We drove through wine country and visited Niagara On The Lake.
Ben played with the girls at the park while I walked around the shops for a bit.
We then got settled into our campsite and the next morning went on the Maid of the Mist.
It was like we got on a boat and it started raining. The boat spent a good amount of time up close to the Horseshoe Falls so we could take it all in.
Just a whole bunch of misting. We could have gone without the ponchos, but everyone was wearing them.
Right after getting off the boat we could walk up the side of American Falls. This is us close to the American Falls mist.
And walking down...rainbows everywhere!
View from Maid of Mist observation tower.
View from Lido Island.
We walked all around the big park and saw the Falls from a zillion different points. We could see the people in yellow ponchos doing the Cave of the Winds tour and getting blown away on the hurricane deck.
We drove over to see the big whirlpool, but this was as close as we could get with the construction going on.
A Kona treat truck was singing the girls' names.
It was funny to watch them dig into it and keep sharing it as they walked.
While we were sitting at that table, a tour group came through and we heard how half the water destined for the falls is diverted over to the power plant. Ben happened upon a brochure for the power plant, so we took off there for a look! It was pretty interesting! They had a children's museum set up and an observation deck:
Water being dumped downstream.
Back at camp, we found the playground and made another yummy campfire meal topped off with s'mores.
The next day was a nice relaxing one. We spent it watching a caterpillar,
going to the beach
and then over to Olcott
for ice cream
and a carousel ride!
Abigail is getting better at licking the ice cream drips, but she doesn't know how to keep it from giving her a gotee. And this is after we wiped her mouth a few times already!
Abigail loves the carousel.
Free time to run around camp and look out at Lake Ontario.
Packed up camp and stopped at Tim Horton's on our way to Toronto, it's like Starbucks in Canada and really good!
Walked down to the Harborfront where they were still in celebration mode for the Pan Am and Para Pan Am games.
Lydia loved the drum band and even joined in!
We tied our well wishes for the games on the wall.
Ben and Lydia had fun with the soccer simulator.
We walked through the fashion and entertainment district and stayed in China Town. We found Toronto to be a cool, clean and safe big city with chic European attitude. Lee Gardens restaurant in China Town was delicious!
Beautiful skies as we crossed the border to Detroit.
No pictures in the factory where they assemble the F-150. Very interesting to see it being put together!
