THAT is a lot of water… rushing at insane speeds down the Niagara River and off this ledge, pummeling the rocks (and anything else) below. As I understand it, four of the Great Lakes (Superior, Michigan, Erie, and Huron) flow into this river… then Lake Ontario, then the St. Lawrence River and out to the Atlantic. Always have, always will.

So, of course, the only rational thing to do is to get on one of these boats (The Maid of the Mist) and get as close as possible to the falls in order to experience their hugely destructive power up close. Every one of these is packed full of people who PAY to be at the foot of the falls. We want to FEEL, and be inspired by, what water is truly capable of… even if it IS from a safe-ish distance.

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A short while ago I wrote a post called, “2012: The End of the World as We Know It?” I’m SO glad I did because soon after that I was contacted about this new book, The Twelve (by William Gladstone), that will be available on September 9.

I’m not a huge fan of doing book reviews, but I LOVED this book! I could NOT put it down. I even read it in the car, during the road trip, risking major car-sickness… it was well worth it. I LOVED this book (did I already say that?). It’s kinda hard for me to review it objectively because I enjoyed it so much.

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It’s been a couple of weeks since my last Road to Freedom Update, so I figure we’re due for another one. I can’t say that too much has changed as a result of Jeff (my husband) quitting his job (our only income), because we’ve been in vacation mode since the first week of August. Now we’re home, back to real life… sort of.

However, there are three things I would like to mention:

1. Mortgage Status

- We ended up paying for August and September. After my conversation with the bank, I had the distinct impression that I should miss my payment since a) we have no job, and b) the bank can’t help us until we are behind on payments.

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