Thursday, September 27, 2007

The Road Warrior

Late in September we were lucky enough to tag along with my cousin Jen, and her husband Josh on pilgrimage from Ottawa to Niagara Falls. An auntie had warned me that it was too much driving for one weekend; she overlooked one fact. Jen is genetically one quarter road warrior.

We pretty much sleep-walked to the car early Friday morning and woke up ready for an early lunch in Toronto. In Toronto we went to the top of the world's second tallest free-standing structure:





On from Toronto we headed down to Grimsby and Niagara. When I went to the falls 10 years ago, I remember it being nice; this time around we went at night time which accentuated the change that has happened in the town. It is like Canada's Vegas. The falls glow in the dark with the neon reflections of casinos:



We hit the casino and I walked away 50 cents. As a bit of oneupmanship Josh pocketed close to $300, but that was cool, I knew he was just showing off.

We got to enjoy some wineries the next day:

But we must be getting old as we bought more wine than we tested. At the end of all of this Jen drove us all the way back to Montreal via Ottawa again to catch up with Dad's side of the family (watch this space for a photo).

2 comments:

JEckersley said...

LOL....It's true, I am part road warrior.
I miss you guys...come back....we don't even have snow yet...COME ON!!!!

JEckersley said...

PS:
Yes...JOsh DID one-up you for sure mate. 50 cents...$300 I can see where you got that from.

Also, there is NOTHING wrong with bringing home wine....means that you are responsible...you only get drunk in the privacy of your own home....aren't I right. ;) wink wink.