Niagara Falls!

We awoke this morning at some horrible time (around 6am) in order to leave for a road trip. We ended up in 2 cars, one driven by one of our hosts, Jim Place, and another by Warren Eddy. I was in the car with Warren, whose background is also in libraries. We traded notes until we stopped for some breakfast, at the very appropriately named Barb's Diner.

After some sensibly-sized portions (I managed to eat everything!) we then met up with President-Elect Bob Ross, who took Barbara, Warren and myself in his large car. We arrived at Niagara around 11am - fab! The river really starts to gain momentum as you approach the viewing areas, it was really exciting and we took some fabulous pics, which I'll share below:

Just arrived!

On the Maid of the Mist...

Over in Canada... we all got another stamp in our passports!

Tom and I make a friend...
After wearing ourselves out walking around, and wearing down our camera batteries, we headed back to the cars and drove home. At Bob's house, Barbara and I decamped back into Warren's car, and he took us to a fab Mexican place for our evening meal. Jim's wife Christine (who did all the amazing cooking yesterday) joined us and there may have been a few margaritas consumed.

Tomorrow we have a vocational morning here in Cortland, before travelling to Owego. A big thank you from all of us to our drivers today, Warren, Jim and Bob, for taking the time to drive so far with us and explain all the sights to us.