Time sure flies....and I got to see Niagara Falls!

Well, tomorrow, I will be on my way back home to Sedona. The trip here to visit Lulu and Richard (I go back and forth between calling him, "Richard," "Dick," and "King Richard.") They have both been gracious kind and generous hosts. I have relaxed and not worried about anything. I have had yummy meals out to their various favorite hangouts, King Richard has made his favorite dishes like, meatloaf and scalloped potatoes, cheesy cauliflower, custard pie from scratch, peanut butter cookies, chocolate chip oatmeal cookies, pasta and crab, grilled cheese sandwiches to name a few. He treated me to a chicken Spiedie with mushrooms and a creamy sauce which I found out is a local favorite that was created in Binghamton and now famous. Super delicious! Lulu and I hung out in the craft studio and created to our hearts content. I made a couple of domino books, experimented with transparencies to create a 3-D window that gives the illusion of stained glass. I put a woman with flowers inside the window and there is a bird in a cage hanging inside. Turned out pretty neat even though neither one of us understood the tutorial we had printed to use. I think the tutorial left out some steps and left us hanging out there doing our own thing. I had a great time organizing Lulu's lace, ribbon, and trim boxes. My favorite thing to do! Organize and see all the stuff in those boxes! Now I know how to do mine when I get home. lololol

We had a great time at Niagara Falls on Friday and returned on Saturday. We found a window between the rain and snow storms so Richard "started the car" and we headed to Buffalo and the Canadian side of the falls. At the entry to Canada, we got a good laugh. The lady at the booth who checked our passports wanted to know if Richard had found his birth certificate at the Smithsonian - it was the old form white writing on black paper which they stopped doing in the late 1930's. Richard hasn't gotten a passport yet and they still accept a drivers license and birth certificate. He was good natured about it and let us giggle and laugh all the way to parking. Homer even had a passport that I had made him so he would be legal to go with us. Driving toward the parking for Horseshoe Falls and Rainbow Bridge I noticed a building with a Hershey's Chocolate bar door. I guess Hershey's is popular the other side of the border too! The gardens were beautiful even this time of year. Mums mostly but I was told that in the summer the roses are in full bloom and the gardens are alot nicer. We even saw black squirrels! Never heard of black squirrels before but there are. We followed a couple up and down the road trying to get a picture of them. We got a few but not real clear. My best one looks like the squirrel is a cat....but it is definitely a squirrel! I wish we could have gotten one to stay still long enough and close enough to us. Every time we would pull the camera out the squirrels would hop and scamper over the green grass evading us. Trust me... there are black squirrels.

I have tons of pictures but will only post a few. I have a video I made also, but had trouble posting it. I don't expect to ever go again, but if not, I can always watch the video and feel the power of the water and the roar . It's another of Jehovah's creation that is awe inspiring.
The Comfort Inn that we stayed at overnight was clean and comfortable even though they advertised "view of the Horseshoe Falls" the only view we had was a small area between two buildings. The day we were there was spectacular though and a memory I won't soon forget.







Lulu and Richard- Thanks for the memories!
You, too, Homer! We've got some stories to share!
Watch for some photos of a daredevil museum dedicated to the people who road homemade barrels over the falls and survived. I will try to post those sometime in the next few days.