We are back and refreshed and ready to roll again... it was a great little vacation, totally without a schedule and so relaxing! We got home at 2:30 this morning which was more like 4:30 for our Ontario-adjusted brains, so exhausted! But honestly not as bad as the flight out there, which left Calgary at 1:10 a.m. and arrived in Toronto at 6:45 a.m. That was some nasty jet lag that lasted at least 2 days - remind me please if I ever talk of doing the red eye again!! I had no Internet access for 8 whole days, and I survived - that's definitely good to know!
We stayed with friends for the most part - a great family with 12 kids! - and we had our own roomy guest house to stay in, so that was perfect... we had our space and quiet when we needed it. The boys loved having so many friends to play with, and the yard was awesome, with swimming pool, sandbox, toys, etc. We met a ton of new people, saw a ton of beautiful country - that is the Garden of Eden! Everything grows in abundance, and nobody waters their huge green lawns. I couldn't get over the gorgeous stone & brick houses (pretty much unheard of here) and the park-like yards!
We did get the opportunity to visit Niagara Falls, which was beautiful... we stayed at the Sheraton on the Falls (that's a bit optimistic, it wasn't really on the falls) and did a lot of walking, saw the Imax on all the people who went over the falls, as well as all the barrels that were used, on display. And the highlight for the boys was the waterpark where we spent 2-3 hours one morning, very cool and had areas geared especially for little kids. But honestly? The whole Niagara thing? It was a bit much as far as noise and people went - way too commercialized! We took our time driving back and fell in love with Niagara-on-the-Lake, which is where I'd stay next time. A very romantic little town, right on Lake Ontario... words cannot describe it.
Another great highlight was the evening swim & picnic at Pinery Provincial Park (Lake Huron). We got to watch the the sunset, a great ball of crimson sinking into the infinite span of water... I'm a 100% western Canadian girl, but I have to say, Ontario is gorgeous!!!
We did get the opportunity to visit Niagara Falls, which was beautiful... we stayed at the Sheraton on the Falls (that's a bit optimistic, it wasn't really on the falls) and did a lot of walking, saw the Imax on all the people who went over the falls, as well as all the barrels that were used, on display. And the highlight for the boys was the waterpark where we spent 2-3 hours one morning, very cool and had areas geared especially for little kids. But honestly? The whole Niagara thing? It was a bit much as far as noise and people went - way too commercialized! We took our time driving back and fell in love with Niagara-on-the-Lake, which is where I'd stay next time. A very romantic little town, right on Lake Ontario... words cannot describe it.
Another great highlight was the evening swim & picnic at Pinery Provincial Park (Lake Huron). We got to watch the the sunset, a great ball of crimson sinking into the infinite span of water... I'm a 100% western Canadian girl, but I have to say, Ontario is gorgeous!!!
0 responses:
Post a Comment
It totally makes my day to hear from my readers... So, go ahead, make my day!