Tiki's Travels

 Day 1. The lion's share of Day One was spent on the drive to Amelia Island. It's not really that far, Google Maps puts it at a two-hour drive. We didn't leave the house until about 11:45 and stopped for lunch. So, we didn't get there until about 3 p.m., which was just fine because check-in for our vacation rental was at 3. After taking a break, we surveyed what was and wasn't in the house and made a trip to the grocery store. I had brought much of what we were going to need but there were still a few things that we needed to pick up. The house we stayed in was cute. It turns out it was a very well-rebuilt mobile home, but you would never have guessed by just walking in. One of the weird things was the floorplan. As soon as you walk in the front door you are facing a small wall. On either side of the wall were two living rooms, each complete with its own television and seating. The room to the right had a full-size ping-pong table that one could fold out and the roo...

Day 1  We contemplated taking a few days and driving to Niagara Falls, but opted for flying. We left from Savannah, Hilton Head Airport, which was so simple. We probably could have left the house an hour later than we did, but being there early saved stress cause later in the morning we knew traffic would get bad. Tiki is ready to go We flew into Reagan Airport in Washington D.C. and again it was an easy smooth transfer. We landed at the Buffalo, N.Y. airport, retrieved our luggage and got the rental a good hour earlier than we thought we would have. Both flights took off a few minutes earlier than expected and landed close to 10 minutes ahead of schedule. We had no trouble getting the rental car and driving to our Home Away from Home. Driving around the Niagara Falls area was also way easier than we expected. Traffic was easy and Google Maps got us right to the driveway. The place we stayed at a charming two-story house in Tonawanda, that was built in the 1920 called Comfortable a...