Friday, September 5, 2025

Day 1 - Travel Day

We weren't quite ready to leave when we woke up this morning, so after saying goodbye to Scott we packed and prepped some snacks for the drive.  We finished our prayer and were pulling out of the driveway by 10:30am.  Tyler wanted to drive which worked out well as I finished up some projects for church.  He actually drove the entire way today!

We stopped around 11:30 for some lunch at Hardees and Subway and proceeded to Port Huron.  We stopped here to charge (only around 12 mins) as it looked like the border had a long line up.  It took about an hour to cross the Blue Water Bridge and clear customs.  The only other time we were near this bridge was about a year ago when we were cruising under it when we were bringing home our new boat.

The car converted to kilometers per hour and the kids got a kick out of seeing the spedometer read triple digits.  Tyler did a great job at customs and driving internationally!  A big first for him today!!



We stopped to charge again around 2:45 and then proceeded to Niagara Falls.  We are staying in the Sheraton Hotel on the Ontario side and have a great view from our room.



Once we were settled, the kids decided to stay in for dinner so we had a pizza delivered and then just took it easy.  It was fun to see the falls change color after dark and then a short fireworks show at 10:00 pm.


I spent some time planning more of the details of our trip.  We watched the National Treasure movies on cable and took the opportunity to talk through some of the places we will visit on this trip.  After that it was getting hard to stay awake...