Travel East Coast

Before your trip it is important to make lists. What do you want to see? To get an idea of what you want to see or do, watch some YouTube videos or search for things to do. – for this trip I looked up a ton of “must do” things to see/eat along the east coast. Research costs, open/close hours, and other important factors.  – some gift shops in smaller towns are closed on certain week days or have seasonal hours. I like to visit Trip Advisor and type in the place or company and

We started out our journey with an eleven hour drive. We figured that we were so hyped with the initial excitement of a road trip that we could go from the corn fields of Iowa all the way to Niagara Falls! Along the way we stopped at the World's Largest Trust Stop in our home state of Iowa along I-80, through Chicago in a downpour, through the U of M town of Ann Arbor, and even got to cross the beautiful Ambassador Bridge in Detroit on our way into Canada. The line to enter i

We got up very early in order to make good time on our Voyage to the Falls Boat Tour. What we didn't anticipate was the jaunt from the large parking lot to the Voyage of the Falls location. We also weren't aware that if we missed our time slot, we would have been welcome onto the next boat tour at the next half hour. Because of that, we ran from the parking lot all the way down to the boat dock area. Not a wise choice! While I felt terrible for about fifteen minutes afterward