Travelodge At The Falls Niagara Falls

... a flight to Morocco where we'll spend a few weeks. We plan to overland it in Morocco and take the ferry across the Strait of Gibraltar and into Spain. ' We then head into Portugal for a couple of weeks in Lagos before heading back to the Spanish border to make our way all the way up the coast to Barcelona again. Come along for the ride!

... to cross. No wonder so many people have died trying to climb under the bridge. And I always thought it was to enter illegally but obviuosly they ahve also had enough of the tolls too.

Anyway we got through and then headed for Buffalo which took approx 40 mins to drive to and then another 30 to park the car in someones yard for $15.

Everyone was pretty tanked and it was pretty much a full on day with the ...

It was a cold night indeed and we only crashed for about 2 hours at the location we pulled into and I must have woken up about 5 times and started the car twice to get the heater cranked up to get some heat going around the vehicle.

I drove on for about 1 hour and then Linda woke up and wanted to stop for a break and stretch the legs. What better way to do this than have our first stop at Dunkin' Donuts (1st of many to follow ...

The falls were falling all right - especially when illuminated with changing lights at night. Las-Vegas-By-The-Falls (a.k.a Niagara Falls town) was a bit of a surprise - definitely an American import, but Canadian version was somewhat less boring and tasteless than original US one

... for people like me and took American Visas. I was happy to see the Starbucks. Only Starbucks! It was dark and cold and I was on the other side of the US. I could still see the US. I walked through the Canadian part of the park and saw the falls from this angle. It was beautiful! It was exhilarating! It was different! It was worth the walk! The people were right! The different lights illuminated against the falls! I took more pictures of course. It was ...

... but you do on junk food and food eaten out. Interpretations of this mean if you buy a single donut from Tim Horton's, a Canadian coffee chain, you will get charged tax but not if you buy six, as then you are deemed to be buying them as a grocery item... go figure. But this weird rule worked in our favour when buying ice cream. Sticking with the behaviour we developed in South America of buying a half-litre bucket instead of two cones, we did that ...

So, when you're in Niagara Falls, there are many choices to make, and some no-brainers. We had visited the Falls yesterday evening and decided to take the Maid of the Mist tour (that's the no-brainer). The choice that had to be made was which (if any) of the many tourist traps we should visit. Marine World came highly recommended, but we really didn't have the time to spend a whole day there and still do the other things we wanted. We ended up visiting one ...

... aprons and pastries. It was an idyllic little town, with well-ordered houses, perfect gardens and nice, neat streets. We wandered for a while and even bought a new bag to carry the ever growing collection of souvenirs we’d accumulated, but the rain returned with persistence so we headed back to Niagara.

In the end, it rained for the rest of the day and we never did get to go on the Maid of the ...

You can't come to Niagara Falls without going on the world famous Maid Of The Mist. We didn't believe how far into the falls it went. Super experience but without any photos because I'd have needed and underwater camera. We topped it off with a visit to the tunnel behind the falls, lunch overlooking the ...

... with the John Johnson family and commence the translation of the Book of Mormon. The Savior visited Joseph several times in the woods nearby. After I was certain I'd seen everything there was to see in the Kirtland area I drove to Niagara. Entering Canada was much easier than I'd anticipated and I found the Marriott Hotel quite easily. I used the valet service to park my car and when I went to check in they ...