Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Niagara County Camping Resort in Lockport, NY is where we are staying.  We arrived yesterday and, after we got the rig set up, left for a delightful evening with our cousins, Donna and Roy Reid, and their kids and grand kids, Marin, Jennie, Ayden, Gavin, Loren, Cohen and Ehron.  We all went out for pizza and got acquainted and re-acquainted.  It was lots of fun.


Today was a day I have been waiting for.  Donna and Roy took us to Niagara Falls!  The wait at the Canadian border was a little bit of a challenge but it was worth it.  We parked the car and walked toward the falls.  I had never thought about how wet you can get from the spray that blows more than two blocks away.  I had on a new blouse and hoped it wouldn't shrink.

Skyline across the street on the Canadian side from the falls.




The first picture shows the brink of the falls as the water goes over Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side.
The second is a shot of the American falls.
The last two are of Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side.  Spectacular!!!
Wouldn't you think this would go without saying?

After the falls we took a ride to the little town of Niagara on the Lake. 
We had lunch at

and then went looking for pastries for Gary.  Since it is a Canadian town, we found lots of his special British foods at
including Wine Gums, (sort of light gummy bears and rings), lemon marmalade and Bisto which is a gravy mix you can use to make authentic Shepherd's Pie.  We also found some creamy desserts at a pastry shop called Willow.  He was a very happy man.

We saw this bicycle service station on the street.  Had never seen one like it before.

The trip back to the United States side w.as uneventful, thank goodness.  One time when we were coming back from Vancouver, B.C. we had trouble with an ill-tempered American border patrol guard who didn't like Gary's passport because he was born in the U.K.  It was scary.

1 comment:

  1. Sounds like you are finding a few Brit eateries on the way -- keeping your man happy. At least his tummy. Lemon marmalade -- oh YUMMY!!!

    Great pics of the falls. Sooooo magnificent -- and as you say, DAMP. Did the blouse fare alright? I'm remembering my fuzzy hair on my trip, but then everyone was damp and fuzzy and no one cared.

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