Niagara A Poo Poo

One of the first things we did as part of J'11K (Jones Invasion 2011) was head up to Niagara Falls on an overnight tour. The trains did not really suit an overnighter and I did not want to drive so thought the bus option would be good. The tour I found was a cracka and really cheap so off I went and booked. Please remind me however next time to read the fine print that the tour was in Chinese. It all started with a pick up in, you guessed it, Chinatown. We were on the road and had a very scenic tour of multiple truck stops in both Pennsylvania and New York.


We arrived at the falls at about 4pm and headed down to the Maid of the Mist. The actual visit here was awesome and as touristy as the place is it is still magnificent. It all kind of went down hill from there. Dinner was in this crusty food court and the news got worse. Apparently there was a public holiday in Canada (B.S) so we had to drive an hour east to Rochester for accommodation. Well somehow we drove a lot more than that and ended up down near the border of Pennsylvania in some 30 buck per night trucker style hotel. Loved the footprints in T&D's room.


The next morning we were up and off to the Thousand Islands up by the Canadian border. Yes this is where the dressing came from. It was a four hour drive there, one our boat ride and then back on the bus for a 6 hour ride home. Joy.


It was however a cultural experience and I have now learnt what the Mandarin word for waterfall is.........Poo Poo. Check out this video for a sample (it gets good from about 20 seconds onwards)

The boys got excited with the availability of fireworks

Truck stop number 27

Group photo with 'your tour guide' in the back left

The falls

Getting ready for the Maid of the Mist

On the Maid of the Mist

After the falls

And another

Love the clean rooms

Scenic a@#e end of nowhere

Thousand Islands

Safety 1973 Style

There were not many options ever for food. Did I say Chinese or Chinese?

Truck stop 32