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Day 1 was a great start to our trip this year.

We left early this morning and headed to the Blue Water bridge in Port Huron. There was virtually no line at customs and we breezed through. The take away for the road trip section today was that Canadian road construction is so much better than Michigan's. In fact, there is no comparison, it was incredibly smooth on the freeways. So much for reclaimed concrete.

We arrived in Niagara-on-the-lake around 1:30 PM, about 6 hours on the road, we took a couple of breaks and a gas stop so a bit longer than expected.

We had to exit the freeway at one point in Hamilton and when we stopped to get our bearings, we had a nice local couple offer advice and even invited us in (we graciously declined). Restores your faith that there are good people out there.

Our hotel is the Queen's Landing and it's beautiful, inside and out. We had a nice lunch on the patio and then walked into town.

Niagara-on-the-lake is a beautiful and historic place. We didn't realize that this area was very involved in the war of 1812. The are "celebrating" the bi-centennial this year.

We spent the afternoon and evening taking in the shops, and the sites. There was some kind of VW club there and some classic vdubs there. Also saw a DTS with a hood ornament, awful!

Had a nice dinner at Bistro 61 and Catherine enjoyed her first taste of "ice wine".

Tomorrow, we are off to Niagara Falls in the morning with our final destination for the day is Aurora, New York.

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