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Vacation Highlights.
We flew to Toronto and then drove to Craighurst, Ontario (70 miles north of Toronto). We checked into the Carriage Hills Resort units 2118 & 2119. Our friends Michael and Jackie Donald stayed with us. The highlight of the vacation was viewing Niagara Falls.
27SEP Sunday - traveling north
We left at 6:30 AM Sunday morning with our 3 suit cases and drove to the Atlanta airport to catch our flight. Michael & Jackie Donald took a later flight. We met at Toronto airport about 5:30PM. We rented a 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe and drove north to the resort.
28SEP Monday - touring Toronto
We left at 9AM driving south in the rain. In Barrie we shopped at Walmart for groceries and breakfast at McDonalds. We continued our drive south on expressway 400 and drove to downtown Toronto. We toured St. James Cathedral and the the CN tower. In the CN tower we paid $22 each to ride an elevator over 115 floors up to Horizons resturant. There we had $18 hamburgers and took lots of pictures.
29SEP Tuesday - Primerica visit, Casa Loma tour
We left at 10:15AM driving south in the rain. We drove to Mississuaga, Ontario and visited Primerica's Canadian office. Later we drove to "Casa Loma" and toured this castle in Toronto.
30SEP Wednesday - Niagara Falls tour
The morning temp was 38F and the rain had stopped. Skies were very cloudy all day. We left at 8:15AM and drove about 150 miles south through Toronto to Niagara Falls. We spent several hours walking on the Canadian side on the walkway along the edge of the Niagara river. We rode the "Maid Of The Mist" tour boat which goes to the bottom of the "horseshoe falls". After leaving the falls we drove downstream to tour the town "Niagara On The Lake".
1OCT Thursday - Algonquin Provincial Park sight-seeing
The morning temp was 34F and the sky was cloudy. We left at 10AM and drove about 125 miles north through Orilla and Hunsville to Algonquin Provincial Park. We went sight-seeing in the park and saw many colorful leaves.
2OCT Friday - touring in the rain
The morning temp was 38F and the sky was partly cloudy. We left about 9:45AM heading toward Barrie and Lake Simcoe. We then drove to Collingwood, Ontario to to look at Blue Mountain ski resort. It started raining in Collingwood so we went to the theatre and saw "Whiteout". The move setting was Antartica with -50F temperature - it was a real chiller.
3OCT Saturday - shopping in the mall
The morning temp was 44F and weather was rainy. We drove to Toronto and shopped downtown at Eaton Centre. It stopped raining and we drove back under mostly clear skies. It started raining again in Barrie.
4OCT Sunday - going home
The morning temp was 44F and weather was rainy. We drove to the Toronto airport and caught our flight home.
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P7063 27SEP2009 Mary Cain in Chicago O'hare airport on her way to a vacation in Canada.
P7067 28SEP2009 The Cain's and Donald's at Horizons resturant in the CN Tower building in Toronto, Ontario. This resturant is 1136 feet above street level.
P7066 28SEP2009 Toronto, Ontario viewed from Horizons resturant in the CN tower.
P7068 28SEP2009 The CN (Canadian National) tower in Toronto Canada. This building is 1815 feet high and has a resturant near the top. The Cains and Donalds had lunch in this resturant 1136 feet above the street and the bill was real high.
P7076 30SEP2009 Carriage Hills resort building near Craighurst Ontario (about 6 miles north of Barrie Ontario). The Cains and Donalds stayed here for a one week vacation.
P7085 29SEP2009 Primerica Financial Services building in Mississuaga, Ontario.
P7069 29SEP2009 "Casa Loma" in Toronto Canada. This was the home of wealthy industrialist Sir Henry Pellatt in 1914. He spent 3.5 million dollars building this castle house.
P7073 30SEP2009 Niagara falls "horseshoe falls" on the US - Canadian border about 17 miles northwest of Buffalo NY. This waterfall is about 2600 feet wide and 173 feet tall. Notice the high mist cloud in the middle of the falls. Because of a 90 degree bend in the Niagara river at the falls, the Canadian side of the river is the best side for viewing the falls. The boat is a "Maid Of The Mist" tour boat.
P7074 30SEP2009 Niagara falls and the Niagara river on the US - Canadian border about 17 miles northwest of Buffalo NY. The falls on the left are the "American falls" and the falls on the right are part of the "horseshoe falls". Goat island is between these falls. Because of a 90 degree bend in the Niagara river at the falls, the Canadian side of the river is the best side for viewing the falls. There are two "Maid Of The Mist" tour boats in this view.
P7071 30SEP2009 Cains and Donalds touring Niagara Falls on the US - Canadian border.
P7077 30SEP2009 "Maid Of The Mist" tour boat in the Niagara river. This company has been in business since about 1850.
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