Today, we met our daughter Liz for lunch in Highlands Ranch, CO. It was a German Biergarten named Prost where we could bring Macy and sit outside on the patio. It was nice relaxing time and good to see her again.
The outskirts of Denver seems so new. It reminds us of the outer Austin TX area. The traffic here is too fast for us now that we’ve become old farts. Seems like a speed limit of 75mph is common.
We did get to see the mountains in the distance. Up to today, it’s been very flat.
Next on the agenda is to see a little bit of the city of Denver before we get back on the road again tomorrow.
Denver seems to be such a newer city when compared to the east coast cities that we are used to.
This is as far west as we go on this trip. Tomorrow we head east.
Sunday will be a pure travel day. We are headed to York Nebraska. According to TripAdvisor the #2 thing to do in York is “Lee’s Legendary Marbles and Collectibles”…. the #10 thing to do is “Walmart Supercenter”….. Ugh.
Monday is another day of driving through miles of farmlands and windmills. We’re switching on and off with the driving. We’re like Starsky and Hutch…..that would mean Macy is “Huggy Bear”! Sorry my brain is turning to mush with all this endless driving….. or maybe it’s the redundant Hampton Inn breakfast buffets….or both.
Tuesday, we head to “Field of Dreams”. If you build it, he will come…..so we came (and dog friendly).
We had to go off the highway quite a bit to get to Dyersville Iowa. We were able to see what Iowa looks like in the local communities, which is to say…..more corn.
From here we head to Chicago for a couple nights.
Wednesday, we took a morning stroll along the Chicago river walk. Very nice and relaxing,
We also took a stroll by high end stores on Michigan Ave , also known as “the magnificent mile”. Aren’t we pretentious.
The coolest building on the whole block goes to “Burberry”.
For the next two days, we are going to make our way to Niagara Falls. It’s been on our bucket list for over 20 years. It’s like having gum stuck to the bottom of your shoe. We got to get this done.
Friday, we finally made it to Niagara Falls. It was a lot nicer than I thought it would be. The weather helped.
We decided to walk across the Rainbow Bridge to get to the Canadian side. My first time into Canada. Beth had been in Canada years ago.
Time to head back. Tomorrow’s plan is to visit Horseshoe Falls.
It’s been 6 weeks on the road. Anytime we get to spend 2 nights at a place it feels great.
Saturday, we went back to Niagara Falls State Park to see Horseshoe Falls.
Headed back to hotel to get some rest. We’re back on the road again tomorrow. Been through 14 states and dipped our toes into Canada so far. Starting to lose our mojo.