Last night we stayed between Sandusky and Milan (pronounced Meal-on apparently, so not to be confused with a placed in Europe). It’s claim to fame in Milan is that it was the birthplace and childhood home of Thomas Edison.
Next stop is 188 miles away in Shipshewana (did you get the clue??)
And today we are off here
It’s a toughy, Say what you see, See what you say
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Answers on a postcard. Can you guess?
Say what you see, see what you say, catchphrase
Interesting fact, it is the world HQ for
This interesting fact has been brought to you by Mrs Fogg
It is just fish and chips
Yet again the only fish on sale is Perch
Mrs Fogg doing her history thing in Madison Ohio.
Welcome to Erie, Pennsylvania famous for (well nothing much actually). It was a booming place in the 1700s but tanked in the 1960s and 70s and never really recovered. Today it’s got a regenerated harbour area for posh yacht owners and visitors and a super conference complex. But, the views of the lake are ace and the hotel great. It’s also got a really fab infinity pool which we just had to test out
This is the south side of Lake Erie, so by the time we have finished our tour we will have nearly travelled the whole edge of the lake.
I’ve just watched the sunset, now watching a storm come in over the water.
Mr Fogg is fast asleep after our 4 hr 120 mile ride today. Tomorrow it’s another long one too and getting closer to the end of the holiday. Boo!
One more example of tacky.
This is a local sweet emporium in Niagara CasVegas, no doubt selling “Crown of Thorn(tons chocolates)”, jelly nails, 30 silver coated chocolate coins and the “Spear(mint) of Destiny”.
Time for a drubbing under Niagara Falls. awesome
Oooh Niagara is tacky night or day, but a nice view of the falls from the hotel and cool fireworks each night
Welcome to what can only be described as CasVegas, Reno or Blackpool by the sea. A beautiful ride up from Port Stanley with amazing scenery and an almighty drubbing as we rode a thunderstorm, to arrive in what can only be described as a shit hole of neon, arcades, hooker touts (same as Vegas where they hand out cards of local girls) and loud Americans. And as you drive into the city you drive through a town called “Grimsby” (I kid you not)
The falls are spectacular, such a shame the surrounding area is so tacky.
The Falls
The Maid of the Mist (we’re off on that tomorrow, we’ll the Canadian version anyway)
And this is the queue to get into the US (whereas we sailed through from the US to Canada in less than 5 minutes, it’s a 2 hour queue back into the US)
So in the last week we have driven Chicago to Milwaukee, Milwaukee to Muskegon, Muskegon to Lowell, Lowell to Port Huron, Port Huron to Port Stanley and now Port Stanley to Niagara. Total mileage 625 miles on a trike, with my biker babe on the back.
