Adventures in New York
Mike and I took a rode trip to New York to visit my brother. Nothing like deciding to take a road trip when gas is $4.00 a gallon. Ugh! Anyway we stopped at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio on the way. It was an awesome amusement park. If you like amusement parks, it is the place to go! Mike's been talking about going for almost as long as I've known him. :) They had something like 16 different roller coasters. The lines weren't bad but it was raining some so that delayed a few rides. The only really long wait we had was for the ride called the dragster. The ride kept breaking down and then stopping for rain. We waited in line for 2 hours. I think it was worth it though. The ride goes from 0 to 120 in 3.5 sec. Then it shoots you up in the air 410 feet over a little archway. The catch is that it doesn't always make it over the archway. If it doesn't, you go back down the ride backwards and they shoot you up again. That happened to us. :) We then went on to visit my brother in Hamilton, NY. My new nephew Eli was adorable as was Naomi (who is almost 3 now). We visited the Syracuse zoo and just hung out at his house. He's got a beautiful property on 15 acres. Our next stop was Niagara falls. It was both of our first times there and was definitely worth the stop. I'll post pictures on facebook soon. We stayed the night in London, Ontario, Canada, so we also added another country to our "visited" lists. The next day we drove along Lake Huron to Mackinaw City, Michigan. We were supposed to be staying at what was listed as a three star resort. It looked like it was going to be a great place, especially for only $60. I guess the "Bingo and exercise classes" should have been a clue. When we arrived, the first sign we saw was for Cedarbrook retirement community. We pondered whether we were in the right location and finally determined it was the correct address. A lady in scrubs with a tray of meds came down and said someone would check us in shortly. So we ended up spending the night in a retirement home/hotel. The place was a real dive. It smelled and everything was really run down. I guess you do get what you pay for.
Now we're back home and gardening like crazy.
Now we're back home and gardening like crazy.