The day is starting with a breakfast adventure to Glen Falls to find the famous family, neighborhood restaurant, Poopies. One of our Vette club friends overheard commentary about this place so, of course, we have to find it – thank goodness for the GPS. Poopies was a good find for both food and entertainment sitting at the counter watching the grill chef crank-out one order after another. After a meal that should last the day, Nancy wanted to scope out a couple of quilt shops found on an internet search of Warren County, NY. The stops proved worthwhile for both quilting ideas and more food recommendations – so many places, so few meals!
We returned to the car show to view the more than 1,500 cars, each one more beautiful or unique than words can describe.
Of course, the day would not be complete without dinner and this time it was at George's! Our friends joined us for a great meal in a typical Adirondack log building complete with stuffed game animals on every wall.
The night was just gearing up as we slowly returned to the hotel with cars and people packed into every space along the main drag. The unofficial estimate is that there are at least 2,000 more cars on the streets in addition to the registered show vehicles. Two lanes of cars in each direction paraded from one end of town to the other, sometimes thrilling the fans by leaving a bit of rubber before the local authorities arrived. The evening ended with the 'oohs and aahs' from fireworks over the lake.
Sunday, September 12 started clear and crisp...fall is not far away. We headed up the hill to view the winners' circle. Judging has got to be a challenge.
We said goodbye to our Vette friends and headed toward Niagara, Ontario. Nature provided a car wash along the way but the weather cleared by the time we located an early dinner at a “Diners, Dives and Drive-In” spot in Towawanda, NY. The pizza was a good thick Sicilian style and the stuffed hot peppers were pretty tasty, too.
After a bit of backtracking, we found our way to the Rainbow Bridge connecting us to Canada. In short order we located an information booth, a helpful guide to the city and a motel with a Niagara tour package. Since the tour included complimentary tickets to the Skylon that was in walking distance, we made our way to the tower to catch the last bit of daylight viewing and the floodlight show of the falls.
September 13: up early to hop onto the 8 AM guided tour of the Niagara sights. Our guide and driver , Alice, was a very pleasant woman who kept us moving but made the trip fun and informative. The tour ended with the Maid-of-the-Mist boat trip that looked more like a human blueberry convention as everyone was covered in blue disposal ponchos. It's good thing we got to Niagara this year since we were told at least a foot erodes every year!
On the road by afternoon to head to either Sarnia, Ontario or cross over to Port Huron, MI, depending on the driving conditions. Shortly after leaving the city we went under the Welland Canal which is the main shipping route to connect Niagara River with Lake Ontario. From there we found ourselves in Ontario's wine country – vineyards on each side of the highway for as far as one could see, except where we had views of Lake Ontario. Driving was uneventful so we returned to the U.S. At Port Huron and continued further south to a small town, Marysville, on the St. Claire River. We got a local recommendation for dinner at the Junction Buoy on the river's edge – good fish dinner with entertainment from 2 enormous freighters heading up river from Lake Erie to Lake Huron.
September 14: down to the Detroit area to first locate the Model A Restorers Club office and then on to Dearborn to visit the Henry Ford Museum complex. George was able to get some back issues of the Model A magazine to add to his collection and enjoy a friendly chat with MARC employees.
Again, we were fortunate to locate lodging that offered a Henry Ford admission package included in the rate. The afternoon was spent at the Rouge Ford Factory and the Museum. We probably walked a few miles viewing the F-150 assembly line and extensive museum collection...not a bad thing for us! Both venues were very interesting from both historic as well as current perspectives. The Museum is 12 acres under one roof of America's inventions – farm and factory equipment, lifestyles, any mode of transportation, energy generation, and other various other collections of American life.
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