Road trip No.1 - Day 2 - 1 new Country (Canada), 1 new Province (Ontario), 2 new Hurricane glasses - Niagara (NY and ON)

Day 2 - Warfordsburg (PA) - Niagara (NY) - Niagara (ON), Canada - 300 miles

Day two started with grabbing myself a coke out of the fridge at the Days Inn and leaving money on the unmanned motel counter. We then drove on up the I-70 in a hunt for breakfast.

Not too far and we ended up in Breezewood. That was a proper over-night hub, with several open gas stations, several motels and diners. I doubt anyone lives there but it was lively and a great place to stop. I bought a map to be able to track the route (which explains now that I am looking at the map - why I did not make any markings before then). Breakfast at Denny's in a traditional diner "trailer".

We drove on across rural Western Pennsylvania. No much traffic, not may people around. Stopped for gas - very cheap - saw lots of churches!!! and some very beautiful Victorian style houses:

Mid afternoon we arrived at the US side Niagara Falls, the walked around the various viewing spots. We did not do the touristy thing to go down and get all wet under the falls, but took our time to watch them from the various view spots around:

We thought about a boat-trip but the weather was not so good. I must say I was not that impressed. I had expected larger or bolder or more - I am not sure. On the way back to the car I spotted, by coincidence, a Hard Rock Cafe. As I collect the Hurricane glasses I somehow managed to persuade my travelling companions to make a pit-stop.
We then went off to the Canadian border crossing. The queue was not great but nowhere near as bad as Dulles Airport in the afternoon.

The hotel was a pre-booked Best Western and was just that. Nothing fancy but miles ahead of the Days Inn from the night before and did the job. As it was getting dark - we decided to watch the falls from the Canadian side as well before dinner. As I am quite clumsy it was probably not that clever to sit on the fence (no Health and Safety measures in place, which were surprising):

As Alastair had to drive over the border he did not get a Hurricane at Niagara US, so we checked if there was one in Canada, preferably Toronto. But we were surprised - there was one at Niagara, ON, Canada. So off we went for a pre-dinner Hurricane!

Dinner was at a chain steak-house which was not great. Too loud and too average. Unfortunately the whole place is very touristy and flashy with Casinos and game-halls and similar things. We really wanted to go somewhere after dinner, but could not find a nice place - so early evening unfortunately.