Buffalo

At the beginning of the month, one of Jenn’s friends from Oregon came out for a visit. They spend time visiting book stores and going to book signings, but they spent most of their time with Susan preparing boxes to sent out with Jenn’s fifth book, a Halloween romance. To celebrate its release, last week they visited the Magic Kingdom.

This morning, Susan and I got up early and headed to the airport, where we caught a quick flight to Atlanta. There we switched to a smaller plane for our flight to Buffalo, and arrived before noon. We picked up a rental car and drove to the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site. 

Theodore Roosevelt was inaugurated in Buffalo because President McKinley was assassinated while attending the Pan-American Exposition there. We toured the house and learned about the events surrounding Roosevelt’s becoming President. The tour took about 45 minutes and are usually held every hour throughout the day, so it’s best to plan around two hours to see it. 

From Buffalo we drove west into Canada then about a half hour north to Niagara Falls, where we checked into a Marriott.  We were upgraded into a nice suite with a view of the falls.  

 

We also got a free drink at the bar and snacks at the concierge lounge. We were pretty tired after getting up so early so went to bed after dinner.