First stop on our adventure: Niagara Falls.
We left Columbus, Ohio around 8:30 PM last night and drove through the night to reach our first stop. Curtis did a great job driving, and we even survived our first fuel stop. We hadn't made reservations for our first night at an RV park because we knew it would be late, so after a bit of driving and some web surfing, we found out it was allowed to park our RV in a local Casino parking lot. We pulled into the Seneca Casino in Niagara Falls around 4 AM. The kids did very well and slept most of the night.
This RV is huge. It has a king sized bed in the back bedroom, two single sized beds as bunk beds in the hall. a queen size pull out couch, a full size bed that converts from the dining table, and a full size bed that drops down over the drivers seat. We each easily found a spot to sleep and the casino's coffee shop made up for our lack of sleep in the morning.
We navigated to RV parking on Goat Island at Niagara Falls. The trolley took us right to the main visitor area and overlook on the U.S. side and to the Maid of the Mist. The kids loved the boat ride...and getting completely soaked. After that, we walked across the Rainbow Bridge (not the pet who's passed away one) into Canada to eat lunch, explore, and see the falls from a different perspective. We rode the SkyWheel, a huge, air conditioned ferris wheel with amazing views of the water. I think our biggest accomplishment of the day was all of us successfully getting into Canada and back into the U.S. without drama.
Overall, it was a great day. The kids are having a blast together and even writing a "Crew log" to document their trip. (I took a picture to post separately). We are back in the RV and making plans for the next leg of our trip....heading out to Salem/Boston, MA next!