Nostalgia Trip

My dad and I took 4 days last weekend and went back to Niagara Falls, NY. When I was 8 years old, we lived in a little town called Lewiston on the Niagara River. This was the first time I had been back since we left in the Spring of 1981.

We couldn't get anyone to go with us, and in fact we had talked about going last February. Our family thought we were crazy to go at this time of year, but this is the time that makes that part of the country what it is. Besides, in the summer, the Falls look nice, but it's crowded as can be. And the river smells funny when it's hot. I took a bunch of photos, but was limited when it came to the Falls due to inclement weather. It was 17 degrees the first day with snow showers, and 5 degrees the next day with 40mph wind gusts. I could only get 2 or 3 shots in those conditions before the lenses were coated with precipitation.

In addition to visiting the Falls, we went back to our apartment on Seneca Drive in Lewiston, Lake Ontario at Fort Niagara, and the home of the Wheatfield Blades - where I played little-league hockey. The shots in the hockey rink are of kids roughly the same age I was when I played there...

On the return trip, I stopped off in Monroeville, PA, to visit the Monroeville Mall - where George Romero filmed "Dawn of the Dead" in 1977-78. The escalators and elevator were memorable sets from the movie, although the elevator probably isn't really the same one from back in the 70s. Check out the slideshow.