Day 50 (The Hazzard Family tree)
Day 50
August 10, 2006
Niagara Falls, ON to Busti, NY (122 miles)
None of us had ever been through Buffalo before, and it wasn’t a particularly appealing city (think Richmond and Toledo), but we all agreed it was nice to be “home” when we crossed back into New York. We knew nothing of the terrorists who had been arrested earlier in the day in London after a plot to blow up 5 Air Canada planes with liquid bombs had been discovered and averted by British authorities. Our boarder crossing consisted of four questions: “What is your citizenship?” “How long have you been in Canada?” “Where are you going?” “What did you
buy in Canada that you are bringing into the United States?” The whole process took about 1 minute.
Our destination today was Busti, New York, a hamlet on the New York-Pennsylvania border where Frank’s father grew up and many of his relatives on his father’s side still live. We drove to Frank’s Aunt Shirley and Uncle Louie’s house on a rural road outside of town and set up our trailer in their front yard.
The kids got a kick out of one of two "Hazzard" Streets, located in Frewsburg, New York, near Busti. We decided to take Elliot's picture under the sign because, if you will recall, we found an "Elliot" Street in Minneapolis earlier in the trip and took his photo with it. Notice that Elliot is growing up, as evidenced by his height and prowess with his dad's cell phone.
We next drove a short distance to Frank’s cousin’s Nancy’s home where Elliot and Emily played with her three daughters. Later in the afternoon, we were joined by Frank’s parents and his brother, Jonathan and Jonathan’s wife, Barbara, and about 50 other relatives for an evening picnic at Earl Lawson Park in Busti. The family made tons of great food that I think we were
especially grateful for after our limited diet over the past seven weeks.
People had such a great time that no one seemed to be in a hurry to leave; the majority stayed until well after dark. Frank enjoyed getting re-aquainted with Norm's cousin, Jim Seely, a brother fire fighter on the job in Jamestown.
We slept well in our trailer except that it was so quiet that we seemed to notice even the littlest sounds that we might otherwise not hear.
August 10, 2006
Niagara Falls, ON to Busti, NY (122 miles)
None of us had ever been through Buffalo before, and it wasn’t a particularly appealing city (think Richmond and Toledo), but we all agreed it was nice to be “home” when we crossed back into New York. We knew nothing of the terrorists who had been arrested earlier in the day in London after a plot to blow up 5 Air Canada planes with liquid bombs had been discovered and averted by British authorities. Our boarder crossing consisted of four questions: “What is your citizenship?” “How long have you been in Canada?” “Where are you going?” “What did you
buy in Canada that you are bringing into the United States?” The whole process took about 1 minute.Our destination today was Busti, New York, a hamlet on the New York-Pennsylvania border where Frank’s father grew up and many of his relatives on his father’s side still live. We drove to Frank’s Aunt Shirley and Uncle Louie’s house on a rural road outside of town and set up our trailer in their front yard.
The kids got a kick out of one of two "Hazzard" Streets, located in Frewsburg, New York, near Busti. We decided to take Elliot's picture under the sign because, if you will recall, we found an "Elliot" Street in Minneapolis earlier in the trip and took his photo with it. Notice that Elliot is growing up, as evidenced by his height and prowess with his dad's cell phone.We next drove a short distance to Frank’s cousin’s Nancy’s home where Elliot and Emily played with her three daughters. Later in the afternoon, we were joined by Frank’s parents and his brother, Jonathan and Jonathan’s wife, Barbara, and about 50 other relatives for an evening picnic at Earl Lawson Park in Busti. The family made tons of great food that I think we were
especially grateful for after our limited diet over the past seven weeks.People had such a great time that no one seemed to be in a hurry to leave; the majority stayed until well after dark. Frank enjoyed getting re-aquainted with Norm's cousin, Jim Seely, a brother fire fighter on the job in Jamestown.
We slept well in our trailer except that it was so quiet that we seemed to notice even the littlest sounds that we might otherwise not hear.
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