Driving across America #3: Canada: Niagara Falls, high tea, Euchre
News ·Tuesday June 29, 2010 @ 21:38 EDT (link)
Continued from parts 1 and 2.
We arrived at my parents' house in Fonthill 0030 Monday morning. When we got up our first trip was to Niagara Falls, parking at Dufferin Islands (free parking) and walking down to the falls proper. We had a nice walk through the crowds and past various views of the falls; Emily enjoyed her first trip to the falls and the walk too, straying closer to the edge of the walkway than perhaps her mother would be comfortable with, although it was only a short drop where there was no barrier in place.
These first pictures are along the walk from Dufferin Islands to the falls, along the Niagara Parkway; the Skylon Tower can be seen in the first (it has a restaurant at the top, which rotates); in the next, an old barge caught on some rocks; in the next, one of the bridges to the USA; and next a section of the stone and wrought-iron barriers that line the walkway on the river side (as one approaches the falls, the drop unsurprisingly becomes rather precipitous).
The Maid of the Mist tourist boat, which goes in quite close to the falls; Honey and Emily sitting by the railings with the falls behind.
General shots of the falls (primarily the Horseshoe Falls).
We got ice cream at the Lazy Loon on the way home (in Fonthill, quite close to my parents'). We had pizza and wings for dinner later and then took a walk around the block. Swims were enjoyed at various times in the backyard pool. It was getting rather dark for unaided photography when we walked.
On Tuesday, Honey, Emily, and mom went shopping at the Pen Center. That evening Honey and Emily and I met with my friend/former co-worker (at Acres) Scott B. at Tim Horton's where we talked about getting together the next day to go canoeing. Mom put on a splendid "high tea" and afterward we played Phase 10 and Euchre.
