We had front row seats to see Old Faithful. |
It was decided that to have the complete experience, we needed to see both the New York and Canadian sides of the Falls, which these days means you need a passport. No one in the family had an up-to-date one, so we had to start the application procedure from the beginning. Soon the excitement of the trip was forgotten as the annoyances of bureaucracy took over.
A dark cloud seemed to be hanging over the process. We couldn't find Theodore's birth certificate. We couldn't find the safe deposit box key to look for his birth certificate. Wally's work schedule didn't fit with the times the post office was open to submit applications. Ward and Wally's work schedules didn't mesh with the schedule of where we could get inexpensive pictures taken.
However, the sun started to emerge Saturday morning. We found the safe deposit box key (under a seat in Ward's car). This enabled us to get the right documents, work around Wally’s work schedule, and make it to the inexpensive place for our pictures. We got our applications submitted, yeah! Now, we hope for clear skies for the people who will be processing them.
Your Niagara trip sounds like a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteI strongly recommend either getting a "falls view" hotel room on the Canadian side or going to the rotating restaurant on top of a casino on the Canadian side. Both are obscenely expensive, but I did this a couple years ago and it was extraordinary.
Thanks for the ideas. We'll see if we can arrange your suggestions. June
ReplyDelete