En route to Chicago

We were going to drive from Cape Cod to Chicago in 2 days and weren't sure where we should stop for the night in between...and then, low and behold, we realized that Niagara Falls was sort of on the way! A bit imprompu but super cool, nevertheless! So there we were, in Niagara Falls, NY at 11pm on Tuesday. The only criteria for finding a motel was making sure it was close to the 24 hour Denny's since we hadn't had dinner yet. The Howard Johnson worked (although we were a bit weirded out that they had a sign that said 'we don't rent rooms to locals'). We walked over the border the next day and saw the fantastic views! Then off we went to Chicago. Happy we stopped! Even squeezed in some time at Tim Hortons.

Ah, Canada!!

Goodbye Canada, we'll see you in a week or so!

Cleveland...stopped for some lunch (a late one) here.

Crazy rain storm on our way to Chicago. We actually had trouble seeing in front of us.

We must be up to $100 in tolls so far! Although we have driven 12,000km so I suppose we're bound to encounter some tolls.

Cape Cod

Cape Cod was great! We stayed in two different areas (Brewster and Provincetown) and they're very different. Also did lots of cycling, checked out their beaches and continued the eating trend (had to check out the local seafood). Provincetown was one of our favourite towns of the trip.

Cape Cod rail trail

Loved all of the lighthouses

rail trail

Satisfied customer 

Typical Cape Cod architecture

Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown (where they first landed)

Climbed up to the top

Beautiful views

Street in Provincetown

 

New Haven and Yale

After Washington, DC, we went to New Haven, CT for a night and stayed with some friends who are doing their MBAs at Yale. Got a great tour of the campus and all of the highlights (shout out to Susan and Marvin!). They also made sure that we never went hungry!

Passed through a lot of states on our way to New Haven

Philly cheese steak, anyone?

Well, all right!

So big! We should have split one.

Good neighbourhood deli in Philadelphia

Driving through the streets of Philadelphia

Susan and Marvin introduced us to the Mory cup ritual at Mory's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mory's

Some random people that we did this ritual with

Next up...the grad student bar at Yale...GPSCY?

Free beer specials

Now it's time to check out the birthplace of the American hamburger

So yummy....look at that raw delight! :)

Oh good,  I wanted some pancake with my strawberries! 

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