Day 12: NY, VT, MA

It was an amazing start today. We went to Niagara falls early in the morning - as a matter of fact, when we reached there by 7 am, there wasn't enough light. Parking was a breeze (and free). We went to the American falls and were there for about 1/2 hour. And during that time, there wasn't another soul there! Imagine.... early in the morning, sun not yet out, but enough light to see the falls, we were there by the great Niagara falls all by ourselves! To be sure, nothing was open - the visitor center was closed as were all the attractions. But then, I couldn't have taken Apollo to any of those places. It was just perfect for us. Apollo, me and Niagara falls for about 30 minutes! The photographs turned out to be grainy... but not the overall experience.


The empire state is huge - it took us a better part of the day to cross the state, paying a hefty toll to drive on I-90! Rest areas were called service areas; they were called service plaza in Ohio turnpike on I-90 yesterday. And further down, in Massachusetts, it was called plaza again! While the drive on I-90E itself was dry, once we left the thruway to go to Vermont, it became breathtakingly beautiful. We drove through Troy, NY (we also went by Troy, KS few days ago) into Bennington, VT - a quaint little town. The little I saw of VT, it was picture postcard perfect.

Day 12 pics

We are staying tonight and tomorrow in my sister-in-law Mala and brother-in-law Ravi's home in Massachusetts. Apollo has already settled down comfortably in their Shrewsbury home.