It’s trite. It’s true. Well, lets just say that planning can be an invitation to some laughter someplace.

We are not going to Canada tomorrow. It seems that in all my research I failed to notice that even though we are vaccinated we still required a positive antigen test to go with our negative infection test. Oh, and it had to have been at least 2 weeks before crossing the border. I learned this while preparing my arriveCAN app which you cannot even begin to prepare more than 72 hours before planning to cross the border. I know the detail is in the pages and pages of detail that the Canadian Government  has posted. If you don’t check the box on the arriveCAN app, you cannot get approval. If you do check it and its not true the penalty is either a $5000 fine or refusal of admittance to Canada. I guess the choice is up to the border agent’s whim. Not a risk I choose to take.

We are now working on what to do with the three days we are here in Rochester that we were not planning on. We may even sit still for a day or better go for a long walk.

On Saturday Josh, Carol and I went for a long walk along the river (The Genesee River that is) in the northern part of the city. It was delightful to get out and stretch our legs. The trail is one we have ridden on our bicycles many times in our bicycle riding past. It was pleasant to take it slower on foot. As we returned to the Maplewood Park where we had left the car Josh and I went down a trail to the Lower Falls.

I don’t know that I have ever been to this viewpoint and the only time I remember seeing these fall was from a boat coming up river from Lake Ontario or peering over the Driving Park bridge as we drove over.

 We continue to find new vistas to explore and visit in the city where we have spent most of our lives.