Niagara Falls

I've been a busy busy Guy this Summer, just one of the many things I did, and the places that I have been lucky enough to see, Niagara Falls was one of them.

My friend and I drove from Oshawa to The Falls, and despite a bit of a mix-up in our route, we made it there with fair timing, and great weather.

 Beautiful Sky, just picture perfect weather.

 Some of the Hotels along Niagara Parkway.

 Horseshoe Falls from the back, so technically, the Niagara River.

 The C.N. Tower! hahaha Nah, It's another hotel, The Falls, as one might imagine, are a very touristy location.

 Falls from behind again, with a ton of mist.

 The "Maid Of The Mist", not hard to see where it gets that name from.

 The Captians of the "Maids" have to be very cautious of dangerous water currents, such as the eddy forming near the ship, Left of Centre Frame.

 The American Falls, with Two Maids of the mist, coming and going.

 Rainbow Bridge, A Canadian/American Border crossing

 Maid of the Mist almost going into the falls.

 Horseshoe falls

 The way that Niagara Falls is set up it really reminds me of Las Vegas, Lost of tourist shops, Casinos, and hotels. Plus the fact many people get married, or honeymoon here.

 All the hotels.

 The American Falls

 Me, Obviously, infront of the American falls.

 Horseshoe Falls, With the old Hydro electric plant in the right hand side.

Brave people, the captains of the Maids of the mist.

Saying Goodbye to PEI

As fun as going to Pei, and meeting my dad's side of my family, it was time to return home to Ontario, sad but true. But here are the last few photo's from my time there, and after looking at them one can easily imagine why I want to go back....

Province House, The house that the Charlottetown Conference, the meeting that United the British colonies into the beginnings of Canada, took place in.

 A nice View from My great Aunt's house.

 There was a lot of very Unique Architecture in Charlottetown, as many of the houses were very old.

 My great Aunt's Dog wading in the water that their house looks over.

 From the top of the veranda.

 I tried very very hard to get a close up Photograph of these Great Blue Herons, but every time I got anywhere near them they took off. 

 Very Skittish Blue Herons

And Very brave Seagulls......

The plane that flew me back to Halifax airport from Charlottetown.

Oshawa From 30,000 Feet in the air, Unfortunately, it is very difficult to take Photographs of the ground, at night, speeding at four hundred kilometres an hour. and as such my Photograph is not the best.

Prince Edward Island. Would I go back? Yeah, of course, now that I have broken the proverbial ice with my family, I can;t wait to go back and spend more time with them.

P.E.I. Cont.!

Given that PEI is an island filled with different waterways, there are many, many bridges. This one is a foot bridge near the french side of the island.

Given that PEI is an island filled with different waterways, there are many, many bridges. This one is a foot bridge near the french side of the island.

 The only thing that I knew about Prince Edward Island, before I went, was that there was the "Confederation Bridge" linked it to New Brunswick. 

 The bridge is Nearly thirteen Kilometres long and is Canada's Longest Bridge.

Me, Infront of the Confederation Bridge, "The Fixed Link"

 Red Shores...

 The Doucet House, one of the oldest houses, if not the oldest, on the Island. Parts were built during the seventeen hundreds, but some of it had been restored.

 Now part of the "Farmers Bank of Rustico" The Doucet house serves to educate people on traditional Acadian Living.

 Apparently Large cruise ships like this are not uncommon in Charlottetown, a city with a population of only thirty thousand.

Near Cavendish.

Having never seen Sand Dunes, and Tidal pools, going to Cavendish on my second last day with my Nana and Uncle was a real highlight of my trip. This was taken at Cavendish Beach, with the tidal pools in the foreground and the Dunes in the back.

The water Within the Tidal Pools was so clear, I could hardly believe there was water there at all....

 The Boardwalk leading into the dunes and the beach from the parking lot can just be seen at the top. Although there was no trail through where we walked, we had to make our way over the rocks and tidal pools to get to here.

 Behind the dunes, they are covered in a grass that helps to keep them safe from the elements. This grass is actually very fragile and walking on the dunes, and the grass, is prohibited in order to protect them.

 A baby Osprey In his nest.

It seems that Inukshuk building was very popular on the Island, likely due to the large amount of tourists.

"When In Rome", This is the Inukshuk that I built, My very First one!

Red sand means Red cliffs!

Green Gables! This house was the house that the story Anne Of Green Gables took place in. As not many of us had read the books, we decided to not take the tour, surrendering that it would likely have little meaning to us and would therefore be dull...

The water Within the Tidal Pools was so clear, I could hardly believe there was water there at all....