Toronto Vacation in Pictures

Downtown Toronto. Just out of view to the left is the Blue Jay's Stadium.

CN Tower - it was frickin' huge! It was the second stop (first was the zoo) on our City Pass. We went to the look out tower where there was a glass level, an outdoor level, and a glass bottom floor to walk on and look down from. We also watched a 20 minute IMAX movie about the making of the tower that was very cool.

Nic looking out over the city from the CN Tower


Mom, Me, Nicole & Jim standing next to the Stanley Cup at the Hockey Hall of Fame



And why are her legs so chunky?? Grandpa loved feeding her strawberry milkshakes and justifying that because it was Breyers ice cream (all natural) it was really health food.


See, even the Canucks' bugs love the Bengals! The world's largest butterfly atrium - 2300 butterflies!


On our way to watch class 6 rapids at Niagara Falls




This is what class 6 rapids look like. There is no such thing as a class 7!! Some idiot tried to cross in a canoe; he died. The first man to swim the English Channel tried to swim across this pass; they found him four days later downstream.

Our family ready to board the Maid of the Mist at Niagara Falls. I'd been before but Jim hadn't. We bought $40 passes that got us the boat ride, butterfly conservatory, behind the falls tour, and the rapid walk. Overall a good value.

The view at the top of the Canadian side of the horseshoe falls. Over 130 MILLION gallons of water go over the edge a minute. This accounts for 20% of the worlds fresh water source. That's Dad talking in the background. The second set of water you see is the American side.

Interesting fact: Only one person has gone over the falls unintentionally and survived. A boy who went afloat in only a life vest and his bathing suit was taken over the falls when his boat crashed. The Maid of the Mist picked him up at the bottom.

Sad fact: the day before we got there someone committed suicide over the falls. People saw him but they hadn't found his body yet.

Casa Loma. $3M to build in the early 1900's, owners only lived there for 9 years before they could no longer afford it. $150K/year in taxes back then was the reason that the owner, Sir Henry, gave that he had to leave. That's Jim in white and Nicole in pink in the front.

The backyard of Casa Loma. It is now run as a tourist attraction by the Kiwanis.

Nicole petting a stuffed raccoon at the Science Center.

The absolute largest fossil collection I've ever seen!

Nicole was ALL ABOUT books on this trip. This ABC one was read to her by all of us at least 2 dozen times each!