A better view of the street lights.

At the base of Niagara Falls!

The American side of the falls, seen from the Canadian side, with the lights on.  The lights changed into different color patterns every few minutes.

The city of Hershey Pennsylvania!

That is a whole lot of candy bars produced in 1 day!

The biggest chocolate store i've ever seen.   You could buy any kind of Hershey product here.  Even a 5 pound Hershey bar for $24.95.

We had sundaes with Hershey ice cream.  Sooo good!

Chocolate Ave.  Where the streetlights look like Kisses.  I didn't make Bob stay to see them lit, like Niagara Falls.

On the Maid of the MIst at Niagara Falls.

Niagara Falls, American side.

Hundreds of birds on the shore. They were so loud!

Niagara Falls

You can see the mist from the falls from quite a ways away.  Bob estimated it goes up about 600 feet.

The Cave of the Winds tour.  We're at the base of the falls.

The spray is pretty crazy!

So beautiful!!!

The Horseshoe Falls on the left, on the American side and the Canadian falls as the lights were just coming on.

Root Road bridge.  Built in 1868.  It actually was raised up 18 inches in the 1990's.  

Graham Road Bridge.  Originally built in 1868.  It washed down river and was re-built in this park from 1913 - 1971.  Original pieces were salvaged and used.

This bridge was built in the 1990's I believe.

Built in the 1870's.  Traffic was diverted around it in 1971.  It is still passable, but only 1 lane wide.

Originally built in 1868.  They added a 140 ft. steel bridge on the front of it.  It was closed off on the far side and had a pedestrian walkway on the close side. 

I guess the police don't have much to do.  There didn't appear to be any injuries, but there were 5 patrol cars at the scene.  Too bad the old car got damaged.  It was in pretty good condition before the accident.

Another bridge built in the 1860's.

Bob geocaching.  The clue said stretch. Too bad it was on the other side of the bridge.

The cache container!  Very unique!

Benches built by Cub Scouts to look at the river.

My dream house & yard!!!

We went on a tour of the covered bridges of Ashtabula County, Ohio.  This is the longest covered bridge in the US.  It was built in the 1990's.  

Geocaching.  Thought we may have gotten in poison ivy, but luckily we didn't.

The bridge is 93 feet above the river.

The Olin bridge. Built in 1873. 115 ft. long, 13 feet wide.

93 year old George making ice cream with his 50 year old Taylor ice cream machine.

Bike riding through the backroads of Amish Country In LaGrange, Indiana.

Amish horse & buggy.

Feed mill in Shipshewana, Indiana.

Gene & Shirley Aikman.  Neighbors from whenI was growing up in Lakewood, CA.

Debbie & Joanne.  Childhood friends who hadn't seen each other for 25+ years.

Oldest continuously run ice cream shop in the world.  Has served ice cream 7 days a week, 365 days a year  for 102 consecutive years.  In Wilton, Iowa.

George is 93 and still makes all the ice cream and chocolate himself.  

Harrisburg, Utah- Ghost town ruins

Harrisburg, Utah- Ruins from an old town

Rifle Falls, Rifle Colorado

Rifle Falls, Rifle, Colorado

Cows at Curt & Debbies.  Some were about to have babies, but none of them were born while we were there.  Darn!

Iowa corn fields!

Getting Ready

We're packing and getting ready to embark on our 5 week journey across the country.  We'll be visiting about 19 states and traveling over 6000 miles.  We'll be visiting many historic places, monuments, National Parks and visiting some family and friends along the way. Hope you enjoy following us here on our blog and we look forward to keeping in touch on here also.