Niagara Falls

 Today we left Ohio, drove through Pennsylvania and made it to our RV park in Buffalo, near Niagara Falls. Our drive was a little interesting because somehow our navigation system turned off any routes that included electronic toll roads. So even though we should’ve been heading straight up I-90, somehow we exited and ended driving these little small town roads near Lake Erie. It was fun to see that, but I sure was wondering why we were wandering all over the countryside. We crossed I- 90 twice, but never got back on. Finally, after stopping for gas, we examined the navigation system more closely and saw what had happened. As soon as we turned that off, it routed us right back onto I-90 and we were on our way north again!

Our RV site is very nice.  We have a patio with chairs and a table and a large fenced area for Maggie right on our site.  She’s not a fan of being in there when we aren't with her and somehow managed to squeeze through the bars on the fence!  Even though we were sitting right next to it, she didn’t want to be in there without us.  

What was super fun about today, was we met up with two other couples we met on last summer’s caravan. Kelly and Kevin are staying here at the same RV park and Debbie and Ken live here in Buffalo. Tomorrow we plan to explore the falls and head over to the Canadian side.  Ken and Deb brought two bottles of champagne with them to celebrate us all getting back together again and that was really fun! The six of us headed out for dinner at a local casino. Steve and I both walked away with money in our pockets so it was a successful evening.  The six of us will be joining this summer’s caravan in Halifax next week! 

It’s always fun to try a different or local foods when traveling, and tonight was no different.  Deb introduced us all to a local favorite, called ‘beef on weck.’  Beef on weck is a roast beef sandwich that is local to Buffalo.  The bun is really the amazing part… it’s a Kaiser roll covered in salt and caraway seeds.  It’s called a kummelweck.  It is served with lots of horseradish (which I didn’t eat) and a jus.  I wish I’d taken a picture of it, but I ate it too fast! I tried to download an internet picture, but evidently this blog app doesn’t like you to use other people’s pictures, even if it’s just of a sandwich!