Canada

I've been to Europe once, Africa twice, and Asia four times, but I'd never visited another country in North America, until last Tuesday.  I spent a week in Canada with Lester, my college friend and semester-long Aptartment 29 roommate.  We had a great time wearing Chacos, listening to a crazy guy in a bookstore, eating Timbits, visiting Niagara Falls twice, petting all the puppies, checking out the new library, going on walks and hikes, not getting ticks, talking about books, picking up and delivering anodized aluminum parts for her dad's business, attending her church, and getting to know her family a bit more.

Here are some pictures of my trip!  Click to enlarge.

Lester: "I don't think you should take any more pictures now..."
At the border crossing

Lake Ontario at sunset

A church in Saint Catharines

Sunset in Toronto

A field of huge clover behind Lester's dad's shop

Niagara River and Rainbow Bridge, looking at the Canadian side

American Falls, from the deck of the Maid of the Mist

Maid of the Mist, with the customary blue ponchos
and drops of water on the camera lens

Beside the American Falls

American Falls in the foreground, Horseshoe Falls in the background,
city of Niagara Falls, Canada, across the river

We may or may not have stepped into the river at one point...

Horseshoe Falls, with a Maid of the Mist boat

Horseshoe Falls, with the American Falls out of sight on the left,
and the old power plant building in the foreground on the right

Maid of the Mist in the basin right below
Horseshoe Falls

RIGHT at the drop-off of Horseshoe Falls

It was very bright and wet

Hiking through the woods down to the whirlpool,
where the Niagara River turns a sharp right angle

Out to lunch/tea

From the left: Lester's sister Andrea, Lester's mom's mom, Auntie Eleanor, Lester's dad's parents, Lester's mom Mary Ann, me