End of Trip

This is the end of the blog for me as the trip has pretty much come to an end. It has been a great trip and we have seen a lot along the way.
We left on June 1st and drove, Alberta, British Columbia, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York and back into Ontario.
For those who have followed I hope you have enjoyed the trip with us and have enjoyed watching Indy grow along the way. We have met some really nice people along the way and we have had friends and family open their homes to us along the way as well. Thank you for all those who did put us up along our trip.
We plan on doing little side trips while we are here, South Carolina for one in November to see another friend from our Egypt trip. So I will be posting pictures now and then of Indira and our little trips we do.
Thanks again for coming with us.

Oct. 7th & 8th

We are off, we make it about half an hour down the I90 and the bus stalls. So we get to use our CAA, we get a free tow into town and after about 30 minutes they say were good to go, just a wire that had come off the fuel pump and no charge.

Ahhhhh back into Canada at about 6pm, so stay in Fort Erie.

The morning we get up it's sunny and 18 out. We stop and see my mom and brother in Tillsonburg, then we stop in London to see my kids and my sons new girlfriend. Finally we make it to Tammie's moms place and will be here for the next month and a half.

Oct. 6th

Another rainy day. We start with Indira's 7 month birthday. We thank Alan and Jacquie for the great time we had with them, and hope to see them soon.

We hit the road and make a bee line for Ontario, I think I've had enough in Shrekfalia, it's been a great trip and I'm glad we did it but I'm done. We stop for the night in Utica, NY.

Oct. 5th

Another over cast day. We decide to walk into Maynard, which is a really nice little town. We do a little shopping and then walk over to Jacquie's store, Global Goods. It's a free trade store, we pick up a few things and are on our way. We order Indian for dinner and have a great meal. Alan and I have another great time playing Wii, I loose at table tennis but get my revenge at bowling.

Oct. 4th

Today we decide to catch the train and head into Boston. We spend the day just walking around the city. As we leave the train station we start to make our way to the harbor, our first stop is the New England Holocaust Memorial. The site is quit moving, six glass towers, each 54 feet high. The towers are set on black granite, each one over a dark chamber which carries the name of one of the principal Nazi death camps. Six million numbers are etched in the glass in an orderly pattern, suggesting the infamous tattooed numbers and ghostly ledgers of the Nazi bureaucracy.

"Look at these towers, passerby, and try to imagine

what they really mean - what they symbolize - what they

invoke. They invoke an era of incommensurate

darkness, an era in history when civilization lost its

humanity."

"We must look at these towers of memory and say to

ourselves, No one should ever deprive a human being of

his or her right to dignity. No one should ever deprive

anyone of his or her right to sovereign human

being. No one should ever speak again about racial

superiority... We cannot give evil another chance."

- Elie Wiesel

Next stop, the Quincy Market built in the 1800's with over 100 stores and carts. It's a good place to stop for lunch. A stop and a few pictures by "Cheers" where everyone knows your name.

We make our way to Long Wharf, constucted in the 17th century, Long Wharf was once the focal point of the Boston's booming shipping industry. We take in a bit more of the town before we head back to catch our train back.

We spend the evening with some wine and good friends.

Oct. 3rd

We spend the day taking it easy at Alan and Jacquie's place. A nice easy day, Alan gives me a ride in his Dune Buggy, it all started about a year ago while we were in Egypt. I showed Alan a picture of my bug which started him thinking, he got back home, traded an old bike had for the buggy he has now(hope Jacquie's not to mad at me). Indira has a little melt down when she meets Jacquie's one daughter Lee, and takes her almost an hour to calm her down. It took a few days for Indy to warm up to Lee, not sure why, Lee was one of the nicest persons we met on our trip. I get my first taste on a Wii game and it was pretty good, a good work out.

Oct. 2nd

A nice sunny day for a change. It's just a day of driving to get to Maynard, MA. So we really didn't stop and do anything today.

We make it to Jacquie and Alan, some friends we made while we were on our trip to Egypt last year.

We all head out for Octoberfest that night for a few beers and some music.