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Ontario: From Niagara Falls to Lake Ontario via Barrie
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formal pond in Heritage Park, Barrie, Ontario
Heritage Park
Barrie Ontario
In July I began in earnest work on the PittGlobal website. Then we went to Ontario for our annual timeshare outing. I took lots of pictures, including those below. Our Canadian immigration inspector asked me where we were going. I told him and then he wanted to know, "What's going on there." Mindful of the ancient Chinese curse about living in interesting times, I politely informed him, "Nothing, I hope." That did not seem to be the sort of answer he wanted, so S told him we were going on vacation. Fortuneately, my hopes were realized and nothing momentous occurred.

In order to see the Falls themselves on our second day, we stayed at The Little Foxes at the Shaw Festival. The next day was cloudy, so there were no good pictures of the Falls.

We exchanged our time-share to stay at near Lake Simcoe in Ontario. They are competent, but lack a clubhouse. (As usual RCI booked us into a a single room, pocketing for themselves the value of the full apartment we are entitled to on our timeshare agreement. Someone is making a bundle at our expense.)

While at Carriage Hills, S went for a boat ride to the Thirty Thousand Islands; or at least a small fraction of them. Later she went to . This site was established as a major French Jesuit center in the seventeenth century, but was abandoned after ten years to avoid hostile tribes. On Tuesday we drove in to Barrie to see at the open-air Theatre by the Bay. We were willing to endure the raindrops, but the director called the show because the actors could have been hurt by slipping on the grass. And well they could have, as we saw when we returned on Friday to cash in our rain checks.

 S enjoying the pool at The River Breeze in Niagara-on-the-lake, Ontario Prince of Wales Hotel, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Among the many beautiful plantings gracing the sidewalks of downtown Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario At the end of a day's tough touring a family awaits the evening in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Hard candy at Taylor's Bakery and Ice Cream, Niagara-on-the-Lake
 And there we were, outside the Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake Wires exporting electricity from Niagara Falls, Ontario, to the USA  Niagara Falls from the Canadian side Viewing tower in Niagara Falls, Ontario S enjoying the view down river from the Whirlpool on the Niagara River
 At the Sir Adam Beck Generating Station, water does down and power goes up Generator top caps at the Sir Adam Beck Generating Station Power towers march across the landscape from the Sir Adam Beck Generating Station A Scots parade in western Ontario Simcoe Lake from Barrie Ontario
 Demonstrating colonial life at Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons Demonstrating cullinary arts at Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons A farm at Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons Vegetable gardens at Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons Punting on the waters near Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons
 Birds in Heritage Park, Barrie, Ontario Simcoe Lake from Heritage Park, Barrie, Ontario Lads in the fountain, Heritage Park, Barrie, Ontario Dragon boat full of tourists, from Heritage Park, Barrie, Ontario Playing in the fountain, Heritage Park, Barrie, Ontario
 Formal Pond, Heritage Park, Barrie, Ontario Leaping in the fountain, Heritage Park, Barrie, Ontario Strolling in the fountain, Heritage Park, Barrie, Ontario Brandon Crone as is Puck Memorial Arch (in memory of the old market building) spanning Mulcaster Street, Barrie, Ontario
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