Travel has led me to Lockport, NY.  I’m up in a place called Lockwood Inn & Suites, and it’s a standard motel.  By “standard” I mean a pretty damn good deal.  Low price (relative to the area), decent digs, and no Hepatitis from the bed when you wake up–what more could a guy ask for?

I got one… earlier check-in.  Not of the hotel, but of myself.  Once again I check into the hotel at 10PM, and right now it’s past midnight and I’m still up.  I’m going to try to check into a hotel tomorrow at 7 tomorrow, so I can get my travelling thoughts down without rushing myself so I can get sleep.

The last two days have been quite interesting.  Lots of sights.  Lots of towns.  Too much for me to document to the detail I want to achieve.  All I can do is take pictures of notable things… at least to me.  But the majority of this trip thus far has defied my photography skills.  My pictures are missing the wind, the moments where I lay in a new path, or get lost toward my destination.

Before I forget, I wanted to note a few things.  US-62 has been rewarding for the most part.  Lots of scenery, 75% beautiful.  25% wtf.  When it’s not scenic, it goes through places like Youngstown, some rough parts of Pennsylvania, and Buffalo proper.  Also, Pennsylvanians are kind of… strange.  Folks in Ohio are very nice.  Pennsylvania folks apparently never heard that it’s not polite to stare.  Like this happened more than once while I was riding through, just random folks would stare at me without saying a word.

I have a couple more days before I cross into Canada.  I’m looking for more photographic opportunities.  Tomorrow’s definite will be Niagara Falls, but from there I’m heading eastward, towards the other end of Lake Ontario.

This is probably the best idea I’ve ever had.  This is the first time I’m using my vacation time for an actual vacation.

There’s only one way it could possibly be better.

-TJ