Jason goes to Niagara Falls every year. Last year we missed him, so from that time we planned to go next time. So, in the last few weeks before we left for Canada we got all the details planned out. We left our house in Michigan at 6am on Friday, July 4th (yeah that's right, we left before the fireworks) and traveled for about 5 hours until we got to his place. This was the first time I've been out of the states in my life. So anyway, we had fun (that's an understatement for sure) that night playing the Nintendo Wii we (LOL, sorry) brought with us.
The next day, Saturday, was a free day where we went to the local mall (the Oshawa Centre) to exchange my currency, eat at the food court, get our CN Tower tickets, which were express and at a good deal. Then to a Asian shopping mall (the Pacific Mall) and met some of Jason's friends while we were there. Then we went to the CN Tower which made most of my pictures for the trip. It was Jason's third time to go up in it. After the 2 hours we spent at the CN Tower, we quickly went to get a glimpse at a house he used to live at. Then we went to McDonald's for some food (I got the same Jason got, Chicken McNuggets with sweet and sour sauce along with apple pies). From there we went back to his place to enjoy the rest of the night playing Wii and making jokes.
Sunday we left for Niagara Falls, found a fairly nice (cheap) place to stay and went to TGI Fridays for dinner. From there we walked around the town a bit. We had another awesome night.
Monday we got up and got some breakfast from a nice small restaurant ran by a British bloke. We then left to do some mini golf, I got 2 hole in one's and won by 4 points. From there we went to do go-carts, which was a ton of fun. We then went to the casino, which I didn't do anything since I don't believe in gambling. I just watched Jason lose money while we were there. Then the highlight of the day, we went on the Maid of the Mist at the falls. It was just awesome, including the ability to see about 270° of a rainbow. After that we went to Pizza Pizza to get, well, pizza and some drinks. From there we went to the arcade and with about $50 we played through the whole game of Crisis Zone and won 1025 tickets from other games and got a nice neon wall clock. From there (it was dark outside already) we went back to the Pizza Pizza to enjoy the night with karaoke and two games of pool, though I didn't feel like playing the second game so just Mark and Jason played. Then we left back to the hotel for the night.
Tuesday we left to go back to Jason's place. Had dinner there and then left for home the next morning. Upon crossing the border our vehicle (a 1997 Honda Odyssey) was stopped and searched. We were released with no worries. I think we were stopped since we never crossed before, but it could have been just a random check. We got back home around 7:30pm Wednesday, July 9th. All in all, it was an awesome trip.
I'd definitely go again if money allows.This trip's cost was about $400 (about $100 for gas alone), though Mark paid for his half, so it just cost me about $200.
Pictures relating to the trip:
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