Canada/U.S. Road Trip

Canada/U.S. Road Trip
Our Road Trip Route

Thursday, May 29, 2014

May 18 - Niagara Falls

Today is fan-tastic!!  Beautiful blue sky and sunshine on the falls this morning – it just doesn’t get any better for a vacation day, particularly since we haven’t had the best of vacation weather since leaving Kelowna.

We had breakfast at the Sheraton breakfast buffet this morning – quite an extensive affair, and absolutely delicious!  I could have stayed and enjoyed more coffee, but we wanted to get out to see Niagara On The Lake today.

We stopped at the Niagara Whirlpool on our route, and took some pictures.  Rick would have loved to take the Niagara Whirlpool Aerocar across the whirlpool, but I’m afraid that I just didn’t “feel the love” for that.  Chicken??  Yes!  Readily admitted.

We found our way to a couple scenic views along the Niagara Parkway, particularly the monument dedicated to Major General Sir Isaac Brock - Brock's Monument is a 56-metre column atop Queenston Heights, in Queenston, Ontario, one of Canada's heroes of the War of 1812; and the Niagara Park Floral Clock; then found our way, amongst the beauty of the old, grand homes along the Niagara River to Niagara-On-The-Lake.  Southern Ontario has captured my interest in a big way.  Though the spring season is about two weeks later than spring in B.C., the trees are just turning green here, and the lawns and surrounding green areas (parks and such) are just the “new spring” green that I love so much.  The beauty of the surroundings here makes me jealous of those who can enjoy this time and again.  But I dare not forget that this beauty is replaced by harsher winters than I care to tolerate, given a choice.

Rick and I wandered around “Old Town” Niagara-On-The-Lake for a couple hours, poking into this shop, and peeking into that shop – it was crowded, and it was fun.  Because of our large breakfast, and the lateness of the afternoon, we decided to forego lunch, and treated ourselves to a piece of carrot cake for me, and a date square for Rick.  We tasted some ice wine, and bought a bottle, and was tempted to buy a number of other items, but refrained…  We stopped into a winery, Reif Estate Winery, on the way back to the hotel, and tasted another ice wine, and bought a bottle there, too.  Who says I can’t be tempted with sweet nectar?!
“Old Town” Niagara-On-The-Lake

We got back to our hotel, and checked with the front desk, as the hotel was to move us from the room we checked into yesterday, to a suite.  They gave us new room keys, and we went in search of our new accommodations for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights.  This 22nd floor suite is gorgeous, with two full bathrooms, two fireplaces (electric) and a circular staircase to the bedroom.  The suite has a chandelier in the loft area, and curtains that operate with a switch.  The view of the falls is magnificent from our room, and we learned that there will be fireworks over the falls tonight, for Victoria Day, and we’ll get the best view from our room.
Our two-storey suite at the Sheraton


Dinner at the Fallsview Restaurant in the Sheraton this evening was so delicious.  It was a huge buffet-style dinner, and there were so many selections, that it was hard to choose.  We took our time with dinner, and enjoyed a bottle of wine, then went back to our suite to wait on the fireworks at 10:00.

The fireworks were fantastic, and we had one of the best views that we could have had – Rick took quite a few pictures, that didn’t really do them justice, of course.  It was great having the opportunity to see them from the vantage that we had.


It’s now midnight, and time to turn in for the night.

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