We decided to venture to Niagara Falls again to watch the Solar Eclipse!
But, we are missing part of the gang, Canton decided to stay home so as not to miss school and be ready for Mary Poppins opening on Thursday! It is so strange to not hear his flag commentary entering Maryland or random trivia along the way. We miss him!!!
The drive was tough, lots of folks seem to be on the road to check out this phenomenal site!
Saying bye to Canton!
Here are some sights along the way. We arrived Saturday around 8pm before we got settled in the room. The girls swam a bit and then we got cleaned up and watched some ponies. Excited for tomorrow!
We just dropped Canton off for 4 nights/5 days away from us 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁
He’s heading to Richmond to compete in the Va Theatre Association for the one act play. He will also get to attend workshops and keynotes on everything theatre related. The girls sobbed when he left, luckily the got a bit of quality time with him before we had to drop him off. I don’t like this feeling. College is going to be sooooooooooo hard.
We had an amazing adventure in Washington DC! Two days off of school and democracy in the balance seemed like a great time to show them what it all means.
Tuesday was spent checking out, hitting the National Archives, and taking in the Capitol.
Monday’s highlight was going up in the Washington monument and admiring the beautiful sunset!
We drove up Sunday and our first stop was an important one, Great Falls Park. I have lots of great memories here, it was so special to share it with my babes.
What a vacation! We ventured to Canada, visiting Niagara Falls and Toronto, the kids first time leaving the country.
We first stopped in to spend the night with Poppy and Grandma before making the 6.5 hr trip, which turned to over 8 hours. Adleigh did not think much of the commonwealth of PA. She kept saying “are we still in Pennsylvania? How big is Pennsylvania?”
Ready to go!How big is PA????
We were in awe as we drove through Buffalo, crossed the Rainbow Bridge, and saw Niagara Falls for the first time!
The view from our hotel room was stunning! I could have spent hours just watching the falls. We unloaded our stuff, got some dinner, and then headed for the Hornblower!
Words cannot describe the sheer force and majesty of being so close to the bottom of the falls! The kids had an absolute blast!! We were soaked but laughed and laughed and stood in awe of the power. Later that night we got to see fireworks from our balcony!
After a good sleep we headed to Journey Behind the Falls. It was about a mile walk and we enjoyed the scenery as we strolled along the walkway taking in American Falls and Bridal Falls as we made our way to the venue. I do not have words for how breathtaking this was! We were so close to the falls! The sound was deafening! You can also walk on a path that has an area dig out where you can actually see the back side of the falls! Mike and I did not want to leave. The kids were pretty shocked about how wet they got. It was a long and wet walk back to the hotel and we all needed showers.
Owl girl coming through!
We then headed to Clifton Hill for the Skywheel, Go Karts, mini golf, and other carnival type games. Liberty loved mini golf! They all had a great time in this cool family area.
Toronto was a beautiful city! We started at the Aquarium, had some food, and then spent the evening over 1,200 ft in the area in the CN tower. The kids laid on the glass floor!!! I could only manage to put a pointed toe on the glass. I think trying to get me on the glass was Canton’s favorite part of the trip!
The next day we boarded the (clean!!!) Metro to Casa Loma and the Royal Ontario Museum. Casa Loma is a legit castle with an underground tunnel and everything. Several movies have been filmed her, Canton said it could have been the mansion from the board game Clue. We had a nice time at the museum, the girls loved the animals.
The Toronto Zoo and Lake Ontario followed. What a lovely zoo! We were thankful for the cloud cover and the Zoomobile. Lake Ontario was soooooooo cold but the kids had a great time!!
We were blessed to spend the day with Pap before heading back to Williamsburg. Janice made an owl for Liberty and had a flamingo for Ad. The girls loved touring his immaculate grounds. He sure is something to keep up with everything at 87! How lucky we our the kids get to spend time with their great-grandfather!!
Such a great vacation! Can’t wait for the next one!! Where to next?
