Joedy (Exchange Teacher, 2008) took us to her house in St Catharines, a small city across Lake Ontario from Toronto, and close to Niagara Falls. This area has a lot of farming and vineyards, and with also lots of wineries. The heatwave had passed, so getting around was a good deal more comfortable, so we set forth with renewed vigour, driving around the countryside along the back roads. I have hardly been able to keep up with which way is north, let alone determine how to get back home.
We tasted wines, icecreams, coffees and some of the fresh produce so abundant there at this time of the year. We walked around Niagara on the Lake, one of the prettiest towns that you are ever likely to come across and ate at Canada’s oldest golf course, overlooking Lake Ontario and across the Niagara River to Old Fort Niagara in the USA.
Of course we went to the Niagara Falls, this time using an Adventure pass which allowed us to travel on the Maid of the Mist, go behind the falls, walk down the Niagara Gorge where there are class 6 rapids, but declined the chance to go over the falls in a barrel.
On the last night we all headed off to Joedy’s parents place where the great hospitality continued, and we also went out to watch a Tee-ball game where all the players were youngsters under 6. Really cute.
The photos are of the American Falls, vineyards, Port Dalhousie, Niagara-On-The-Lake, Horseshoe Falls, Maid of the Mist, Kaye and Joedy and finally us near the rapids.
