Our longest day of driving so far was last Saturday. After our relaxing time in Ladoga, we headed to Detroit, where we saw a game and stayed in a super posh and new Doubletree Hotel (yay, Priceline!) and the next day drove to Toronto. We liked Toronto and would have liked to look around the city more but we were only there long enough to grab lunch and watch a game.
From there, we crossed back into our homeland into New York and were able to see one of the most amazing American landmarks– Niagara Falls! We even scored a free parking spot (rare!) and were there after box office hours so we got to go up on the Observation Deck too!
We continued south into Pennsylvania, arriving pretty late into Willamsport, PA where we stayed the night. We happened to make a reservation at the motel that was right next to the Little League Headquarters and World Series Complex. We had hoped to go by and visit in the morning, but we didn’t know we’d end up being walking distance from it! David went a little ga-ga for the impressive complex, feeling some of his childhood dreams of playing there return for the moment.
After grabbing some Dunkin’ Donuts, we headed out to our next stop: Historic Gettysburg! This leg of our trip includes a lot of memories from our U.S. History classes over the years. The new visitors’ center at Gettysburg was impressive and we did a little walking to see the monument for Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and a few others. I especially enjoyed this stop as I’m supposedly related to Robert E. Lee.
We then traveled the last few hours to our ultimate destination: Alexandria, Virginia, which is basically a suburb of Washington, D.C. We’ve been here for a few days, staying with an old college friend and seeing the sights. More on that later, but as you can see, in just 2 days, we went through 6 states in 2 countries {Michigan, Ontario, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia}! Whew!
Here are the albums:
- Niagra Falls
- Williamsport
- Gettysburg
- Games & photos in Detroit & Toronto
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The link for the Gettysburg pictures doesnt work. I keep getting a page that says private page. The other two work though.
Sounds like a fun trip so far! I’m enjoying reading up on your travels. AJ asked “Where is Gigi?” yesterday. Tell her he says hello!
Yes, sweetie, you actually are related to Robert E. Lee, who is a distant relative to my father!!