Welcome to the U.S.A.!
You can all stop worrying now, Carolyn and I have made it safely into the United States of America. Phew.
In all honesty, we were a little worried. We have enough stuff in the back seat of the car (and the trunk) to move in and never leave the country. On top of that, our passports have stamps saying that we've just come in from London. Given the current craziness, I figured that wasn't the best place to have just visited. "What were you doing in London?" "Oh, you know, just chatting with some terrorists."
Once we had ourselves good and psyched out about it (this was Carolyn's first time going to the States ever), we got to the border, were asked our citizenship and where we were going, and were flagged through - in about a minute flat. Yessss.
Visiting Nonna was great. As expected, we've both gained a few pounds of sausage, and pasta, and soup and vegetables into our bellies. But it's so worth it. And though we took a bit of food with us, don't be expecting much of it to last all the way to Vancouver... it's going to be free campfire eats for the rest of our trek.
After an incredibly tacky afternoon at Niagra Falls (we had both been before, so we ignored the actual Falls and just hit Clifton Hill - including the Ripley's Believe-It-Or-Not Museum), we headed down to my aunt and uncle's (and super awesome cousins') house in Strongsville, Ohio.
We went to a county fair tonight, and are off to one of the most giant amusement parks ever - Cedar Point. They were saying something about the world's highest roller coaster (Sarah - it's not the Millenium one... they have a new taller one!!!). Our stomachs may not survive. We'll report back.
Pictures will have to wait until we're back home.... I left a cord part at Carolyn's parents' place. Oops. :P
In all honesty, we were a little worried. We have enough stuff in the back seat of the car (and the trunk) to move in and never leave the country. On top of that, our passports have stamps saying that we've just come in from London. Given the current craziness, I figured that wasn't the best place to have just visited. "What were you doing in London?" "Oh, you know, just chatting with some terrorists."
Once we had ourselves good and psyched out about it (this was Carolyn's first time going to the States ever), we got to the border, were asked our citizenship and where we were going, and were flagged through - in about a minute flat. Yessss.
Visiting Nonna was great. As expected, we've both gained a few pounds of sausage, and pasta, and soup and vegetables into our bellies. But it's so worth it. And though we took a bit of food with us, don't be expecting much of it to last all the way to Vancouver... it's going to be free campfire eats for the rest of our trek.
After an incredibly tacky afternoon at Niagra Falls (we had both been before, so we ignored the actual Falls and just hit Clifton Hill - including the Ripley's Believe-It-Or-Not Museum), we headed down to my aunt and uncle's (and super awesome cousins') house in Strongsville, Ohio.
We went to a county fair tonight, and are off to one of the most giant amusement parks ever - Cedar Point. They were saying something about the world's highest roller coaster (Sarah - it's not the Millenium one... they have a new taller one!!!). Our stomachs may not survive. We'll report back.
Pictures will have to wait until we're back home.... I left a cord part at Carolyn's parents' place. Oops. :P
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