Niagara Falls

We left Saturday afternoon to go to Niagara Falls Canada (For Sarah's Mom's Birthday getaway!), it was around 3:10 pm when we finally got on the road; so it took us about 2 ½ hours to get to the Welland Canal (The Canal is a man made Canal that stretches from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie.). We stayed at The Inn at Lock 7 as mentioned before (Located right next to one of the Locks on the Canal, Lock 7 to be exact. Bruce (Sarah's Step dad) made the reservations for Sarah’s Birthday Mom and us at the Inn!). During our stay we saw at least 7 ships go through the Lock within 5 ½ hours that Saturday night (Usually you can see an average of 4 all day long; but toward the end of the season, it’s usually a lot busier). It was dark by the time we got to our hotel, but it gave the mood a whole “Foggy London Town” type experience (Sarah's mom loves to come to the Inn at lock 7 to watch the boats). These boats are truly massive! It was quite neat to see how these huge boats could fit into the Locks with only a few feet extra on both sides. I've never seen anything like it. We woke up Sunday morning to a beautiful sunrise... we took some picuters and then headed for the Falls. We separated from Sarah's mom and Family from here... they went to Goat Island to finish celebrating (Sarah's mom) the Birthday and headed home.

Unlike our morning sunrise, it quickly turned into a huge gust storm; that eventually turned into a downpour. We had umbrellas but it didn’t seem to help us, as we waded in some huge puddles. It only lasted about 30 minutes and it was an on/off storm that went by fairly quickly. During our stay, we went to the new Niagara Casino, then walked along the falls, then stopped by the place where we got married last summer to take a few more pictures (The Oakes Garden Theatre "July 2004").

The day after we got married last year we walked around downtown looking for a good place to eat lunch and found this little Pizza shop called "Antica Pizzeria". It's this very nice little pizza place that we now go to EVERY time we are at the Falls. They "seriously" make the best Tiramisu in the world… The Pizza they have there is also in a class of its own. We get the same thing every time we go there… Garlic Cheese Bread for an appetizer, small Number 1 (Pizza with pep, mush, bacon and cheese. Good things), and for dessert we get a piece of Tiramisu cake and a fresh cappuccino (You cannot get it any better than this). Try it, I know you'll love it!

We wrapped things up after the good eats and hot treats at Antica Pizzeria and finally headed for home. We made it home just in time to watch the second half of Green Bay losing to Pittsburgh (Damn it!).

Even though it rained and blew pretty hard on Sunday, we ended up having a very nice time at the falls. Who needs a tripod when you can hold the camara and get a picture like this. "Love you Sarah, I hope you had a fun time too! Happy One year and four months!"

Love,

Mike