June 12, 2016

Kellie and Walter

We pulled into Niagara Falls on Friday morning, just a short drive from the OnRoute rest stop in Innisfil where we spent the previous night. We do a lot of 'boondocking' and we were blessed again to find the parking lot of a closed down Target. Here we left our rig for the night while we visited with friends Kellie and Walter.  

(l to r: Audrey, Kellie, Liz, Walter, myself)

We met them last winter in Panama and they were very accommodating hosts.  We enjoyed the evening with them, met a couple of their very good friends, had a few brews and just shot the breeze. We even made some plans to meet up again this winter, maybe in Puerto Morelos MX. 







Niagara Falls is spectacular!
Pictures just don't do them justice. But we did get up close and personal with the falls during this cruise on the Hornblower. What an experience! And yes, we got very, very wet. 







We also enjoyed a behind the scenes view of the falls and felt the thundering power of all that water during our Journey Behind the Falls adventure.  This photo was taken from the look-out deck.






We drove the Niagara Parkway. One of Ontario's most scenic drives. In the 1940's Sir Winston Churchill described this as "the prettiest Sunday drive in the world"..... It runs 56 km between Fort Erie and Niagara-on-the-Lake. It follows the Niagara River which flows from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. Along the route there were picnic spots, golf courses, gardens, beautiful homes, and wineries (many wineries!!) 


We had a very enjoyable few days here in Niagara Falls touring around and being tourists, and tomorrow we will move on to Toronto.