canada - part i

i think the past two weeks have almost rivalled my entire summer.

it. was. so. much. fun.

i was basically on a trek with Trek America, 13 of us plus our brilliant tour leader, Ann.

i'll sum the trip up for you, but if you really want to know what happened you'll have to talk to me, because it was just SO good.

basically i was sharing a tent with the ridiculously funny english copper, Jo, and the brilliantly fast olympic athlete-in-training, Amy. we started in the dregs of New Jersey and motored north through Pennsylvania and New York State through some of the most beautiful country-side i have ever seen. Mountains, wooded forests.

First stop of Niagara Falls and a Maid of the Mist ferry ride underneath the falls.

Niagara Falls was very beautiful, however, what you don't see in the photos is that just to the right and directly behind me is the town of Niagara Falls, which is casino after casino after run-down street after dirty high-rises. I honestly couldn't believe that. However it was just slightly mind-blowing trying to imagine how it would have been before a city was there...

That night! Niagara by night-light, camping on Lake Ontario and woken at 6am by a massive thunderstorm rolling over the lake across from Canada. Needless to say, we all woke up in puddles (tents are not waterproof).

moreeeee coming.