Summer Family Trip - Day 8

[date uncertain - after our night in (a campground in New York ?) - we continued driving east until we reached Massachusetts - took the Mass Pike to the Boston area and then drove home - arrived late in the day - Dad was glad to see us]

Summer Family Trip - Day 7

[date uncertain - departed from Rochester (Grandma and Grandpa D's house) and started driving east - we crossed the US-Canada border at the (...) checkpoint - drove east through Ontario until we reached Niagara Falls - it was miserable and rainy but Mom insisted on taking us on a ride aboard the "Maid of the Mist" - we were in the area until late in the day - then crossed back into the US at the (...) checkpoint - from there, we drove east and (I believe) stayed overnight somewhere in New York State]

Summer Family Trip - Day 6

[date uncertain - visiting with Grandma and Grandpa D in Rochester]

Summer Family Trip - Day 5

[date uncertain - visiting with Grandma and Grandpa D in Rochester]

Summer Family Trip - Day 4

[date uncertain - visiting with Grandma and Grandpa D in Rochester]

Summer Family Trip - Day 3

[date uncertain - visiting with Grandma and Grandpa D in Rochester]

Summer Family Trip - Day 2

[date uncertain - visited Letchworth State Park (inspired by book we'd read about a lady who'd been held captive there by Native Americans) - afterwards, continued west towards the Great Lakes - (may have visited some Erie Canal sites) - I have a memory of our car hitting a dog that ran into the road (I was devastated) - (may have visited the Perry Monument near Erie, PA) - continued driving along the southern shoreline of Lake Erie - arrived in Rochester (Grandma and Grampa D's house) very late]

Summer Family Trip - Day 1

[date uncertain - family trip with my mother, sisters and Aunt Nelle - traveled in Green Volkswagen Bus - at the beginning of the day, we drove north towards Boston and stopped in Concord - visited Old North Bridge - then continued west towards New York - got on Mass Pike - crossed under Appalachian Trail (my mom pointed it out to me) - not certain about where we stopped for the night but it was probably in New York]

Summer Family Vacation - Day 45

[left Darien Center State Park (NY) and made our way to I-90 - then continued east across New York - entered Massachusetts after a busy summer - (I-90 to I-495 to US-6 ?) - home in the evening]

Summer Family Vacation - Day 44

[left Rochester, MI and drove (via Detroit/Windsor Border Crossing ?) through Ontario to Buffalo, NY - stopped at Niagara Falls (which side?) - drove on US-20 to Darien Center State Park (NY), where we spent the night]