Friday 12 June Had a fantastic day yesterday! We left the hostel and drove to Ohio. We were dropped off at Cerdar Point theme park so Susan, Richard and me went to the water park first had an awesome day there topped off with a soak in the hot tub. We then headed across to the theme park, tried out a few roller coasters. We did the rip cord as well which was a 150 feet drop flying at highs of 80mph - absolutely loved it! Was pretty scary when we first dropped bu...

Thursday 11th June Yesterday we spent the morning driving to Niagara Falls. When we got there we had lunch and then went to explore the falls. We did the Maid of the Mist and the Cave walk. We got absolutely soaked but had a brilliant day!! Got to the hostel at night and got settled in before heading out for dinner. Had a monster portion of Chicken Wings. 50 wings between two of us so it was a painful night! The hostel was roasting so we ended up sleeping on th...

Monday 8th June I arrived in New York safe and sound yesterday morning! Had a nice day, met up with a few of the folk who are going to be on the first half of my tour - a lovely bunch so I'm happy! Had an amazing day exploring the city then did the One World Observatory last night which was good. Such a laugh with all the tour ones! The tour starts at 7:30 this morning so just going for breakfast and then to meet the rest of them for the adventure to truly begi...

Tuesday 9th June Huge bonus last night, I paid for a shared room (half the price) and got a room to myself - result! It was an early start this morning though to get up and ready before the tour started at 7:30. We went down to the reception are and met JD, our tour guide. He's awesome! So we started by filling out paper work and going over some basic things. We then got onto the bus and started off the tour. So today we drove to Taughannock Waterfalls. We did ...

Monday 8th June Goodbye Canada and hello to the states! Had a lovely time with all the family, certainly a great way to start of the trip. I'm sitting at the departure gate in Toronto Airport now waiting for my flight to New York. The last 2 weeks has just flown by and I'm sad to be leaving all the family already but really looking forward to getting to the states and starting my tour!