We’re in Niagara Falls tonight. Nearly 2,000 miles and 8 states already … thank God we have a day off tomorrow.  We’ll spend the day wandering around and touring Niagara Falls. It will be good to have a day of rest from moving.

Saw Alex last night – met him just outside D.C. for dinner. It was great to see him; we’re so proud – he is off to a great start at Georgetown. We’re kicking ourselves for not taking a picture. But we’ll see him again at the end of the trip. Get ready for your closeup, Al. 🙂

Today, we rode from just outside of D.C. up to Niagara Falls … by way of Punxsatawney, PA.  Yep, we visited Phil! Turns out, the movie Groundhog Day does not show the actual Gobblers Knob or just how far it is from town. You cannot walk there from a bed and breakfast, Bill Murray.  But we did visit the real Gobblers Knob and we even got to see Phil!  Andy was a little sad at how small the space was for the groundhog in the stump they pull him out of on stage. Look at his sad face. 😦 .

We had lunch in Punxsy – we’re so cool we adopted the locals’ name for the town – at Punxsy Phils.  Met a very nice local farmer.  Fast forward to dinner, and we just had a nice meal at the classic Red Coach Inn – where we’re staying just 500 yards from the falls. We can hear the water crashing in our room. We’re excited for tomorrow and the rest of the trip!