Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Travel Day - September 5, 2008

Leave Enfield for Niagara Falls, NY in two cars
Drop one car off in Latham, NY.
Proceed to Howard Johnson’s
454 Main St., Niagara Falls
Phone #: 800-282-5261

Expectations: If early enough do some sight seeing. Maybe see the Falls lit at night and watch fireworks. HoJo’s front desk suggests walking across to view the Falls would be faster than going by bike. She said we would have to wait in line with the cars. We have ground level rooms so we can bring bikes in.

I left home at 7:25 a.m. Estimate 20 to 25 minutes to Kathy’s. The weather is extremely warm and humid. Hurricane Hanna is bearing down on Florida and the Carolinas.

Arrive Kathy’s at 7:54 a.m. Her bike is ready to be loaded!

8:30 a.m.—I’m pacing the driveway waiting to get under way. We haven’t even done the Erie Canal yet and already we’re having an animated discussion about the East Coast Greenway, which we may or may not ever do! This is going to be a great trip! Kathy says it’s going to be a long one. The question is, for which one of us? ☺☺

Finally, Kathy notes we are leaving “at 9 a.m. on the freaking nose!”

MUSICAL CARS
It will take two cars to do this. We begin in Kathy’s Ridgeline and Lou’s Acura. Lou’s car is dropped at the Acura dealer in Latham, NY. After lunch at Red Robin in Latham, we are back on the road at 12:24 p.m. Lou has the pleasure of riding with us in the Ridgeline. Tomorrow, Lou will drive back to Latham to pick up his car and drop the Ridgeline. We will end our ride here and the Ridgeline is our ride home.

2:41 p.m. stopped for gas. E.T.A. (according to GPS navigation device) Niagara Falls is 5:15 p.m. We arrived at Howard Johnson Motel at 4:58. Didn’t even have time to settle in when Kathy and Lou are ready to go.

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