A Day in Canada

This morning [Saturday, 29th September] we drove up to Niagara on the Lake (NOL). Walked down to where the Niagara river enters Lake Ontario to see Fort Niagara on the US side of the river. Then we wandered up and down the main street, had lunch, and drove around Fort George, the Canadian fort.

Historically most of NOL was burnt and occupied, for short time, by the US during the war of 1812. A war that had its centenary celebrated in Canada this year. However a war, now little known in the US, maybe because the Canada (the English) won.

The streets of NOL are decorated with flowers and all the old shops display a marvellous array of goods.



Wine shops ...




And just for Jessie and Emma a sweet shop with a great range of toffee apples ...




An obligatory Christmas shop that had Jane a bit bewildered ...




On the way back from NOL we set the GPS to a book shop in St. Catherine that I had visited in June 2011. This was a 'proper' second hand book shop.  Here Jane looked for books ...




Gary read some books ...




and I went for the Arctic and Antarctic books ...




However before getting to the bookshop we had to cross the Wellan Canal using the old road. As we approached the bridge we saw that it was up. A large ship was coming down the canal into Lake Ontario.




As we could not go anywhere I videoed the ship passing. After passing the bridge, we were on, it passed under the high bridge carrying the main motorway.

Returning to the hotel we drop Jane off, put the beer on ice, and then Gary and I headed down the road about a mile to a Canadian war plane museum.

Outside the museum was a jet trainer mounted in a way that must have made its eyes water ...



- Posted Don