Trouble here in Pajama City

So LAGuy's hitting the road. Is it a coinkydink that Kong is tanking right at the time he's heading out of town? You say so.

We may have us a problem, however. ColumbusGal wants to see the northern lights. So we're hopping in the Scooby-mobile and heading north, which, oddly, takes us through Toronto, to the James Bay, hoping for some clear skies. Anybody know anything about seeing these things for real? Does Canada exist 25 miles north of the border? Are we doomed to spend the night in a class B hotel in Buffalo?

Anyway, AnnArborGuy, it may be down to you. (But it's a few days before we're highway bound.)