Niagara Falls and Lake Ontario

After crossing into Ontario, Canada at Port Huron, Michigan we headed about 3 hrs East to boondock near the falls.  This has been a target that we have looked forward to experiencing. The kids did wonderful on this leg of the trip because Erica had them engaged the entire ride with school work.  They continue to ask for school which is amazing to both of us.

As we neared the town of Hamilton, ON I saw a sign for Fifty Points Conservation area and decided to call to see if they had RV slips. We were tired and wanted the comfort of a campground again to spend a few days to enjoy Niagara Falls.  It turned out to be an awesome campground with tons of biking trails nestled to the coast of Lake Ontario.  We barely set up camp and immediately started exploring the acres of beauty.  They also had a marina and large jetty that sat next to a dog beach where we sat to skip rocks as the sun set.  

The next day we spent at Niagara Falls.  We arrived around lunch time and stayed until around 6:30. We never did make it to the U.S. side but felt complete after getting up close and personal by touring behind the falls.  It was packed with tourists from all walks of life.  It's powerful to see a natural phenomena bring so many people together. So many smiling faces were seen and a chorus of different languages filled the air.  We capped off the day by taking a helicopter ride over the falls.  None of us had ever been in a helicopter before so we were filled with so much anticipation that our excitement was off the charts.  It was well worth it and a true highlight for our trip thus far. 

After a long day we decided to extend a day at the campground in order to explore the area and let the kids run free.  We enjoyed biking and swimming in Lake Ontario all day.  We spent a good 2-3 hours looking for sea glass on the beach for Blythe's collection.  Boyd is becoming an incredibly tallented rock skipper with his record standing at 16 skips.  At least that is our guestimate.  We also found a ball hockey league playing on the parc hockey rink. It was interesting to stumble on and resembled Canada's version of a men's softball league.