Devon and Geoff's Excellent Adventure

In the last 2 days we have driven about 900 miles.  Today (Sunday) was shorter than yesterday, but I am just as tired at the end of it. sunrise view from our room Day 2- Canada, Ann Arbor, Indiana Dunes, Chicago After doing some math and trying to figure out a central time conversion, we decided to leave our hotel at 7 am.  Being in Canada, we could not use the phone GPS.  We also had no maps (except for the cached one on my dad's IPad).  Anyway, we left the hotel, printed directions in hand... and our first highway was closed.  Between some Tim Horton's timbits and looking at the IPad we figured out how to get back on track.  The trip to the border (In Sambia Michigan) took a long time, and the toll line to take the bridge seemed to take even longer (not customs, just tolls).  Conviently we also finsihed Harry Potter 1 right as we crossed the border.  We then rolled through Michigan, into Ann Arbor on game day (luckily after kickoff) and ...

enough wifi for one  For an expensive hotel, our Radisson has mediocre wifi.  It has a great view of the Canadian Falls though.  I will add pictures tomorrow when I can use Brendon's wifi. Anyway, we made good time to Niagara, leaving at 6 am and arriving by 1 pm.  When we got there we attempted to eat lunch at food carts set up for a blues festival... and ended up at a burger joint.  We then took the Maid of the Mist, did the Cave of the Winds (which included wearing Niagara provided sandals), and walked around Goat Island.  Particularly notable was the hurricane deck in cave of the winds (which is not a cave, by the way).  Dad went back for more pictures, got caught behind an Asian tour group, and got completely soaked despite the poncho. After escaping the "cave" and walking back to the main drag, we listened to a little bit of the blues festival.  Then we went through the easiest customs experience of all time- waiting to see...

Gandolf dad And we're back! We've been back in America for a few months now (the Kindle never made it back), and as the pictures show, the adventures have continued.  Between July 5th and now, I travelled in Chicago for a week, we've done about 60 hours of recorded exercise, hiked three high peaks, we (plus mom!) moved Sydney into college and explored California, and mostly prepared me to move.  Emphasis on mostly. Right before we decided to do 3 high peaks instead of 4 Devon, come home! Anyway, tomorrow morning at about 6 am we embark on a semi-Facebook funded road trip across America.  You can see the route below, and look into the destinations with more detail by clicking here Palo Alto Trip on Roadtrippers It promises to be a wild ride, with 4600 miles (which apparently takes 72 hours to cover).  Around 60 of these hours will be taken up by Harry Potter 1, 2, 4 and 5.  We couldn't find 3.  Utah promises to be a high point...