24 hours to go and we are off

24 hours until this adventure begins! And what better way to kick it off than giving blood lol, so much to do still. Haven’t even started packing 🙄😇😂😂
T’was the night before…..

T’was the night before travelling and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a “Finnegan”.
Less than 12 hours before we take flight and head to the US & Canada.
If it’sもっと詳しく
What time is it????

We’ve made it to Melbourne airport in record time. Who would have thought Bell St would have been the fastest route. (The Eastern Freeway is closed at Doncaster Road)
Long term carpark was chockasもっと詳しく
Blink & you’ll miss New Zealand

Transiting through Auckland was pretty uneventful, which is a fabulous thing. Gave us plenty of time to get a real coffee and head to the gate.
Last time I came through Auckland airport was transitingもっと詳しく
Auckland for a quick stop

Rush,Rush, Rush and wait is the order of the day here! Off on plane onto the next through transfers and then wait to board lol. It’s not too long a wait, just enough to visit the rest room and downもっと詳しく
New York, New York

We’ve made it into the USA… the customs rush baggage collection and Hotel checkin all happened pretty quick. The only thing above us is the roof top pool and the TWA “Connie” is just outsideもっと詳しく
TWA - we made it.

This place is so nostalgic - the photos do not do it justice. We will just take it all in and enjoy a bygone era.
The motel room overlooks the main TWA terminal. We can see the Constellation aircraftもっと詳しく
Connie

Connie’s history.
Photo Booth

Oh how cute…
Roof top bliss

How is this for a way to end our first day? JACK and dry in the roof top pool, rising fullish moon and jets leaving every few mins
TWA Hotel

More time spent wandering around the hotel this morning. Found the original design plans, displays of uniforms over the time, retro equipment , coke machine, even the lift had helpful informationもっと詳しく
RKMC Memorial House

We have arrived…
Spent time with local Red Knights before heading over to the memorial.
Thank you Ian Hurley, Rick Oliver & Ed Wright (founding father), Don Parker (founding father) his wife Dotもっと詳しく
Red Knight memorial

Standing where it all began in 1982.
Mass 1 members do an amazing job at making everyone feel at home. We thank them from the bottom of our hearts for also remembering the members that have sinceもっと詳しく
B is for Boylston

What an honour to get the letter B for my alphabet in Boylston.
Bread & Butter

Headed to “bread & butter” diner for breakfast
Eggs Benedict & Eggs Florentine. Yummo.
Bottomless coffee too - interesting.
And the Roosters plastered around are homage to the Portugueseもっと詳しく
Syracuse

We’ve made it to Syracuse and you wouldn’t credit it the complex has a wonderful Wood Grille & Tap House within metres of our accommodation. WINNING
Waiting for Chris, Alicia & Cal Tiffany toもっと詳しく
Niagara Falls

We’ve made it through border control and entered Canada. 🇨🇦
A little bit of sightseeing down at the falls and walked through Clifton Hill. Booked our cruise and behind the falls walk forもっと詳しく
Morning Falls Cruise

The day starts with a sleep in and lazy start. A short stroll to an all you can eat breakfast… interesting selection. Henry & Marybelle head back to the motel and Roger and walk to Clifton Hill.もっと詳しく
This isn’t the way into the USA

So the day starts with all you can eat breakfast and then a stroll down Clifton Hill to the Falls Cruise! OMG these things are amazing!!! And I either didn’t need a shower this morning or I do needもっと詳しく
Journey Behind the Falls

Yet another adventure during our stay at Niagara Falls. We took the journey behind the falls tour.
Thank you Henry & Marybelle for making our stay so memorable.
The weather here is beautiful, aもっと詳しく
Chuck’s for dinner

Let’s see, what’s for dinner? We stumble across “Chuck’s Roadhouse”.
The Harley in the entrance was a fabulous start to the adventure.
Fillet Mignon cook to perfection, dessert was amazingもっと詳しく
Pur & Simple - breakfast

Found yet another gorgeous place to eat. (Pur & Simple Niagara Falls)
Final meal with Henry & Marybelle.
The coffee Roger & I ordered was served in cups bigger than our heads - reminiscent of our 2018もっと詳しく
Detroit

We’ve made it to Detroit but not before passing the turn off for Melbourne, London & Windsor. Remind me again which continent we’re on!!!!!!
The border crossing back into the USA was a very longもっと詳しく
Ford Piquette Ave Plant

So, we’ve made it to Detroit…. Motown if fully booked and we have to return tomorrow 🥹 9:30 will see us in first. Let’s try our first Ford Museum 😎 Piquette Ave Plant (Birth place of theもっと詳しく
Off to dinner at Shields

It’s never a dull moment for the two of us….. short walk to the pizza joint has sirens going off. I wasn’t quick enough to zoom in but the cranks following us will get the jist.
Dinner atもっと詳しく
旅行者You’re a good man! Enjoy your trip. Looking forward to the pic’s
旅行者Always doing your bit for the community.
旅行者🩸 Love this. FYI mum had her left cataract done yesterday. She nailed it! Except for her sky high blood pressure…bloody white coat syndrome! Right to be done in a month.