The other night, I was kicked back in my easy chair with a map sprawled across my lap, pretending to know what I was doing. Mrs. Weeble had the World Series on TV, and I was “multitasking” — keeping one eye on the game and the other on Alaska.
She looked over and asked, “What are you doing now?”
“Planning the RV trip to Alaska,” I said proudly, like a man unveiling a great expedition.
She rolled her eyes. “You do realize that trip isn’t happening for several years, right?”
“Of course,” I said. “That’s why I’m planning it now. A trip this epic doesn’t just happen — it has to be engineered, scheduled, and possibly blessed by the travel gods.”
Then I asked, “So where would you like to go?”
Without hesitation, she said, “Niagara Falls.”
Well, that stopped me in my tracks. I was expecting something like “the beach” or “somewhere warm,” but no — she goes for a natural wonder. That’s my girl.
The Captain’s Detour
Now, my first planned stop was the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum up at Whitefish Point, Michigan. Why? Because my great-grandfather was a ship captain on the Great Lakes and once had a little “incident.” His ship collided with another, and the other one sank. (I’m told it wasn’t entirely his fault.) Ever since I heard that story, I’ve wanted to visit the place.
Originally, that was going to be Stop #1. But when Mrs. Weeble dropped the Niagara Falls idea, I thought, hmm… how hard could it be to tack that on?
Plotting the Route
Turns out, harder than I thought.
The Falls sit right on the U.S.–Canadian border, which sounds convenient until you start plotting it on a map the size of a bedsheet. Still, here’s the working plan:
- Two days on the American side — do the classics like Maid of the Mist, walking by the falls, and probably buying a poncho we’ll never use again.
- Then hop over to Canada for another couple of days — walk behind the falls, eat too much poutine, and admire how clean everything is.
And since we’ll already be in Canada, why cross back into the U.S. just to fight our way through Cleveland and Detroit traffic? No, thank you. We’ll stay on the north side of Lake Erie, enjoy some scenery, and glide our way toward Whitefish Point like a couple of explorers who actually know what they’re doing.
Subject to Change (As Always)
So, for now, the new plan is two days from Niagara Falls to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. Of course, everything’s still subject to change — this is me we’re talking about.
But one thing’s for sure: when this trip finally happens, it’s going to be one heck of an adventure.
— Captain Weeble
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