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Travel Day: New York City to Niagara Falls, Ontario

I have always wanted to go to Niagara Falls.  It has been in my top three “WANT IT” forever now.  I had a few failed attempts in the past couple of years.  The best one being the time my flight was cancelled, leading to me taking off to Atlantic City instead, and winning $1000.

This is what life is all aboot, eh?

Trump Plaza $1k tito

So this past November, I would be making another attempt to finally see the falls.

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My 26 Hour Greyhound Bus Trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Just about every trip I have ever taken has revolved around either bands or casinos.

A few years ago, I was booked for a fest in Austin.  Shortly before, I ended up backing out. But I did not want to undo my vacation time, so I had to find somewhere else to go.  Armed with a free roundtrip Greyhound bus ticket to anywhere Greyhound travels to, I decided to take a long distance bus trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Why Milwaukee?  Who knows.  I wanted to go somewhere around 20 hours-ish away so Wisconsin won.  It’s really that simple.

I had booked two nights via Priceline at the Hilton City Center.   Gorgeous hotel.  Just in case you are unaware, www.biddingfortravel.com is the most useful tool when Pricelining a hotel.

When I was researching things to do in Milwaukee, I stumbled upon a bed and breakfast inside a mansion.  This looked so cool!  So I extended my trip to leave a day earlier so I could spend one night here.

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