Hello All,




We left Wisconsin headed for a couple of nights on Lake Eerie in Port Clinton, Ohio. On our way there we had to take time out for a little lunch and a dark beer at a Toledo brew pub we found via "Alec" my smart phone. It was a wonderful old building that made a perfect brewery setting and delicious beer.

At Port Clinton, self proclaimed capital of perch and walleye fishing, we spent the Fourth of July. There we were able to see fireworks, all around the bay. There really were more boats in this area than people and there were a lot of people!

Next stop on our "I-90 to the east" vacation was non other than Niagra Falls. I'm ashamed to say that I got a little panic attack when we were right next to the falls in the Maid of the Mist tour boat. It was truly awesome. 600 fellow passengers in blue trash bags was pretty awesome too. Fun to do once.

Now, on to Massachusetts - 2,087 miles since leaving home. We arrived in Shelburne Falls last Sunday afternoon and got me settled into the bedroom that is to be my home until Christmas (kind of like going off to boarding school, or the college dorm I never had.) This is really a lovely small town made up of two Villages, Buckland and Shelburne. They are connected by a trolley bridge that was later converted to the famous Bridge of Flowers, a hanging garden you can walk through maintained by the local volunteer garden club and 1.5 full time employed gardeners.

Tune in next week for ...... my first days at Vavstuga.