Day 2 — Hammond, Indiana to Niagara Falls, New York — September 30, 2022

 Another travel day through Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Some of the photos below are taken out of the bus window, so may be slightly blurred. We arrived at Niagara Falls early evening and were able to enjoy the sunset over the falls and later enjoyed the lighting and fireworks. Niagara Falls deserves the title of a natural wonder of the world.

Mornings came early, usually by 7:00 on the bus ready to go.

Gene Stratton Porter Travel Plaza Howe, Indiana

Outside the truck plaza was one of the first of many red-leaf trees we saw on the trip.

We watched several movies on the bus trip to pass time.

Cleveland — Brooklyn Centre

Cleveland

Cleveland Stadium

Cleveland — Goodrich — Kirkland Park

Cleveland Lakefront State Park (Lake Erie)

Kingsville 

Buffalo, New York

Buffalo — Downtown

Peace Bridge, Buffalo

Tonawanda

Town of Niagara Falls

From our Hyatt Place hotel room, it was a short walk to Niagara Falls State Park.

Niagara State Park Emblem

Beautiful sunset

Tuscarora Native Americans

Love this saying!

Day 1 — Norfolk to Hammond, Indiana (Autumn in New England Moostash Joe Bus Tour)—September 29, 2022

Touring through the New England States in Autumn has always been on my bucket list. Two months ago I found the ideal trip online that would let me see 10 new states that I have not seen before. The twelve-day tour was moderately active,  but we saw so many sites in that time period. I am adding some of my favorite pictures from the trip by the days we saw the attractions.

We were escorted with a shuttle to Omaha from Norfolk.

Moostash Joe is known for giving out apple fritters on the first bus day.

Yes, we all got name tags.

Stopped at the Coral Ridge Mall for lunch.

Panera Bread soup never disappoints.

Some of the passengers rode the carousel, but we didn’t have time.

Arlen getting ready to board the Arrow bus.

The bus stopped in Bettendorf, Iowa to pick up more passengers.

I learned to play Bingo with five cards.

Thornton Quarry (Illinois) is one of the largest aggregate quarries in the world. 

The first night we stayed at the Ramada Hotel & Conference Center by Wyndham in Hammond, Indiana.

Liver and Onions is one of the favorite dishes at Johnel’s Restaurant in Hammond. Arlen chose that but I chose the jumbo shrimp.