The day had come, Michael and I had spent four fun, but exhausting days in Manhattan and it was time to pack our bags and leave. We still had several other adventures ahead of us. However, our plan for that day was to hop in a rent-a-car and head off to Niagara Falls. Once we were in the car on our way, we finally had the luxury of an air conditioner. Something that was much appreciated after the four hot days we'd spent walking around the city.

We were on our way and it was just us and several hours of road travel ahead. It was a nice change from the humidity, congestion, and bad odor of New York.

After finally getting us out of New York, I settled back in the driver's seat, getting comfortable and relaxed. We were heading in the right direction.

We took the time to speak about one another and our personal thoughts. How we expected one another to be in comparison to what we actually turned out to be like.

I also spoke about the things that I would like to improve about myself, and the dislike I had that my father had left and started a new life with a new family, and seemed to care nothing about the children he'd left behind.

How he treated us as if we didn't exist anymore.

Alas, I'd grown used to the fact... since it had happened at an early age. But I was bitter about it, though I honestly couldn't see things a different way. I couldn't see where he would fit in my life since his departure so long ago.

Finally when we'd made it to Niagara, it was a little later than we anticipated, but alas we made it. We still had enough time to visit the park and head back to my place in Ohio by one in the morning.

He thanked me for driving us there, and was very grateful and tender, as I'd gotten highly annoyed at getting lost along the way. He had been very patient with me... very sweet.

We walked around, enjoying the view. Neither of us thought it was quite as we had expected it to be. At least not the park on the US side. It was quite small and in some way, very common. Nothing extraordinary or all that amazing.

Just a small park with a few breathtaking elements and some concession stands.

In some fashion it appeared to be a long forgotten landmark. But my guess was it was just the time that we had arrived that made it appear to be so