Our trip to Niagara Falls and other fun places
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:01 pm
As mentioned somewhere on the forum a few months ago, my wife (Stormy) and I planned a driving vacation for the first part of July to New York ----Niagara Falls and wine country. We wanted to do this for several reasons, in no particular order: We wanted to be away around the time of the anniversary of my son’s death, we wanted to see Niagara Falls in the summer, we both love ice wine, and we wanted a good excuse for a girls vacation. I had gotten my hair cut in a style that could go either way about 6 weeks ago, so no wigs involved, and no guy clothes…all fem all the time.
To summarize – It was great!!!! 10 days straight enfemme and I loved every minute of it!! We have a convertible that we used for the trip -- top down most of the time. We kept getting teased by people we met that we were doing the Thelma and Louise thing…but we think it was more like Lucy and Ethel…lol!!!
The weather could have been warmer – it was between 68-78 most of the time, so packing was a challenge. We had to pack for hotter and cooler weather in case the weather man got it wrong (not that this ever happens) but it all worked out.
We met a lot of very nice people and had a lot of fun bonding with women our age on the tours at Niagara Falls, doing an all day wine tasting (complete with driver), went to the racetrack and sat in the box seats with owners and trainers, went to the casino (is there a theme here), shopping (of course) and more shopping, and golf (we went to 4 different courses). Stormy said she had a great time – and she said she never felt worried about me—it was a girl’s week as far as she was concerned. I blended in everywhere. Never had anyone treat me other than the woman (and a fairly cute one for my age, if I do say so myself) that I presented as and just had a fabulous time.
We have another trip (shoter in duration) planned for August….I’ll report on that one too! Pics may get posted if I can figure out how to do it!
To summarize – It was great!!!! 10 days straight enfemme and I loved every minute of it!! We have a convertible that we used for the trip -- top down most of the time. We kept getting teased by people we met that we were doing the Thelma and Louise thing…but we think it was more like Lucy and Ethel…lol!!!
The weather could have been warmer – it was between 68-78 most of the time, so packing was a challenge. We had to pack for hotter and cooler weather in case the weather man got it wrong (not that this ever happens) but it all worked out.
We met a lot of very nice people and had a lot of fun bonding with women our age on the tours at Niagara Falls, doing an all day wine tasting (complete with driver), went to the racetrack and sat in the box seats with owners and trainers, went to the casino (is there a theme here), shopping (of course) and more shopping, and golf (we went to 4 different courses). Stormy said she had a great time – and she said she never felt worried about me—it was a girl’s week as far as she was concerned. I blended in everywhere. Never had anyone treat me other than the woman (and a fairly cute one for my age, if I do say so myself) that I presented as and just had a fabulous time.
We have another trip (shoter in duration) planned for August….I’ll report on that one too! Pics may get posted if I can figure out how to do it!