"Wish We Could Visit Niagara Falls AGAIN!"

Last year my wife and I were able to make TWO road trips which took us, eventually, to Niagara Falls.  The first was on our HONEYMOON and we stayed on the New York side (May.) The SECOND trip was in OCTOBER, and we stayed on the CANADA side.

Well, there is an excuse to go to Niagara AGAIN...the New York side...next Friday (Oct. 18th) but we CANNOT GO!! Bummer!!

My old friend, boxer Maureen Shea, is returning to fight on the East Coast, and she's fighting in Niagara Falls next Friday night.  I just found this out....I've lost touch since she moved from the New York area to California.  Mercedes would get a kick out of seeing Moe box for the first time, and we've already resolved that IF AND WHEN we go to Niagara again, it WILL be on the New York side!! Furthermore, when we go on road trips we always make efforts to see old friends, where possible.

The photo above was taken from CANADA, that bridge which connects Canada and the U.S.  We liked the hotel and food on the American side much better!! We're tempted to go but we can't because of previous church commitments (it's a 7-8 hour ride, we'd have to stay overnight). Moe didn't let me know EARLIER about the fight because it was originally supposed to take place in Colorado...didn't get moved "near us" till only very recently.

As for Moe and me, I followed her career HEAVILY from 2005-2010 when she won her first World Title.  I wrote this book (above) which covers up until 2010, the last time I saw her box (in New York State) before she moved out west.

Moe originally trained Hilary Swank for her boxing role in Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby," which is why I did this drawing of them in my book before I self-published it on 1-11-'11.  Maureen even fights under the moniker "The Real Million Dollar Baby"!!

Anyway, yes, it would be GREAT to go to Niagara for a THIRD time in the past (almost) year-and-a-half but hopefully the bout will be televised again and we can see Maureen THAT way...in between the baseball PLAYOFFS, of course, Lol!! Go Yankees and GO, MOE!!  

I wish WE could go and visit Niagara again!!