Made it to the Falls!!!

We rode another 72 miles along the northern portion of Lake Erie in Canada and made it to Niagara Falls on a very sunny and warm afternoon. After setting up our tents in a suburban area just about 2 miles from the falls, we walked down to the spectacular wonder of the world and posed for some pictures. The school where we stayed had a large fenced in play area and next to the fence was a path from a street through the park next to the school. Several local people taking this short route to the main street stopped and asked us what we were doing. Like most people we speak to they too were surprised at the challenge we have under taken to cross the USA in 9 weeks. Our arrival here in the eastern most portion of our ride in Canada marks the end of week 7 and on Monday we start week 8. Rain fell during ther evening of our first night but all was dry the next day which was our day off. I spent some time finding tape to repair my tent fly that was damaged in our last school yard by some young teenagers who thought it was fun to throw my camp chair into my tent. I found some tape that works until I locate a place that has tent repair materials. I learned not to place my tent near a sidewalk even if it is under a nice old oak tree. I also learned not to leave any items out that could become weapons against me!