North of New York

When we visited New York last (quite a few years ago now) I decided that we would hire a car and drive North to see friends in Canada. Bearing in mind that I had not driven in the 'States before, they drive on the 'wrong' side of the road, and I was not used to an automatic...it may not have been sensible to hire a car straight out of a busy Manhatten street.
However, I quickly got over the initial problems with a kind of 'do or die' resolve and we nosed our way into East side traffic still trying to work out what all the levers and knobs in this car were for...We headed due North on our way to Buffalo, the Niagara falls and the Canadian border. The main attraction for me heading North was the Green Mountain State, Vermont and it's stunning scenery especially for the latter part of the year when we were there... We learned that it is better to book a motel when on the road if you can as one dark evening in one very busy spot, we stumbled from one resting place to another looking for a room in vain. We ended up in a smoking room which was very unpleasant. The following day we were able to blow the stale smoke from our hair as we saw the spectacular Niagara Falls from the US side and trundled over the border into Canada to head for Toronto.