Way up north. North?

Well I set out on a long trip up north.  Not really by choice though.  So from one last time in Texas to leaving my house in Louisiana.  Then through a corner of Arkansas and Mississippi and onto Tennessee.  In TN I made it to Clarksville TN near Fort Campbell for a visit with a good friend David and his wife Becky and their daughter Mackenzie.  After a good nights rest and a great couple of meals Becky had prepared I was on my way through Bowling Green Kentucky and Louisville where instead of staying on course I proceeded north across the river and into Indiana, turned around back to KY, and continued with my planned route.  I just wanted to claim I had been to Indiana once.   Through Cincinnati and Columbus Ohio I stopped in Cleveland for the night.  The next day I found my way into Erie Pennsylvania where I detoured to a park where there were miles of beaches with large waves crashing from one of the Great lakes, Lake Erie.  I left there around 5pm and put the pedal to the floor hoping to get to Buffalo New York and Niagara Falls before dark.  Well I made it and that's a bunch of aqua!  About 80 if not more percent of the tourist there were not Americans.  There were it seemed hundreds of Indians, (red dot).  I saw some Koreans, various Arabs, a few Japanese, some Germans, Romanians, and other Europeans, a couple of South Africans, and a few Eastern European ladies. :)  It's was different to see so many different kind of folks all in one place and was kinda interesting to watch them determining by their looks, dress, and languages/dialects where they were from.  That night I ate a sandwich and had a few beers at Buffalo's oldest Brew Pub and got a hotel room.  In the morning before leaving the Red Roof Inn I was watching the news where the reporters were claiming NY at 10am was already a scorching 84 degrees.  Oh my, damn Yanks.  Then of through Rochester and Syracuse turning north again to Watertown NY.  Right next to the eastern side of one of the Great Lakes Lake Ontario and a half an hour from Canada.  At this point I'm starting to get aggravated.  Is New York state still part of the US?  From Buffalo to Watertown, and at least 5 to 10 different locations in Watertown The Canadian Flag is flying next to the American flag.  What the hell?  That's the end of the trip for now.  I'm thinking about getting out to Lake Ontario to try some fishing this weekend.

The first two photos are of Lake Erie, the first of the Great Lakes I have seen.

The rest of the photos are of Niagara Falls.
 

That would be Canada on the other side of the river.