Sept 6th
Fall flowers
We left the Montreal area around 8am and drove all day arriving at Niagara Falls, Canada at about 4pm. Rain threatened all day but all we got were a few sprinkles here and there. Fall is on the way – we saw lots of trees beginning to turn color and the fields between and beneath the trees were glowing with golden flowers – probably not good for those with allergies but beautiful to look at.
When we started the traffic was pretty light but as the day wore on it grew heavier and heavier. Part of the traffic increase was because we had to go through the Toronto area but it was probably mostly due to people returning from the last weekend of summer. The drive through or rather around Toronto was pretty hairy. At one point Carol counted 15 lanes of traffic coming at us and the highway we were on was at least 6 lanes wide in each direction.
We are staying at Scott’s Tent & Trailer Park just down the street from the KOA on Lundy’s Lane. The internet access here is good compared to the last two stops at KOA’s. The KOA’s had very slow connections and the last one even limited the amount of data you could transfer. I don’t know if all KOA’s are like that or not but this access is much better.
Horseshoe Falls lit up
We heard the the falls at night were a must see and we hadn’t had enough driving yet so we went into town to see them. It was crowded and very tacky with lots of souvenir shops and lots of high-rise hotels and even a casino overlooking the falls. There was no information or maps available so we just wandered around in the dark and eventually had to stop and ask for directions. We will try again tomorrow with a fresh start and maybe a map?
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