   So we sat down and talked yesterday and have decided that this year we are heading North to Niagra Falls. We haven't decided yet on the New York Side or the Canada side, we do have our passports so both locations are being considered, we'll have to decide that in the next few weeks as we start to plan. It's about a 6 six drive from Morgantown, so this will be an extended weekend trip.

Have a Great Day

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