Photo Portion of the Trip


 Coronation park in Oakville, along Lake Ontario


Me in front of Lake Ontario


Toronto Skyline from the park



Niagara Falls!


Bridal Falls, on the American Side


The class 6 rapids on the Niagara river.  Just the falls themselves cause these further down the river


They love tunnels here to get to all the sites, so many tunnels with a surprise at the end!


Bridal Falls from the Maid of the Mist


Niagara Falls with the Canadian flag from the boat


The falls without the flag


Skyline of Niagara Falls


Me on the Journey behind the Falls platform, it was pretty wet over here


Upside down house in the Clifton hills part of Niagara Falls


Lighting of the Falls


Clifton Hills at night, so much tacky tourist


Liz at the mini golf


Me at the mini golf


Butterflies feeding!  On oranges and bananas.



The butterflies really liked Liz


See!


Buffalo City Hall


Interior of the Royal Ontario Museum, it was an old ornate building


The new front of the museum, it's crazy modern art compared to the original


CN tower


Dundas Square


Original entrance of the museum, big difference


The newer part of the Ontario Legislature, this side had burned down


Toronto from the CN tower


Me up on the CN tower


The scary glass floor...


Stella, my tiny, tiny car


Me at Casa Loma!


The stained glass ceiling in the conservatory, it's all grapes and vines


The fancy bed in a guest room


The stables, which ironically still smell like stables...  They had some hay but it was more of a manure smell.


Toronto skyline from the boat


St. Lawrence Market


Contrasts of Toronto, the brick gridiron building, the first skyscraper that people were afraid was going to fall over with one of the tallest ones in the background!


Eaton Centre


Views of the falls from the Skylon Tower


Clifton hill during the day


Whirlpool from the Aero Car


Generators in the Sir Adam Beck generating plant


Welland Locks


Boat in the lock!


They've opened the locks and it's rising


Fancy sitting room in Dundurn Castle


Bedroom in the castle, it's a three poster bed, I can say I haven't seen that before!


Rainy day at the Royal Botanical Gardens

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