marcus22
Junior Member
Day seven:
Day seven started out a little late. the curtains over the windows worked really well. so we all got up thinking "wow is it really noon?" its our vacation so i guess we can sleep in a little.
we went out in search of food. found a little diner that still served breakfast at 1pm. got some expensive food and we were on our way back to the U.S. everything is expensive in Niagara Falls.
the border crossing was one of the worst crossings i have had. the guy seemed to hate his life and take his authority out on us. he gave my wife a hard time because her passport picture had different hair than now. passports are good for 10 years and women do cut and change their hair color.
anyway, we entered into the state of New York. a place none of us have ever been. we wanted to see the falls from the U.S. side. so we parked both the bikes for the price of one car because they fit in one spot. really nice of the attendant to suggest that. and it cheered me up from the i hate my life border guard. the state park was big and we all got our exercise in for the day because we walked everywhere. the views were really cool. we could feel the power of the water when we stood within feet of the falls. got some good pictures and decided that was good enough.
my wife wanted to head in to the state more just to really say we were here. so be headed to Buffalo. we didn't know where or what we wanted to do. so we head out and and immediately find ourselves lost in a neighborhood that I did not want to stop and ask for directions. soon enough we found a gas station and asked a kind lady how to get to I-190. she told us and we were off to Buffalo.
once in Buffalo we saw this park off the interstate right on the river that looked like a nice place to stop and relax. the only problem was getting to it from the interstate. so we exited and again found ourselves in a neighborhood that i did not want to stop and ask for directions. we must have turned around four or more times and eventually found a border patrol officer. he gave us simple directions and we were off once again. by this time I was getting a good idea of how the roads went and found the park on the river. the border patrol officer was not even close on his directions. oh well we found it.
it was a nice little park that overlooked the river and the city. but by this time we all were getting hungry. downtown Buffalo seemed like a good area to find some restaurants. so we traveled on and found a fire station downtown with its doors open. so we stopped in and introduced ourselves. they gave us a tour of their really old cool station. Im a fire fighter in st. cloud, MN so we swapped information to exchange some shirts. very nice people. they advised us to eat at the Pearl Street Grill and Brewery.
the Grill and Brewery was fantastic. they brewed their own beer and it was some of the best beer I have ever tasted. oh and the food was good too. if you are ever in that area go there.
it was getting late so we headed back to Niagara falls and caught some good pictures of the sun going down. once back in Canada we stopped at a couple of bars and enjoyed some music and each others company. we knew the next day was going to be a longer day of riding so we ended the night a little early.
Day seven started out a little late. the curtains over the windows worked really well. so we all got up thinking "wow is it really noon?" its our vacation so i guess we can sleep in a little.
we went out in search of food. found a little diner that still served breakfast at 1pm. got some expensive food and we were on our way back to the U.S. everything is expensive in Niagara Falls.
the border crossing was one of the worst crossings i have had. the guy seemed to hate his life and take his authority out on us. he gave my wife a hard time because her passport picture had different hair than now. passports are good for 10 years and women do cut and change their hair color.
anyway, we entered into the state of New York. a place none of us have ever been. we wanted to see the falls from the U.S. side. so we parked both the bikes for the price of one car because they fit in one spot. really nice of the attendant to suggest that. and it cheered me up from the i hate my life border guard. the state park was big and we all got our exercise in for the day because we walked everywhere. the views were really cool. we could feel the power of the water when we stood within feet of the falls. got some good pictures and decided that was good enough.
my wife wanted to head in to the state more just to really say we were here. so be headed to Buffalo. we didn't know where or what we wanted to do. so we head out and and immediately find ourselves lost in a neighborhood that I did not want to stop and ask for directions. soon enough we found a gas station and asked a kind lady how to get to I-190. she told us and we were off to Buffalo.
once in Buffalo we saw this park off the interstate right on the river that looked like a nice place to stop and relax. the only problem was getting to it from the interstate. so we exited and again found ourselves in a neighborhood that i did not want to stop and ask for directions. we must have turned around four or more times and eventually found a border patrol officer. he gave us simple directions and we were off once again. by this time I was getting a good idea of how the roads went and found the park on the river. the border patrol officer was not even close on his directions. oh well we found it.
it was a nice little park that overlooked the river and the city. but by this time we all were getting hungry. downtown Buffalo seemed like a good area to find some restaurants. so we traveled on and found a fire station downtown with its doors open. so we stopped in and introduced ourselves. they gave us a tour of their really old cool station. Im a fire fighter in st. cloud, MN so we swapped information to exchange some shirts. very nice people. they advised us to eat at the Pearl Street Grill and Brewery.
the Grill and Brewery was fantastic. they brewed their own beer and it was some of the best beer I have ever tasted. oh and the food was good too. if you are ever in that area go there.
it was getting late so we headed back to Niagara falls and caught some good pictures of the sun going down. once back in Canada we stopped at a couple of bars and enjoyed some music and each others company. we knew the next day was going to be a longer day of riding so we ended the night a little early.
