Within a few minutes we enter the realm of Niagara Falls disembark and approach the American and Horseshoe Falls from the US side. Elaine enjoys the cooling spray which envelopes the gorge in the vicinity of the falls. Pooh Central gets a quick phone call from the pedestrian bridge over the river to see if the photos arrived. They did. The best news.

We power up Pooh for a cross border visit to Niagara-on-the-Lake and Queenston Heights. Reversing the Sackett's Harbour experience, we see the site of Fort George which the Americans pummeled into submission nearly 200 years ago. Lunch in Niagara-on-the-Lake is a contest for those wishing to be seated...the town overflows with cheery tourists. A bench in a quiet alley provides our respite. Having seen the long line-up (+1 hour wait) at the Rainbow Bridge to cross into New York, we seek one of the other two lesser known bridges downstream and arrive at the US border crossing to await the passage of only one vehicle ahead of us. In fact, the uniformed Customs and Immigration crew have so little to do that they break into cheers as Pooh lights out for upstate New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

It's 4:30 p.m. when we leave Niagara Falls after fueling Pooh. Taking secondary roads we head for Buffalo, pass Tonawanda (home of the carousel) and into the city to avoid the toll highway, we think. Wrong, after losing our way, we pass over $2.10 at the toll booth and are on I90 headed for the Keystone State. Not much of Pennsylvania gets in the way here,we do stop for dinner near Erie before pressing on to Ashtabula, Ohio (the name alone focused our set down point) 55 miles east of Cleveland. Like a few other stops, summertime road work/road closures lead us to getting lost in town, wandering down to the harbour on Lake Erie, and pulling over beside a Police Officer to be set straight.