As we got back in the car to continue on, we started noticing this rather pungent and foul odor permiating the air. First we thought that he and I had to have stepped in something. After a shoe check that came back negative... we still couldn't figure out where the smell was coming from. By the time we got to where we had to turn, I thought... the only way the smell can keep on like this, is if there is a manure or trash truck secretly in front of us. Lo and Behold! About 3 vehicles in front of us... was a truck matching that description. Mystery: solved.
Our travel companions were also ready for the adventure...
After one last stop at Wawa, we aimed at not having to stop unless it was for gas along the yahoomaps deemed 7 hour and 39 minute ride. The journey was pretty uneventful. We managed to get to Canada, in one piece, without getting lost! The ride was quite scenic and not such a hassle as far as traffic goes. Much of the time there was a lack thereof. I held my breath all the way through the Lehigh Tunnel. =) A feat most children attempt on every road trip. Another thing that caused me to get into exciteable mode... was encountering this:
Note that it is not your typical school bus! It's all in French!!!! And this was just in Upstate NY.... not Quebec. That truly held my excitement for a good amount of time. It's when I realized that we were on our way to something different than New Jersey. While the scenery, yes more curvatious than NJ, still looked very much like home. Dan at one point turned a corner and said "Hey when did we get back to Woodstown?" because it looked oh so similar. One thing that did distinguish it from home... were numerous groupings of these:
They were pretty much everywhere in one section of New York. It was pretty fascinating.
We got to see the sun set over the "mountains"...
We also eventually did have to stop at a rest stop for a necessary trip to the loo. And then another stop in Dansville (hehehe) to feed the car. The final leg of the journey was interesting in a few ways. The directions took us off of major highways to roads similar to Rte. 77 at home. One of the towns we passed through, was incredibly creepy. Not creepy in the sense that you can actually pin point why it is eerie. But an overwhelming feeling of a bad vibe. We concluded that we will never live there or stop there. And then just past Buffalo... was the wonderful trek across the border. The experience with border patrol, made us realize that we were in fact going someplace new. The border patrol lady, was quite pleasant, but moreso intimidating. When we were given the "ok" to enter their country, we were quite excited to see visual indicators that folks "we're not in NJ anymore". Everything switches to metric, signs are different, road patterns are slightly different and suddenly, we have to navigate this whole new world. Once we got our bearings and got over the fact that we're in a new country, we successfully made it to our hostel. We were greeted by a woman who works at the hostel and given a quick rundown of the area and how the hostel works. They serve breakfast around 8:30...and at that time we'll talk more about what there is to do around here that is beyond the typical things they advertize about Niagara Falls. Our room is on the third (top) floor of the hostel... pictures to come later of what is around us. There is a small kitchen on the floor along with the shared bath facilities.
What is today going to bring? Who knows! It'll be an adventure, on a beautiful day in Canada.
Our travel companions were also ready for the adventure...
After one last stop at Wawa, we aimed at not having to stop unless it was for gas along the yahoomaps deemed 7 hour and 39 minute ride. The journey was pretty uneventful. We managed to get to Canada, in one piece, without getting lost! The ride was quite scenic and not such a hassle as far as traffic goes. Much of the time there was a lack thereof. I held my breath all the way through the Lehigh Tunnel. =) A feat most children attempt on every road trip. Another thing that caused me to get into exciteable mode... was encountering this:
They were pretty much everywhere in one section of New York. It was pretty fascinating.We got to see the sun set over the "mountains"...
We also eventually did have to stop at a rest stop for a necessary trip to the loo. And then another stop in Dansville (hehehe) to feed the car. The final leg of the journey was interesting in a few ways. The directions took us off of major highways to roads similar to Rte. 77 at home. One of the towns we passed through, was incredibly creepy. Not creepy in the sense that you can actually pin point why it is eerie. But an overwhelming feeling of a bad vibe. We concluded that we will never live there or stop there. And then just past Buffalo... was the wonderful trek across the border. The experience with border patrol, made us realize that we were in fact going someplace new. The border patrol lady, was quite pleasant, but moreso intimidating. When we were given the "ok" to enter their country, we were quite excited to see visual indicators that folks "we're not in NJ anymore". Everything switches to metric, signs are different, road patterns are slightly different and suddenly, we have to navigate this whole new world. Once we got our bearings and got over the fact that we're in a new country, we successfully made it to our hostel. We were greeted by a woman who works at the hostel and given a quick rundown of the area and how the hostel works. They serve breakfast around 8:30...and at that time we'll talk more about what there is to do around here that is beyond the typical things they advertize about Niagara Falls. Our room is on the third (top) floor of the hostel... pictures to come later of what is around us. There is a small kitchen on the floor along with the shared bath facilities.
What is today going to bring? Who knows! It'll be an adventure, on a beautiful day in Canada.
Those are some yummy looking strawberries!
ReplyDeleteYou were up early Suzie Shunshine. Also, you seem to have the best travel companions I have ever seen. Yay for random buses and strawberries. Where in Canada are you going to be traveling? I have a close friend in Kingston, Ontario.
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