Dale & Patti Schumacher's Travel Log: Another Travel Day

We continue to have gorgeous weather. Out of the 32 days we've been on the road, we've had rain three days total, the first two we were working our way out of Florida. This coming week is expected to be sunny and mid-70s each day. Wow! A little chilly at night, but beautiful days, for sure.

From Patti's perspective we were up and at 'em early this morning. We left the KOA in Sandusky just before 10 AM; stopped by a local produce market for tomatoes and onions; visited the local Starbucks and headed east. Our first major sighting was the Cleveland Skyline. Over the years Cleveland has be the butt of many jokes, but it is a large and beautiful city on Lake Erie. Lots of commerce still ships, rails or roads through and out of Cleveland.

One of the many things we've noticed on our travels are the numerous road construction projects underway. Dale has gotten pretty accustomed to wheeling the RV around at speeds below 65 miles per hour. Yet, when the road narrows for construction sites and the semi trucks pass, creating a wind turbulence we haven't often noticed in a normal sized vehicle, it creates a "white knuckle" situation. Of course, it certainly appears that the road repair / improvement projects are necessary. We nearly lost the RV and van in a pothole this morning. And, winter is just around the corner. Look out!

One of Dale's pet peeves back when he was a daily commuter was the "snowbird traffic" during rush hours. Non-commuters shouldn't be clogging up the roads from 7 AM to 10 AM and 4 PM to 7 PM. Well, he learned a lesson about that today. Low and behold, we were on the highway system around Buffalo NY at 4:45 PM. RUSH HOUR. Road construction; confusing signage; confusing instructions from Siri; hand gestures from NY drivers. Nuff Said! Lesson Learned!

Speaking of Buffalo, "No one circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills," says Boomer. Is that Boomer Sooner, Boomer Esiason or Chris "Boomer" Berman? Hint: Patti says, "It's not the former Cincinnati Bengals Quarterback."

We're settled in at the Niagara Falls Campground for the next four nights. Anxious to see the Falls from both sides of the Border. We're told they light the Falls at 8:30 PM. We'll have to check that out. First look, on our own, tomorrow. If needed a guided tour on Saturday or Sunday.

267 miles today.