headed for Niagara Falls. I thought we would go through the Windsor
Tunnel out of downtown Detroit, but Tomtom said it was faster to go
north to Port Huron, MI and cross to Canada that way.
We loved traversing north of Lake Erie via Ontario instead of the
south shore via Ohio. Almost no traffic and much, much better roads.
Man, we saw some really terrible road surface in Illinois, Indiana and
Michigan.
The weather changed yesterday in Michigan and eastward with much lower
temperature and occasional rain. We drove through a very heavy squall
near Brantford, ON. It was so heavy that all traffic on the freeway
slowed to about 20mph and many people turned on their emergency
flashers. It lasted about 5 minutes and then the sun came out again.
In mid-afternoon we pulled into Niagara Falls. I think the Canadian
side might be the most touristy place I have ever seen. It was like
the Las Vegas strip compressed into a few blocks. We found a good
parking place near the Skylon with a very convenient path down to the
overlook.
Fortunately the sun was out and we had a leisurely walk from American
Falls down to Horseshoe Falls and back. Then we hopped back in the
car, crossed the Rainbow Bridge back into the US and headed east to
Batavia, NY where we are staying the night.
We decided not to go to Toronto and Montreal. We think we're going to
make out way slowly across New York, visiting the Finger Lakes and
maybe touch the Adirondacks. We're playing it by ear at the moment.
We've put about 3,300 miles on Ruby since leaving Seattle.
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