Along the route, we passed Santa’s Village in New Hampshire.  Initially I had this as a stop, but later learned it was more of an amusement park.  Since we have Kings Island in our backyard, we decided to pass.  We did get a few photos as we drove by though.

We arrived at Ben & Jerry’s factory and took the tour.  It was kinda cool to see the intricate operation they have, and the process the ice cream goes through.  We ended the tour with a sample of their newest flavor – salt & caramel. We then grabbed a good helping of ice cream for our sugar fix for the day.

The night before Heather and I talked about the rest of the trip.  We decided that we were going to bypass Montreal & Toronto and just go to Niagara Falls.  Since this decision shortened our trip by a few days, we decided to make the long drive from VT to Niagara Falls, ON.

The drive was pretty uneventful until the last 45 minutes.  A torrential downpour of rain and constant lightning made it very difficult to drive.  It was probably the fastest I have ever gone through customs.  We rolled down the window, through them our passports, got the stamp, and off we went.  It was the worst rain Heather and I can remember driving through…. EVER.

We got into Niagara Falls late and had planned on walking down to see the Falls at night.  The rain prevented that from happening…