Off To Niagara Falls

Wednesday, Sept. 26


We got up at 7:00 in the morning and quickly showered, because we were heading off to Niagara Falls and toward Toronto.  We were in the car and on our way at about 8:15, heading up the 401 to near Talbotville, where we followed highway 3 for most of the rest of the day (at least until we got to Fort Erie.  There we went right down to the Niagara River, and followed the road along the river until we reached the falls.  There were some pretty large, expensive homes along the river, and we figured the people living there were part of the very rich in Canada.

They were pretty spectacular, but it was also very expensive to park along the river, so we went into the town of Niagara Falls.  Well, we were not impressed.  It felt very much like a carnival town, where they seemed to have lots of things to scam the tourists.  We stopped for lunch at a restaurant, and the waiter seemed to be too busy to give us much attention.  After waiting a long time for it to come, and then for him to re-fill our drinks, and then bring our bill, we grew tired of waiting for him to come to our table so we could pay and leave.  I'm afraid I was not overly polite when I finally was able to pay.

We didn't feel like staying there, so took off, and decided we would stop near Hamilton.  Well, we got there quite quickly, and decided to carry on.  I had investigated a Best Western in Brampton before we left, so we decided to go to Brampton.  We checked in for at least one night, but we may decide to stay here both Thursday and Friday nights.