Our latest stop was for one whole week at the Jellystone
campground in Niagara Falls Ontario. It was quite the memorable week for several
reasons. First, the falls of
course. Wow. Just wow.
We were able to see pretty much all the highlights of the falls. The class horseshoe falls, the American falls,
the class six rapids, the whirlpool, and even went behind the falls. The
power and beauty are truly beyond words.
I must have said a dozen times that it all seemed fake because it was so
beautiful. If you have never been please
trust us and go. The highlight of the
trip so far was riding the Hornblower up the base of the falls and feeling like
you are in the middle of cloud, but it is a cloud of a mist. 10 enthusiastic thumbs up from the Keyes
crew.
The
second most important memory was all the time spent with friends. Our dear
friends from St. Augustine met us at Jellystone the same day we arrived. They had been on their own summer trip and
we coordinated a stop in Niagara. They
have a 10 year old boy and a six year old girl that both of our kids consider
their best friends. It made for a happy
few days. As great as it was to have
them I also got to reunite with a very good friend of about 25 years. Jill married a boy from Grimsby, Ontario so
we also coordinated with them so that they would visit his family while we were
in Niagara. We were able to meet up
with them several times and meet their newest edition, Evi, who is sadly
already two years old. Finally, Dan and
his family made the trek from Detroit and we got two more nights with
them. Overall, we didn’t have a single
day at this stop without friends. Just
as the Freemans pulled out Dan and his crew pulled in. Dan,
Jill, and I have been friends since the early to mid 90’s and it was great to
have us all together. We were missing
several from the crew but good times were had none the less.
The
third and final most vivid memory will be the town of Niagara. It was so much bigger than I expected. The downtown had many tall buildings and one
of the best tourist trap areas I have ever seen. Our kids gleefully referred to Clifton Hill as
Vegas for kids. We spent time with friends and the bird museum
and arcade. On our final day we let our
kids picks a couple last tourist things to do.
We rode the Ferris wheel (great deal) and went to the Guinness world
record museum (horrible deal). This was an amazing family friendly stop. On top of all the great things I already
talked about our kids spent 6 or more hours on the inflatable waterslide at our
campground one day. It was easily the
most peace and quiet the adults could hope for and we made a quick trip to Niagara
on the Lake, one of the most picturesque towns I have laid eyes on.
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