Summer!

It must be all the rain we’ve had this summer, but my plants are going crazy. I tried growing something more than tomatoes this year, and so far I’ve harvested two enormous zucchini and one cucumber. Way better than I expected.

Water, Water Everywhere. Also, Fog.

Wicked Awesome Road Trip

Day 2
Monday, June 15, 2015
Erie, PA, to Niagara Falls, NY
118 miles

This morning we departed Erie surrounded by thick fog. The fog stayed with us for most of our journey. I thought it would burn off at some point, but let’s just say that all I saw of Buffalo was a few road signs telling me I was driving through. I suppose they have buildings and such there, but I’ll just have to take their word for it.

I was worried that we would only hear Niagara Falls and not see anything. We arrived in the area around 11:00 am and went to Niagara Falls State Park to see what we could see. This was our first glimpse:

Tilting and Whirling and Dodging Lightning

This year’s girls trip (the girls being my mom, my niece, and me) was an epic road trip to New York and Massachusetts, with brief stops in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, and merely driving through Ohio and Connecticut.

Wicked Awesome Road Trip

Day 1
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Cold Spring, KY to Erie, PA
348 miles

We didn’t leave too crazy early, hitting the road at around 10:30 am. Our goal was to reach Erie, Pennsylvania, and spend the evening at Waldameer Park. The weather forecast wasn’t in our favor, but we didn’t encounter any bad weather on the road.

When we got close to Erie, we came to traffic at a complete stop, so I made a U-turn and we took an alternate route that put us a little behind schedule. We wanted to arrive at Waldameer right at 5:00, but it was closer to 6:00. No worries, we still had four hours, and there was hardly anyone there.